smart-web

io.github.rich-jojo/smart-web·v0.8.4·Web Scraping

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/100

Web search, direct-URL fetch, crawl, and docs export MCP. smartfetch for URLs.

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§01 Install

Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "smart-web": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "smart-web-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SMART_WEB_SETTINGS_FILE": "<smart_web_settings_file>",
        "SMART_WEB_TMP_DIR": "<smart_web_tmp_dir>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "smart-web": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "smart-web-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SMART_WEB_SETTINGS_FILE": "<smart_web_settings_file>",
        "SMART_WEB_TMP_DIR": "<smart_web_tmp_dir>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline (cline_mcp_settings.json)

npx -y smart-web-mcp

§02 Environment variables

SMART_WEB_SETTINGS_FILE

Optional path to a `smart-web` settings JSON file. If omitted, the server reads `~/.config/smart-web/settings.json` when present.

SMART_WEB_TMP_DIR

Optional temp root for smart-web dev snapshots and export staging. If omitted, smart-web uses a platform cache directory instead of an ambient home-directory temp path.

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