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smart-web for VS Code

io.github.rich-jojo/smart-web

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

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install smart-web in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "smart-web-settings-file",
      "description": "SMART_WEB_SETTINGS_FILE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "smart-web-tmp-dir",
      "description": "SMART_WEB_TMP_DIR",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "smart-web": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "smart-web-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SMART_WEB_SETTINGS_FILE": "${input:smart-web-settings-file}",
        "SMART_WEB_TMP_DIR": "${input:smart-web-tmp-dir}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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