Questions it answers
Page Fetch reads one public web page and returns its main content as clean Markdown, with the page title, description, language, canonical address and a list of the links in the content.
It keeps headings, paragraphs, lists, quotes, code blocks, tables, emphasis and links, with every link made absolute. Menus, headers, footers, side columns, scripts, cookie banners and hidden text are left out, so an agent reads the page and not the site around it.
robots.txt is read before every page, and a page it disallows for PageFetch or for all crawlers is not read; the answer says why. Each site is read at most once a second (more when its robots.txt asks), at most 300 times a day, and a page read in the last 60 minutes is answered from the stored copy with no new request. The reader names itself as PageFetch/1.0 (+https://tools.openkrill.app/; support@openkrill.app).
It reads only public pages. It does not sign in, pass a paywall, solve a CAPTCHA or run page scripts, so a page built only by script comes back short with a note. PDFs and images are refused.
Each page's Markdown is kept for 60 minutes so a repeat call does not reach the site again, then deleted. Nothing about the caller is stored.
What it can do
- Turns one public web page into clean Markdown with absolute links
- Keeps headings, lists, quotes, code blocks and tables; drops menus, footers and banners
- Returns up to 100 distinct links from the main content, marked internal or external
- Checks robots.txt before every page and says why a page was not read
- Returns the title, description, language and canonical address of the page
Tools
fetch_page, Fetch a web page as Markdown. Read one public web page and return its main content as clean Markdown: headings, paragraphs, lists, quotes, code blocks, tables and absolute links, without menus, footers, scripts or cookie banners. Also returns the title, description, language, canonical address and up to 100 links from the content. robots.txt is checked first and a disallowed page is skipped with the reason. It never signs in, passes a paywall, solves a CAPTCHA or runs page scripts. Pass max_chars for more than 20000 characters.
Add Page Fetch in VS Code
VS Code reads MCP servers from mcp.json and offers their tools to Copilot Chat in Agent mode. A workspace file at .vscode/mcp.json applies to that project. For every workspace, run MCP: Open User Configuration from the Command Palette and add the same entry there. These steps were checked against the VS Code MCP servers guide on 2026-10-09.
Create or edit the file so it contains this server. VS Code uses a top-level servers object, not mcpServers. Merge it with servers you already have.
{
"servers": {
"page-fetch": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://pagefetch.openkrill.app/mcp"
}
}
}No command, no headers and no input variables for a key: Page Fetch answers without a login. Save the file and select Start above the entry. VS Code asks once whether you trust the server: confirm it. Run MCP: List Servers to check that Page Fetch is running. You should see fetch_page.
Open the Chat view, choose Agent mode and ask: Read https://example.com as Markdown. The Configure Tools button in the chat input lists the tools of each server, and VS Code may ask you to confirm the first call. The server is public and read-only. It sees only the arguments of each call, so do not paste secrets into the question.
Command line users can add it to the user profile in one step with code --add-mcp and the same name, type and url as JSON. The portable .mcp.json at the project root also works in VS Code, with mcpServers as its top-level key. An organization can turn MCP off through Copilot policy: if the MCP commands are missing, ask the admin.
If it does not work
The tool does not show up
Run MCP: List Servers, select the server and choose Restart. If it shows an error, choose Show Output to read the log. Check that the entry sits under servers with "type": "http", and that Chat is in Agent mode, where MCP tools are offered.
429 or rate_limited
Each server takes 60 calls a minute from one network, and some tools take fewer. Past that the call comes back as a tool error that starts with rate_limited: wait a minute and ask again. daily_limit means the server reached its shared daily cap, which resets at 00:00 UTC. A limit is not an answer, so do not read it as no results. For higher limits, ask support@openkrill.app for a key.
JSON entry has no type
Claude Code skips an entry in .mcp.json that has a url but no type. Add "type": "http" next to the url, or add the server with claude mcp add --transport http, which writes the type for you. The VS Code entry needs the same type field. Cursor and Pi read the url alone.
A call checked on 2026-10-11
RFC 9309 is the robots.txt standard, a public page whose text does not change, so the Markdown can be checked against it. The request below was posted to https://pagefetch.openkrill.app/mcp as tools/call. HTTP 200. Source: the Page Fetch server, read 2026-10-11.
{
"method": "tools/call",
"params": {
"name": "fetch_page",
"arguments": {
"url": "https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9309.html",
"max_chars": 3000
}
}
}- status. ok
- title. RFC 9309: Robots Exclusion Protocol
- url. https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9309.html
- links. 15 returned
Repeat the call yourself if you need a newer reading. Cached answers expire. A rate limit is not a result: wait and try again. Nothing in the call is a ranking, a filing, or advice.
Using it in production
Nothing to install and nothing to run: no package, no Python or Node.js version and no environment variable. Page Fetch runs on our servers, and your client only needs the URL https://pagefetch.openkrill.app/mcp.
| Rate limit | 60 tool calls a minute from one network. initialize and tools/list do not count. |
|---|---|
| Daily cap | 5000 tool calls a day per server, shared by every caller. It resets at 00:00 UTC. |
| At a limit | The call comes back as a tool error that starts with rate_limited (wait a minute) or daily_limit (try after 00:00 UTC), never as a partial answer. |
| Key | None. Do not add an Authorization header or a key field. |
| Higher limits | Email support@openkrill.app with the server name, the calls a day you expect and what they are for. We answer within 1 business day. |
| Freshness | Some answers come from a short cache. Each guide shows the date of its checked call; repeat a call when you need a newer reading. |
| Uptime | Scheduled test calls check the servers through the same endpoint. There is no SLA yet. |
| Data | What each server receives and keeps is on the privacy page. |
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Frequently asked questions
How do I install the Page Fetch MCP server in VS Code?
Add page-fetch with type http and the url https://pagefetch.openkrill.app/mcp under servers in .vscode/mcp.json and save the file. Select Start above the entry, confirm that you trust the server, then use it from Chat in Agent mode.
Do I need an API key to run Page Fetch in VS Code?
No. This server takes no API key. For higher limits, email support@openkrill.app with the server name (Page Fetch), the calls a day you expect and what they are for. We answer within 1 business day.
What should I do if Page Fetch does not connect in VS Code?
Check that the entry sits under servers, not mcpServers, and has type http. Run MCP: List Servers, select page-fetch and choose Restart, then open Show Output if it still fails.