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polite-crawler for Claude Desktop

io.github.mark1russell7/polite-crawler

A polite crawler for agents: obeys robots.txt, fetches each page once, finds and verifies quotes.

client:Claude Desktop transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install polite-crawler in Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json · windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

Held in this page only — never stored, logged, or sent anywhere but back to your screen. 

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "polite-crawler": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "polite-crawler"
      ],
      "env": {
        "POLITE_CRAWLER_DIR": "<POLITE_CRAWLER_DIR>",
        "POLITE_CRAWLER_CONTACT": "<POLITE_CRAWLER_CONTACT>",
        "POLITE_CRAWLER_ALLOW_PRIVATE": "<POLITE_CRAWLER_ALLOW_PRIVATE>",
        "POLITE_CRAWLER_ALLOW_USER_PROVIDED": "<POLITE_CRAWLER_ALLOW_USER_PROVIDED>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Settings → Developer → Edit Config opens this file. Restart the app after saving. Claude Desktop docs

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