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Crawler Summary

defuddle-fetch-mcp-server answer-first brief

Fetch content from the web, cleaned up nicely for LLMs (using Defuddle) defuddle-fetch-mcp-server A Model Context Protocol server that provides web content fetching capabilities using the $1 library. This server enables LLMs to retrieve and process content from web pages, automatically cleaning up the HTML and converting it to clean, readable markdown. This is a drop-in replacement for the $1 that uses $1. This generally provides better results for most modern webpages. Comparison (using Capability contract not published. No trust telemetry is available yet. 5 GitHub stars reported by the source. Last updated 2/25/2026.

Freshness

Last checked 2/25/2026

Best For

defuddle-fetch-mcp-server is best for cli workflows where MCP compatibility matters.

Not Ideal For

Contract metadata is missing or unavailable for deterministic execution.

Evidence Sources Checked

editorial-content, GITHUB MCP, runtime-metrics, public facts pack

Card Facts Snapshot Contract Trust

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Agent DossierGitHubSafety: 89/100

defuddle-fetch-mcp-server

MCPself-declared

Public facts

Change events

Artifacts

Freshness

Feb 25, 2026

Verifiededitorial-contentNo verified compatibility signals5 GitHub stars

Capability contract not published. No trust telemetry is available yet. 5 GitHub stars reported by the source. Last updated 2/25/2026.

5 GitHub starsTrust evidence available

Trust score

Unknown

Compatibility

MCP

Freshness

Feb 25, 2026

Vendor

Domdomegg

Artifacts

Benchmarks

Last release

1.0.4

Executive Summary

Key links, install path, and a quick operational read before the deeper crawl record.

Verifiededitorial-content

Summary

Capability contract not published. No trust telemetry is available yet. 5 GitHub stars reported by the source. Last updated 2/25/2026.

View Source

Setup snapshot

git clone https://github.com/domdomegg/defuddle-fetch-mcp-server.git

1
Setup complexity is MEDIUM. Standard integration tests and API key provisioning are required before connecting this to production workloads.
2
Final validation: Expose the agent to a mock request payload inside a sandbox and trace the network egress before allowing access to real customer data.

Evidence Ledger

Everything public we have scraped or crawled about this agent, grouped by evidence type with provenance.

Verifiededitorial-content

Vendor (1)

Vendor

Domdomegg

profilemedium

Observed Feb 25, 2026Source link Provenance

Compatibility (1)

Protocol compatibility

MCP

contractmedium

Observed Feb 25, 2026Source link Provenance

Adoption (1)

Adoption signal

5 GitHub stars

profilemedium

Observed Feb 25, 2026Source link Provenance

Security (1)

Handshake status

UNKNOWN

trustmedium

Observed unknownSource link Provenance

Integration (1)

Crawlable docs

6 indexed pages on the official domain

search_documentmedium

Observed Apr 15, 2026Source link Provenance

Release & Crawl Timeline

Merged public release, docs, artifact, benchmark, pricing, and trust refresh events.

Self-declaredagent-index

Docs Update

Docs refreshed: Sign in to GitHub · GitHub

search_documentmedium

Fresh crawlable documentation was indexed for the official domain.

Observed Apr 15, 2026

Artifacts Archive

Extracted files, examples, snippets, parameters, dependencies, permissions, and artifact metadata.

Self-declaredGITHUB MCP

Extracted files

Examples

Snippets

Languages

typescript

Executable Examples

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "defuddle-fetch": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "defuddle-fetch-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "defuddle-fetch": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "/path/to/clone/defuddle-fetch-mcp-server/dist/index.js"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Docs & README

Full documentation captured from public sources, including the complete README when available.

Self-declaredGITHUB MCP

Docs source

GITHUB MCP

Editorial quality

ready

Full README

defuddle-fetch-mcp-server

A Model Context Protocol server that provides web content fetching capabilities using the Defuddle library. This server enables LLMs to retrieve and process content from web pages, automatically cleaning up the HTML and converting it to clean, readable markdown.

This is a drop-in replacement for the default fetch MCP server that uses Readability. This generally provides better results for most modern webpages.

Comparison

(using this issue)

| Default Fetch MCP | Defuddle Fetch MCP | | --- | --- | | Contents of https://github.com/kepano/defuddle/issues/61: The MCP protocol is a standard for giving AI models access to tools. There's a default fetch MCP server, which enables AI models to fetch content from websites. This uses Readability.js which is a bit meh, particularly at navigating GitHub (which I try to use it for a lot). I appreciate there is the GitHub MCP, but a more general web browsing solution seems particularly nice here. Defuddle seems significantly better than Readability.js at processing pages nicely, and the model of having custom extractors to make particular sites work well seems great. It'd be neat if someone built a defuddle-based fetch MCP server. I might get round to this later if I get frustrated enough with the default fetch MCP 😄 | # idea: defuddle-based fetch MCP server · Issue #61 · kepano/defuddle URL: https://github.com/kepano/defuddle/issues/61 Open #61 [![@domdomegg](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4953590?u=c9e631d8135b93c7631d88f2e4bcb6b95e000264&v=4&size=80)](https://github.com/domdomegg) ## Description The MCP protocol is a standard for giving AI models access to tools. There's a default fetch MCP server, which enables AI models to fetch content from websites. This uses Readability.js which is a bit meh, particularly at navigating GitHub (which I try to use it for a lot). I appreciate there is the GitHub MCP, but a more general web browsing solution seems particularly nice here. Defuddle seems significantly better than Readability.js at processing pages nicely, and the model of having custom extractors to make particular sites work well seems great. It'd be neat if someone built a defuddle-based fetch MCP server. I might get round to this later if I get frustrated enough with the default fetch MCP 😄 |

Features

Better Content Extraction: Uses Defuddle to remove webpage clutter and extract main content: while keeping things like the page title and key metadata
Flexible Output: Supports both markdown and raw HTML output
Chunked Reading: Supports pagination with start_index and max_length parameters
Rich Metadata: Extracts title, author, publication date, word count, and more

Installation

To use this server with the Claude Desktop app, add the following configuration to the "mcpServers" section of your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "defuddle-fetch": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "defuddle-fetch-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Components

Tools

fetch
- Fetches a URL from the internet and extracts its contents as clean, markdown text using Defuddle
- Input parameters:
  - url (string, required): URL to fetch
  - max_length (number, optional): Maximum number of characters to return. Defaults to 5000.
  - start_index (number, optional): Start content from this character index. Defaults to 0.
  - raw (boolean, optional): Get raw content without markdown conversion. Defaults to false.
- Returns cleaned content with metadata including title, author, publication date, word count, domain, and processing time

Contributing

Pull requests are welcomed on GitHub! To get started:

Install Git and Node.js
Clone the repository
Install dependencies with npm install
Run npm run test to run tests
Build with npm run build

To add it to Claude Desktop, run npm run build then add the following configuration to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "defuddle-fetch": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "/path/to/clone/defuddle-fetch-mcp-server/dist/index.js"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Releases

Versions follow the semantic versioning spec.

To release:

Use npm version <major | minor | patch> to bump the version
Run git push --follow-tags to push with tags
Wait for GitHub Actions to publish to the NPM registry.

Contract & API

Machine endpoints, protocol fit, contract coverage, invocation examples, and guardrails for agent-to-agent use.

MissingGITHUB MCP

Endpoints

Dossier API Snapshot API Contract API Trust API

Contract coverage

Status

missing

Auth

None

Streaming

Data region

Unspecified

Protocol support

MCP: self-declared

Requires: none

Forbidden: none

Guardrails

Operational confidence: low

No positive guardrails captured.

Invocation examples

curl -s "https://www.xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/mcp-domdomegg-defuddle-fetch-mcp-server/snapshot"

curl -s "https://www.xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/mcp-domdomegg-defuddle-fetch-mcp-server/contract"

curl -s "https://www.xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/mcp-domdomegg-defuddle-fetch-mcp-server/trust"

Reliability & Benchmarks

Trust and runtime signals, benchmark suites, failure patterns, and practical risk constraints.

Missingruntime-metrics

Trust signals

Handshake

UNKNOWN

Confidence

unknown

Attempts 30d

unknown

Fallback rate

unknown

Runtime metrics

Observed P50

unknown

Observed P95

unknown

Rate limit

unknown

Estimated cost

unknown

Do not use if

Contract metadata is missing or unavailable for deterministic execution.

No benchmark suites or observed failure patterns are available.

Media & Demo

Every public screenshot, visual asset, demo link, and owner-provided destination tied to this agent.

Missingno-media

No screenshots, media assets, or demo links are available.

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Machine Appendix

Contract JSON

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  "contractStatus": "missing",
  "authModes": [],
  "requires": [],
  "forbidden": [],
  "supportsMcp": false,
  "supportsA2a": false,
  "supportsStreaming": false,
  "inputSchemaRef": null,
  "outputSchemaRef": null,
  "dataRegion": null,
  "contractUpdatedAt": null,
  "sourceUpdatedAt": null,
  "freshnessSeconds": null
}

Invocation Guide

{
  "preferredApi": {
    "snapshotUrl": "https://www.xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/mcp-domdomegg-defuddle-fetch-mcp-server/snapshot",
    "contractUrl": "https://www.xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/mcp-domdomegg-defuddle-fetch-mcp-server/contract",
    "trustUrl": "https://www.xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/mcp-domdomegg-defuddle-fetch-mcp-server/trust"
  },
  "curlExamples": [
    "curl -s \"https://www.xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/mcp-domdomegg-defuddle-fetch-mcp-server/snapshot\"",
    "curl -s \"https://www.xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/mcp-domdomegg-defuddle-fetch-mcp-server/contract\"",
    "curl -s \"https://www.xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/mcp-domdomegg-defuddle-fetch-mcp-server/trust\""
  ],
  "jsonRequestTemplate": {
    "query": "summarize this repo",
    "constraints": {
      "maxLatencyMs": 2000,
      "protocolPreference": [
        "MCP"
      ]
    }
  },
  "jsonResponseTemplate": {
    "ok": true,
    "result": {
      "summary": "...",
      "confidence": 0.9
    },
    "meta": {
      "source": "GITHUB_MCP",
      "generatedAt": "2026-10-09T03:37:57.728Z"
    }
  },
  "retryPolicy": {
    "maxAttempts": 3,
    "backoffMs": [
      500,
      1500,
      3500
    ],
    "retryableConditions": [
      "HTTP_429",
      "HTTP_503",
      "NETWORK_TIMEOUT"
    ]
  }
}

Trust JSON

{
  "status": "unavailable",
  "handshakeStatus": "UNKNOWN",
  "verificationFreshnessHours": null,
  "reputationScore": null,
  "p95LatencyMs": null,
  "successRate30d": null,
  "fallbackRate": null,
  "attempts30d": null,
  "trustUpdatedAt": null,
  "trustConfidence": "unknown",
  "sourceUpdatedAt": null,
  "freshnessSeconds": null
}

Capability Matrix

{
  "rows": [
    {
      "key": "MCP",
      "type": "protocol",
      "support": "unknown",
      "confidenceSource": "profile",
      "notes": "Listed on profile"
    },
    {
      "key": "cli",
      "type": "capability",
      "support": "supported",
      "confidenceSource": "profile",
      "notes": "Declared in agent profile metadata"
    }
  ],
  "flattenedTokens": "protocol:MCP|unknown|profile capability:cli|supported|profile"
}

Facts JSON

[
  {
    "factKey": "docs_crawl",
    "category": "integration",
    "label": "Crawlable docs",
    "value": "6 indexed pages on the official domain",
    "href": "https://github.com/login?return_to=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fopenclaw%2Fskills%2Ftree%2Fmain%2Fskills%2Fasleep123%2Fcaldav-calendar",
    "sourceUrl": "https://github.com/login?return_to=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fopenclaw%2Fskills%2Ftree%2Fmain%2Fskills%2Fasleep123%2Fcaldav-calendar",
    "sourceType": "search_document",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "observedAt": "2026-04-15T05:03:46.393Z",
    "isPublic": true
  },
  {
    "factKey": "vendor",
    "category": "vendor",
    "label": "Vendor",
    "value": "Domdomegg",
    "href": "https://github.com/domdomegg/defuddle-fetch-mcp-server",
    "sourceUrl": "https://github.com/domdomegg/defuddle-fetch-mcp-server",
    "sourceType": "profile",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "observedAt": "2026-02-25T03:15:23.731Z",
    "isPublic": true
  },
  {
    "factKey": "protocols",
    "category": "compatibility",
    "label": "Protocol compatibility",
    "value": "MCP",
    "href": "https://www.xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/mcp-domdomegg-defuddle-fetch-mcp-server/contract",
    "sourceUrl": "https://www.xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/mcp-domdomegg-defuddle-fetch-mcp-server/contract",
    "sourceType": "contract",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "observedAt": "2026-02-25T03:15:23.731Z",
    "isPublic": true
  },
  {
    "factKey": "traction",
    "category": "adoption",
    "label": "Adoption signal",
    "value": "5 GitHub stars",
    "href": "https://github.com/domdomegg/defuddle-fetch-mcp-server",
    "sourceUrl": "https://github.com/domdomegg/defuddle-fetch-mcp-server",
    "sourceType": "profile",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "observedAt": "2026-02-25T03:15:23.731Z",
    "isPublic": true
  },
  {
    "factKey": "handshake_status",
    "category": "security",
    "label": "Handshake status",
    "value": "UNKNOWN",
    "href": "https://www.xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/mcp-domdomegg-defuddle-fetch-mcp-server/trust",
    "sourceUrl": "https://www.xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/mcp-domdomegg-defuddle-fetch-mcp-server/trust",
    "sourceType": "trust",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "observedAt": null,
    "isPublic": true
  }
]

Change Events JSON

[
  {
    "eventType": "docs_update",
    "title": "Docs refreshed: Sign in to GitHub · GitHub",
    "description": "Fresh crawlable documentation was indexed for the official domain.",
    "href": "https://github.com/login?return_to=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fopenclaw%2Fskills%2Ftree%2Fmain%2Fskills%2Fasleep123%2Fcaldav-calendar",
    "sourceUrl": "https://github.com/login?return_to=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fopenclaw%2Fskills%2Ftree%2Fmain%2Fskills%2Fasleep123%2Fcaldav-calendar",
    "sourceType": "search_document",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "observedAt": "2026-04-15T05:03:46.393Z",
    "isPublic": true
  }
]