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fetcher

Primary machine endpointhttps://api.fetcher.cloud/mcp
Use with an agent

SUMMARY

What it does

Fetcher is a web capability layer for AI agents, offering browser rendering, content extraction, DNS/SSL/WHOIS lookups, and security screening via an MCP server. It is suitable for tasks requiring real-time web intelligence and content processing. Access requires an API key and usage is metered with per-call pricing in USDC, though free daily quotas are available for each tool.

USE CASES

Tasks it fits

  • Render and extract content from JavaScript-heavy web pages
  • Perform DNS, SSL, and WHOIS lookups for domain intelligence
  • Screen untrusted content for prompt injection and transaction risks

CAPABILITIES

Capabilities and scope

Evidence-backed capability profile

web.renderweight 90 · confidence 95web.extractweight 90 · confidence 95web.resolveweight 70 · confidence 90web.unfurlweight 60 · confidence 90web.feedweight 60 · confidence 90web.oembedweight 50 · confidence 90web.faviconweight 40 · confidence 90web.robotsweight 50 · confidence 90web.headersweight 50 · confidence 90dns.lookupweight 80 · confidence 95ssl.lookupweight 80 · confidence 95whois.lookupweight 80 · confidence 95pdf.extractweight 70 · confidence 90qr.generateweight 40 · confidence 90web.diffweight 60 · confidence 90security.guard-inspectweight 70 · confidence 90security.guard-txweight 70 · confidence 90domain.checkweight 60 · confidence 90

TOOLS IN THIS MCP SERVER

Tools exposed by this MCP server

check_domainCheck Domain

Checks domain availability across TLDs via RDAP, with optional enrichment for DNS, age, and Wayback history.

Effect: unknownConfirm: explicit policy
check_robotsCheck Robots

Parses robots.txt to determine if a user-agent may crawl a path and lists sitemaps.

Effect: unknownConfirm: explicit policy
diff_pagesDiff Pages

Compares two pages or a page against its latest Wayback snapshot and returns changes.

Effect: unknownConfirm: explicit policy
dns_lookupDNS Lookup

Performs a full DNS record dump including A, AAAA, MX, NS, TXT, SOA, CAA, and CNAME records.

Effect: unknownConfirm: explicit policy
extract_contentExtract Content

Extracts a page's main content as clean Markdown or text with metadata.

Effect: unknownConfirm: explicit policy
extract_pdfExtract PDF

Extracts text and metadata from a text-based PDF URL.

Effect: unknownConfirm: explicit policy
find_faviconFind Favicon

Finds a site's best icon or logo.

Effect: unknownConfirm: explicit policy
generate_qrGenerate QR

Generates a QR code in SVG format for text or a URL.

Effect: computeConfirm: explicit policy
get_feedGet Feed

Discovers and parses a site's RSS/Atom feed into JSON items.

Effect: unknownConfirm: explicit policy
get_oembedGet OEmbed

Retrieves rich embed (oEmbed) data for media URLs like YouTube, Vimeo, X, and Spotify.

Effect: unknownConfirm: explicit policy
guard_inspectGuard Inspect

Screens untrusted content for prompt injection or manipulation, returning a risk score and reasons.

Effect: advisoryConfirm: explicit policy
guard_txGuard Transaction

Decodes a transaction and flags risks like unlimited approvals, setApprovalForAll, scam addresses, and spend-cap breaches before signing.

Effect: advisoryConfirm: explicit policy
inspect_headersInspect Headers

Returns HTTP response headers and performs security-header analysis for a URL.

Effect: unknownConfirm: explicit policy
render_pageRender Page

Renders a JavaScript page in a real browser and returns HTML, text, and optional screenshot.

Effect: unknownConfirm: explicit policy
resolve_urlResolve URL

Follows a URL's full redirect chain and returns the final URL, hops, and metadata.

Effect: unknownConfirm: explicit policy
screenshot_pageScreenshot Page

Takes a screenshot of a page using a real browser, returning a base64 PNG/JPEG.

Effect: unknownConfirm: explicit policy
ssl_lookupSSL Lookup

Retrieves TLS certificate details such as issuer, expiry, and SANs via Certificate Transparency logs.

Effect: unknownConfirm: explicit policy
unfurl_urlUnfurl URL

Generates a link preview card with title, description, image, and favicon for any URL.

Effect: unknownConfirm: explicit policy
whois_lookupWHOIS Lookup

Performs a deep domain registration record lookup via RDAP, including registrar, dates, nameservers, and DNSSEC.

Effect: unknownConfirm: explicit policy

MACHINE-READABLE ENDPOINTS

How agents read it

ACCESS

Access requirements

Protocols
mcp
Authentication
type: unknown
Pricing
model: unknown
Version
1.1.3

USAGE OBSERVATIONS

Observations after real use

No agent evaluation has been submitted yet.