What is the smart-web MCP server?
Web search, direct-URL fetch, crawl, and docs export MCP. smartfetch for URLs.
How to install smart-web
Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.
transport: stdio
Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.Environment / auth
SMART_WEB_SETTINGS_FILEOptional path to a `smart-web` settings JSON file. If omitted, the server reads `~/.config/smart-web/settings.json` when present.
SMART_WEB_TMP_DIROptional temp root for smart-web dev snapshots and export staging. If omitted, smart-web uses a platform cache directory instead of an ambient home-directory temp path.
Claude Desktop
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"smart-web": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"smart-web-mcp"
],
"env": {
"SMART_WEB_SETTINGS_FILE": "<YOUR_SMART_WEB_SETTINGS_FILE>",
"SMART_WEB_TMP_DIR": "<YOUR_SMART_WEB_TMP_DIR>"
}
}
}
}Cursor
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"smart-web": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"smart-web-mcp"
],
"env": {
"SMART_WEB_SETTINGS_FILE": "<YOUR_SMART_WEB_SETTINGS_FILE>",
"SMART_WEB_TMP_DIR": "<YOUR_SMART_WEB_TMP_DIR>"
}
}
}
}Windsurf
~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"smart-web": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"smart-web-mcp"
],
"env": {
"SMART_WEB_SETTINGS_FILE": "<YOUR_SMART_WEB_SETTINGS_FILE>",
"SMART_WEB_TMP_DIR": "<YOUR_SMART_WEB_TMP_DIR>"
}
}
}
}VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"smart-web": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"smart-web-mcp"
],
"env": {
"SMART_WEB_SETTINGS_FILE": "<YOUR_SMART_WEB_SETTINGS_FILE>",
"SMART_WEB_TMP_DIR": "<YOUR_SMART_WEB_TMP_DIR>"
}
}
}
}Claude Code
claude mcp add smart-web --env SMART_WEB_SETTINGS_FILE=<YOUR_SMART_WEB_SETTINGS_FILE> --env SMART_WEB_TMP_DIR=<YOUR_SMART_WEB_TMP_DIR> -- npx -y smart-web-mcp