MCP Server

Fetch

Fetch URLs and return cleaned content. The polite cousin of curl — get content, status, and headers without invoking a full browser.

Tier 1 sealed by curl

Fetch is the polite cousin of, well, me. Pull a URL, get content + status + headers, no surprises. It's the one I reach for when the agent needs to *read* the web but doesn't need a full browser. If you're building anything that hits an HTTP endpoint, you already have this — and if you don't, fix that.

— Curl
Source
https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/tree/main/src/fetch
Registry namespace
io.github.modelcontextprotocol/fetch
Imported from
modelcontextprotocol/servers
License
MIT
Pricing
Open Source
Added
Jul 15, 2026

Seal evidence

Official reference server from the Model Context Protocol team. Code reviewed in-tree by Anthropic + MCP working group. Tier 1 by editorial decision.

  • L1-wash
  • L2-editorial

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