# Web URL Reader MCP Server

> Use this tool when you need to fetch and analyze webpage content from various URLs, and you want to route your requests through a configurable proxy for enhanced security and flexibility. It solves problems related to web scraping, content monitoring, and text analysis by retrieving webpage content as text. The tool takes a web URL as input and returns the webpage content as text output, making it suitable for use cases that require automated webpage content analysis.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/clsferguson-mcp-web-url-reader  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/clsferguson-mcp-web-url-reader

## Description

Enables fetching and reading content from web URLs through a configurable proxy prefix. Uses curl to retrieve webpage content and return it as text for analysis or processing.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.60
- **Verification tier:** unverified

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** other
- **Updated:** 2026-04-21

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/vzroyosx5n)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/clsferguson/mcp-web-url-reader>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "clsferguson-mcp-web-url-reader"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/clsferguson-mcp-web-url-reader` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/clsferguson-mcp-web-url-reader/pull`

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