drio
Open app

Webtools MCP Server

Source

Catalog onlyCatalog onlySTDIO

Overview

Webtools MCP Server is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides web scraping and content extraction tools, enabling users to fetch and process web content using MCP-compatible clients.

To use the Webtools MCP Server, run the server directly with npx, or install it globally using npm. After setting it up, you can call its provided tools like webtool_gethtml and webtool_readpage with specified parameters to extract content from web pages.

  • Retrieves raw HTML from any webpage. - Converts webpage content into clean, formatted Markdown. - Includes an automatic retry mechanism with exponential backoff. - Supports optional proxy usage and JavaScript rendering via Puppeteer. - Intelligent HTML cleaning and formatting, preserving images and links during Markdown conversion.
  1. Extracting raw HTML data for analysis or processing.
  2. Formatting website content into Markdown for documentation or blogging.
  3. Scraping content from JavaScript-heavy websites that require rendering.

Add to your AI client

Use these steps to connect Webtools MCP Server in Cursor, Claude, VS Code, and other MCP-compatible apps. The same JSON appears in the Use with menu above for one-click copy.

Cursor

Add this to your .cursor/mcp.json file in your project root, then restart Cursor.

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "webtools-mcp-server-misterboe": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-webtools-mcp-server-misterboe"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Add this server entry to the mcpServers object in your Claude Desktop config, then restart the app.

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "webtools-mcp-server-misterboe": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-webtools-mcp-server-misterboe"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

Add this to your project's .mcp.json file. Claude Code will detect it automatically.

.mcp.json (project root)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "webtools-mcp-server-misterboe": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-webtools-mcp-server-misterboe"
      ]
    }
  }
}

VS Code (Copilot)

Add this to your .vscode/mcp.json file. Requires the GitHub Copilot extension with MCP support enabled.

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "webtools-mcp-server-misterboe": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-webtools-mcp-server-misterboe"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

Add this to your Windsurf MCP config file, then restart Windsurf.

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "webtools-mcp-server-misterboe": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-webtools-mcp-server-misterboe"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Cline

Open Cline settings, navigate to MCP Servers, and add this server configuration.

Cline MCP Settings (via UI)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "webtools-mcp-server-misterboe": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-webtools-mcp-server-misterboe"
      ]
    }
  }
}

FAQ

How do I install Webtools MCP Server?

You can install it using `npx @bschauer/webtools-mcp-server` or globally via `npm install -g @bschauer/webtools-mcp-server`.

Does it support JavaScript-heavy webpages?

Yes, it supports JavaScript rendering using Puppeteer, which allows it to fetch and process dynamic content.

Is there proxy support?

Yes, you can enable proxy support by setting the appropriate environment variables.7:["$","div",null,{"className":"container mx-auto flex flex-col gap-4","children":["$L26","$L27",["$","$L28",null,{"currentProject":{"id":504,"uuid":"79816ab1-aa4a-45a5-bd62-1e78c7c0801d","name":"webtools-mcp-server","title":"Webtools MCP Server","description":"","avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6050140?v=4","created_at":"2024-12-30T02:52:12.295Z","updated_at":"2025-01-05T02:55:10.694Z","status":"created","author_name":"misterboe","author_avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6050140?v=4","tags":"[]","category":"developer-tools","is_featured":false,"sort":1,"url":"https://github.com/misterboe/webtools-mcp-server","target":"_self","content":"$29","summary":"$2a","img_url":null,"type":null,"metadata":"{\"star\":\"0\",\"license\":\"MIT license\",\"language\":\"JavaScript\",\"is_official\":false,\"latest_commit_time\":\"2025-04-01 06:28:50\"}","user_uuid":null,"tools":null,"sse_url":null,"sse_provider":null,"sse_params":null,"is_official":false,"server_command":null,"server_params":null,"server_config":null,"allow_call":false,"is_innovation":false,"is_dxt":false,"dxt_manifest":null,"dxt_file_url":null,"is_audit":false},"randomProjects":[],"currentServerKey":"$undefined"}]]}]

Developer tools