# smart-webfetch-mcp

> Context-aware web fetching MCP server that respects token limits

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/smart-webfetch-mcp/claim

## Declared
- publisher: Matt Kelly
- homepage: https://github.com/mathisto/smart-webfetch-mcp
- repository: https://github.com/mathisto/smart-webfetch-mcp
- version: 0.3.0
- protocols: mcp
- tags: context, fetch, llm, mcp, tokens, web
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:smart-webfetch-mcp

### Description (declared)

# Smart WebFetch MCP Server

[![PyPI version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/smart-webfetch-mcp)](https://pypi.org/project/smart-webfetch-mcp/)
[![PyPI downloads](https://img.shields.io/pypi/dm/smart-webfetch-mcp)](https://pypi.org/project/smart-webfetch-mcp/)
[![Python version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/smart-webfetch-mcp)](https://pypi.org/project/smart-webfetch-mcp/)
[![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

Context-aware web fetching for LLMs. Prevents context window flooding by checking page size before fetching and providing surgical extraction tools.

## The Problem

Standard web fetch tools dump entire pages into the context window, often:
- Exceeding token limits
- Wasting context on navigation, footers, ads
- Flooding the model with irrelevant content

## The Solution

Smart WebFetch provides 7 tools for intelligent web fetching:

| Tool | Purpose |
|------|---------|
| `web_preflight` | Check page size before fetching |
| `web_smart_fetch` | Fetch with automatic truncation |
| `web_fetch_code` | Extract only code blocks |
| `web_fetch_section` | Fetch specific heading/section |
| `web_fetch_chunked` | Paginated fetching for large docs |
| `web_fetch_links` | Extract all links from a page |
| `web_fetch_tables` | Extract tables as markdown |

## Installation

```bash
# Install from PyPI
pip install smart-webfetch-mcp

# Or with uvx (recommended for MCP)
uvx smart-webfetch-mcp
```

## Configuration

### Claude Code

```bash
claude mcp add --transport stdio smart-webfetch -- uvx smart-webfetch-mcp
```

### OpenCode

Add to your `opencode.json`:

```json
{
  "mcp": {
    "smart-webfetch": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": ["uvx", "smart-webfetch-mcp"],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### Claude Desktop

Add to `claude_desktop_config.json`:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "smart-webfetch": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["smart-webfetch-mcp"]
    }
  }
}
``…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- data.web-scraping (1, derived)
- research.web (1, declared)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/smart-webfetch-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-10T12:22:39.896Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/smart-webfetch-mcp/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/smart-webfetch-mcp · ARD identifier urn:air::server:smart-webfetch-mcp