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Web MCP Server

@zgagnon

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Other

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Author

zgagnon

About Web MCP Server

a try at writing an mcp server. might replace one of my emacs tools

Web MCP Server config

Add this server to your MCP-compatible client using the configuration below.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "web-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "https://zgagnon.com/webmcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Web MCP Server tools

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Overview

What is Web MCP Server?

Web MCP Server is a Model Context Protocol server that provides web search and content retrieval tools for AI assistants. It integrates with DuckDuckGo for search and uses Mozilla Readability to fetch and clean web page content.

How to use Web MCP Server?

Install dependencies with npm install, then run npm run dev for development or npm run build followed by npm start for production. It can also be run directly via npx https://zgagnon.com/webmcp or nix run github:zgagnon.com/webmcp.

Key features of Web MCP Server

  • search_duckduckgo: performs web searches returning result URLs
  • read_url: fetches URLs and extracts plain text content
  • Uses DuckDuckGo for privacy-focused search
  • Uses Mozilla Readability for HTML content extraction
  • Returned text can be truncated to fit context window limits

Use cases of Web MCP Server

  • AI assistant performing web searches on demand
  • AI assistant reading web pages while removing clutter
  • Content summarization from live URLs
  • Privacy-friendly web search without tracking
  • Fetching article text for further processing

Frequently asked questions

1

What tools does Web MCP Server provide?

It provides two tools: `search_duckduckgo` for web search and `read_url` for fetching and cleaning web content.

2

How do I run Web MCP Server?

Locally via `npm install` then `npm run dev` or `npm start`, or on the fly with `npx` or `nix` as shown in the README.

3

Does `search_duckduckgo` return full page content?

No, it returns only a list of URLs matching the search query.

4

What parameters does `read_url` accept?

It requires a `url` string and accepts optional `useReadabilityMode` (default true) and `maxLength` (default 10000 characters).

5

What happens if a tool call fails?

The server returns an error for invalid arguments, URL fetch failures, or search execution failures.

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