web fetch mcp for VS Code

io.github.kylinmountain/web-fetch-mcp

MCP server for web content fetching, summarizing, comparing, and extracting information

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install web fetch mcp in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "gemini-api-key",
      "description": "GEMINI_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "http-proxy",
      "description": "HTTP_PROXY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "https-proxy",
      "description": "HTTPS_PROXY",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "web-fetch-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "web-fetch-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "${input:gemini-api-key}",
        "HTTP_PROXY": "${input:http-proxy}",
        "HTTPS_PROXY": "${input:https-proxy}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

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