How do I install the Fetch skill?

Run npx skillmds@latest add pleaseai/fetch in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

Is Fetch safe to use?

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Which AI agents work with Fetch?

This skill is tagged as working with Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex. SKILL.md is an open format, so most agents that read a skills directory can load it too.

Is Fetch free to use?

Yes. Installing skills from SkillMD is free, and the skill stays under its author's original license.

pleaseai (@pleaseai) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Fetch by pleaseai — Agent Skill

Name: Fetch
Rating: 4.666666666666667 (3 reviews)
Author: pleaseai

Fetch

Fetch web content in multiple formats using fetch MCP tools. Use when WebFetch fails with 403/access errors, when fetching HTML pages, JSON APIs, plain text, readable article content, or YouTube transcripts. Triggers on mentions of fetching URLs, web scraping, reading web pages, downloading content, or accessing online resources.

pleaseai d6c6e21 1.9 KB Updated Sep 10, 2026

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Fetch MCP - Web Content Retrieval

Use fetch MCP tools to retrieve web content in the most appropriate format for the task.

When to Use

WebFetch fails with 403, access denied, or other errors
Fetching structured data from JSON APIs
Converting web pages to clean Markdown for analysis
Extracting readable article content without navigation/ads
Downloading YouTube video transcripts
Getting raw HTML for parsing or inspection

Available Tools

Tool	Best For
`mcp__fetch__fetch_markdown`	General web pages — converts to clean Markdown
`mcp__fetch__fetch_html`	Raw HTML when you need to parse structure
`mcp__fetch__fetch_txt`	Plain text extraction, minimal formatting
`mcp__fetch__fetch_json`	JSON REST APIs and data endpoints
`mcp__fetch__fetch_readable`	Articles/blog posts — removes ads and navigation
`mcp__fetch__fetch_youtube_transcript`	YouTube video transcripts by video URL or ID

How to Use

Choose the format matching the content type and task
Call the appropriate tool with the target URL
Process the returned content as needed

Format Selection Guide

Documentation, blog posts: fetch_markdown or fetch_readable
API endpoints: fetch_json
HTML parsing/scraping: fetch_html
YouTube videos: fetch_youtube_transcript
Plain content extraction: fetch_txt

Fallback from WebFetch

When WebFetch fails, the fetch plugin automatically suggests retrying with these tools. Prefer fetch_markdown as the general-purpose fallback for most URLs.

Frequently asked questions