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web-retrieval-mcp for VS Code

io.github.velvetsp/web-retrieval-mcp

MCP web search + tiered web fetch for AI agents (Exa, Firecrawl), SSRF-guarded, cross-platform.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install web-retrieval-mcp in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json 

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "exa-api-key",
      "description": "EXA_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "firecrawl-api-key",
      "description": "FIRECRAWL_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "web-retrieval-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "web-retrieval-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "EXA_API_KEY": "${input:exa-api-key}",
        "FIRECRAWL_API_KEY": "${input:firecrawl-api-key}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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