alexandru2882/url-text-fetcher-mcp

URL Text Fetcher MCP Server

Tiny MCP server for LM Studio that adds two tools:

• fetch_url_text(url): returns visible page text
• fetch_page_links(url): returns all page links

Quick start

cd /Users/lex/Learning/URL-Fetcher-LM-Studio-MCP-Server
python3.12 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
python -m pip install -U pip setuptools wheel
python -m pip install -e .

LM Studio setup (paste this into mcp.json)

Use the absolute interpreter to avoid ENOENT errors.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "url-text-fetcher": {
      "command": "/Users/lex/Learning/URL-Fetcher-LM-Studio-MCP-Server/.venv/bin/python",
      "args": ["-m", "url_text_fetcher.mcp_server"],
      "cwd": "/Users/lex/Learning/URL-Fetcher-LM-Studio-MCP-Server"
    }
  }
}

Alternative using the console script:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "url-text-fetcher": {
      "command": "/Users/lex/Learning/URL-Fetcher-LM-Studio-MCP-Server/.venv/bin/url-text-fetcher",
      "args": [],
      "cwd": "/Users/lex/Learning/URL-Fetcher-LM-Studio-MCP-Server"
    }
  }
}

After saving, restart LM Studio if the tool does not appear.

Working prompts (use inside LM Studio)

• Summarize a real page: “Use url-text-fetcher.fetch_url_text on https://httpbin.org/html. Give a two‑sentence summary.”
• List links from a real site: “Call url-text-fetcher.fetch_page_links for https://www.python.org/ and return the first 10 HTTPS links.”
• Answer using content: “Fetch text from https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.12.html. What is one notable change in Python 3.12?” "Fetch text from https://www.python.org/. What’s the latest Python release mentioned and when was it announced?"

Troubleshooting

• ENOENT spawn python: Use the absolute interpreter shown above in mcp.json.
• Network/SSL errors: try another URL; some sites block scripted fetches.

Local run (optional)

source /Users/lex/Learning/URL-Fetcher-LM-Studio-MCP-Server/.venv/bin/activate
python -m url_text_fetcher.mcp_server