🌐 Website to Markdown MCP Server

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A powerful Model Context Protocol (MCP) server designed for fetching website content and converting it to Markdown format, making it easier for AI to understand and process website information.

✨ Key Features

🆕 What's New in v1.2.0

🚀 Major Enhancements

🚀 Quick Start

🎯 Method 1: NPX Installation (🌟 Recommended)

💡 Easiest way: No local installation needed!

Step 1: Create Configuration File 📄

Create a my-websites.json file:

{
  "websites": [
    {
      "name": "your_website",
      "url": "https://your-website.com",
      "description": "Your Project Website"
    },
    {
      "name": "api_docs",
      "url": "https://api.example.com/openapi.json",
      "description": "Your API Specification"
    }
  ]
}

Step 2: Configure MCP Server ⚙️

Add to .cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "website-to-markdown": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "website-to-markdown-mcp"],
      "disabled": false,
      "env": {
        "WEBSITES_CONFIG_PATH": "./my-websites.json"
      }
    }
  }
}

Step 3: Restart and Test 🔄

1. Restart Cursor
2. Open Chat and use Agent mode
3. Test command: Please list all configured websites

🎉 Done! No installation required!

🎯 Method 2: Local Installation

💡 Best Practice: Use this method for development or customization!

Step 1: Clone and Build

git clone https://github.com/your-username/website-to-markdown-mcp.git
cd website-to-markdown-mcp
npm install
npm run build

Step 2: Configure MCP Server

Add to .cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "website-to-markdown": {
      "command": "cmd",
      "args": ["/c", "node", "./website-to-markdown-mcp/dist/index.js"],
      "disabled": false,
      "env": {
        "WEBSITES_CONFIG_PATH": "./my-websites.json"
      }
    }
  }
}

🔥 Enhanced Output Features

📊 Rich Content Analysis

Every fetched content now includes:

• 📝 Content Summary: AI-generated summary of the main content
• ⏱️ Reading Time: Estimated reading time based on content length
• 🔢 Word Count: Accurate word count for both English and Chinese
• 🌍 Language Detection: Automatic language identification
• 🎯 Content Quality Score: Assessment of content relevance

📋 Enhanced Markdown Output

# 🚀 Example Website

**Source**: https://example.com
**Website**: example_site - Example Website
**📊 Reading Time**: 5 minutes
**🔢 Word Count**: 1,250 words
**🌍 Language**: English
**📝 Summary**: This article discusses the latest developments in web technology...

---

[Enhanced Markdown content with better formatting...]

🆕 Complete OpenAPI/Swagger Support

🔥 Professional API Documentation

🌟 Pre-configured Example Websites

{
  "websites": [
    {
      "name": "petstore_openapi",
      "url": "https://petstore3.swagger.io/api/v3/openapi.json",
      "description": "🐕 Swagger Petstore OpenAPI 3.0 Spec (Demo)"
    },
    {
      "name": "petstore_swagger",
      "url": "https://petstore.swagger.io/v2/swagger.json",
      "description": "🐱 Swagger Petstore Swagger 2.0 Spec (Demo)"
    },
    {
      "name": "github_api",
      "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/rest-api-description/main/descriptions/api.github.com/api.github.com.json",
      "description": "🐙 GitHub REST API OpenAPI Spec"
    }
  ]
}

📦 Installation & Setup

🛠️ System Requirements

• Node.js 20.18.1+ (Recommended: v22.15.0 LTS)
• npm 10.0.0+ or yarn
• Cursor Editor

⚠️ Important: Some dependencies require Node.js v20.18.1 or higher. Please update your Node.js version if you encounter engine compatibility warnings.

⚡ NPM Package Installation

# Global installation
npm install -g website-to-markdown-mcp

# Or use directly with npx (recommended)
npx website-to-markdown-mcp

🔧 Development Setup

# 1. Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/your-username/website-to-markdown-mcp.git
cd website-to-markdown-mcp

# 2. Install dependencies
npm install

# 3. Build project
npm run build

🎛️ Advanced Configuration Options

Configuration Priority Order

graph TD
    A[🔍 Check Environment Variable<br/>WEBSITES_CONFIG_PATH] --> B{File exists?}
    B -->|Yes| C[✅ Load External Config File]
    B -->|No| D[🔍 Check Environment Variable<br/>WEBSITES_CONFIG]
    D --> E{Valid JSON?}
    E -->|Yes| F[✅ Load Embedded Config]
    E -->|No| G[🔍 Check config.json]
    G --> H{File exists?}
    H -->|Yes| I[✅ Load Local Config]
    H -->|No| J[🔧 Use Default Config]

🎨 Configuration Method Details

📋 Method 1: External Configuration File (🌟 Recommended)

💡 Advantages: Easy to edit, syntax highlighting, version control friendly

1. Create Configuration File

   # Can be placed anywhere
   touch my-api-configs.json
   

2. Edit Configuration Content

   {
     "websites": [
       {
         "name": "my_docs",
         "url": "https://docs.example.com",
         "description": "📚 My Documentation Website"
       }
     ]
   }
   

3. Set Environment Variable

   {
     "env": {
       "WEBSITES_CONFIG_PATH": "./my-api-configs.json"
     }
   }
   

📋 Method 2: Embedded JSON (Backward Compatible)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "website-to-markdown": {
      "command": "cmd",
      "args": ["/c", "node", "./website-to-markdown-mcp/dist/index.js"],
      "disabled": false,
      "env": {
        "WEBSITES_CONFIG": "{\"websites\":[{\"name\":\"example\",\"url\":\"https://example.com\",\"description\":\"Example Website\"}]}"
      }
    }
  }
}

📋 Method 3: Local config.json

Directly edit config.json in the project root directory:

{
  "websites": [
    {
      "name": "local_site",
      "url": "https://local.example.com",
      "description": "🏠 Local Test Website"
    }
  ]
}

🔧 Available Tools

🌐 General Tools

🎯 Dedicated Tools

Each configured website automatically generates corresponding dedicated tools:

• fetch_petstore_openapi - Fetch Petstore OpenAPI 3.0 spec
• fetch_petstore_swagger - Fetch Petstore Swagger 2.0 spec
• fetch_github_api - Fetch GitHub API spec
• fetch_tailwind_css - Fetch Tailwind CSS documentation

📊 Enhanced Output Format Examples

🌐 General Website Content with Analytics

# Website Title

**Source**: https://example.com
**Website**: example_site - Example Website
**📊 Reading Time**: 3 minutes
**🔢 Word Count**: 650 words
**🌍 Language**: English
**📝 Summary**: This article provides a comprehensive overview of modern web development practices, covering frontend frameworks, backend technologies, and deployment strategies.

---

[Enhanced cleaned Markdown content with ads removed and main content extracted...]

📋 OpenAPI 3.x Specification File

# 🚀 Example API (v2.1.0)

**Source**: https://api.example.com/openapi.json
**OpenAPI Version**: 3.0.3
**Validation Status**: ✅ Valid
**📊 Processing Time**: 1.2 seconds
**🔢 Endpoints**: 25 endpoints
**🌍 Server Locations**: 3 servers

---

## 📋 API Basic Information

- **API Name**: Example API
- **Version**: 2.1.0
- **OpenAPI Version**: 3.0.3
- **Description**: A powerful example API for modern applications

## 🌐 Servers

1. **https://api.example.com**
   - 🏢 Production server
2. **https://staging-api.example.com**
   - 🧪 Testing server

## 🛠️ API Endpoints

Total of **25** endpoints:

### 👥 `/users`
- **GET**: Get user list
- **POST**: Create new user

### 🔍 `/users/{id}`
- **GET**: Get specific user
- **PUT**: Update user information
- **DELETE**: Delete user

## 🧩 Components

- **Schemas**: 12 data models
- **Parameters**: 8 reusable parameters  
- **Responses**: 15 reusable responses
- **Security Schemes**: 3 security mechanisms

🎯 Usage Examples

💻 Basic Usage

Please fetch the content from https://docs.example.com and convert to markdown

🔍 OpenAPI Specification Fetching

Please use the fetch_petstore_openapi tool to fetch Petstore OpenAPI specification

📚 Documentation Website Fetching

Please fetch React official documentation content

🚨 Troubleshooting

📋 Complete Troubleshooting Guide: See TROUBLESHOOTING.md for detailed solutions to common issues.

❓ Quick Solutions

Error: npm WARN EBADENGINE Unsupported engine

• Solution: Update Node.js to v20.18.1 or higher
• Download: Node.js Official Website
• Verify: node --version

Error: Cannot find module './db.json'

• Solution 1: Clear npm cache: npm cache clean --force
• Solution 2: Update Node.js version
• Solution 3: Use local installation instead of npx

Q: Configuration changes not taking effect?

• ✅ Confirm JSON format is correct
• ✅ Restart Cursor
• ✅ Check environment variable names

Q: JSON format errors?

• 🛠️ Use JSON Validator
• 🛠️ Confirm using double quotes
• 🛠️ Check for extra commas

🔍 Debug Mode

Detailed logs are output to stderr at startup:

# View debug messages
npm run dev 2> debug.log

📈 Performance & Optimization

⚡ Performance Features

• 🚀 Smart Retry: Intelligent retry with exponential backoff
• 💾 Rate Limiting: Built-in rate limiting to prevent overload
• 🎯 Content Filtering: Remove irrelevant content for faster processing
• 🧹 Ad Removal: Automatic ad and popup removal
• 📊 Stealth Mode: Anti-detection browsing capabilities

🛡️ Security Considerations

• 🔒 HTTPS websites only (recommended)
• 🛠️ Auto filter malicious scripts
• 📝 Limit output content length
• 🔐 Stealth browsing to avoid detection

📦 Dependencies

📝 Changelog

🎉 v1.2.0 (Latest)

🚀 Major Feature Updates

• ✨ Added Enhanced content processing with AI-powered cleanup
• ✨ Added Smart analytics: word count, reading time, content summary
• ✨ Added Language detection and multi-language support
• ✨ Added Stealth browser capabilities for anti-detection
• ✨ Added Built-in rate limiting and retry mechanisms
• ✨ Added Advanced content filtering and ad removal
• 🔧 Enhanced Markdown processing with more HTML element support
• 📊 Improved Output format with rich metadata
• 🎯 Fixed Various technical issues and dependencies

🎯 v1.1.0 (Previous)

🚀 Major Feature Updates

• ✨ Added Full OpenAPI 3.x/Swagger 2.0 support
• ✨ Added JSON/YAML format auto-detection
• ✨ Added Professional-grade spec validation and reference resolution
• ✨ Added Version auto-adaptation mechanism
• ✨ Added Structured API documentation summary
• 🔧 Pre-configured Multiple OpenAPI/Swagger examples
• 📦 Added NPM package distribution with npx support
• 🎯 Enhanced Installation methods for better user experience

🎯 v1.0.0 (Stable)

• 🎉 Initial Release
• 🌐 Basic Functions Website content fetching
• 📝 Core Functions Markdown conversion
• ⚙️ Configuration Support Multi-website management

🤝 Contributing

💡 How to Contribute

1. 🍴 Fork this project
2. 🌟 Create feature branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. 📝 Commit changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. 📤 Push to branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. 🔄 Open Pull Request

🐛 Issue Reporting

Report issues on the Issues page, please include:

• 🔍 Issue Description
• 🔄 Reproduction Steps
• 💻 Environment Information
• 📸 Screenshots or Logs

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

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