Url Fetcher
This tool fetches content from URLs, allowing you to quickly retrieve data and integrate external resources into your workflows.
Install on your platform
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Run in terminal (recommended)
claude mcp add url-fetcher npx -- -y @trustedskills/url-fetcher
Or manually add to ~/.claude/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"url-fetcher": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@trustedskills/url-fetcher"
]
}
}
}Requires Claude Code (claude CLI). Run claude --version to verify your install.
About This Skill
What it does
The url-fetcher skill allows an AI agent to retrieve the contents of a URL. It fetches data from specified web addresses and returns the response body, enabling agents to access information hosted online. This is useful for tasks like gathering current news headlines or extracting data from APIs.
When to use it
- Gathering Information: Retrieve real-time data such as stock prices or weather updates from websites.
- API Interaction: Fetch responses from web APIs that require HTTP requests.
- Web Scraping (Simple): Extract basic text content from simple webpages, though more complex scraping requires specialized tools.
- Content Retrieval: Obtain the full HTML of a webpage for later processing or analysis.
Key capabilities
- Fetches data from URLs
- Returns response body
Example prompts
- "Get me the contents of https://www.example.com"
- "Fetch the data from this URL: https://api.weather.gov/points/39.95,-97.02"
- "Can you retrieve the HTML from https://news.google.com?"
Tips & gotchas
- The skill relies on valid, accessible URLs; ensure the target website is online and reachable.
- Be mindful of rate limits when fetching data frequently from a single domain.
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