What is cute-web-scraper?
cute-web-scraper is a MCP server by maccydee that web scraping with escalating fetch tiers on detected blocks, returning clean Markdown or saving large scrapes to SQLite for read-only SQL queries. It is listed under Browser & web and has 1 GitHub stars.
| Type | Mcp server |
|---|---|
| Author | maccydee |
| Repository | maccydee/cute-web-scraper |
| Popularity | 1 GitHub stars |
| Category | Browser & web |
| Security | Low risk (96/100) |
| Rank | #3,142 of 4,418 MCP servers; #269 in Browser & web |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-08-31 |
| Runs | Locally |
| Language | Python |
| Platforms | macOS, Windows, Linux |
Is cute-web-scraper safe to install?
cute-web-scraper scores 96/100 on the MCPMods security check: Low risk. No checks raised a concern. It passed 5 of 6 checks.
MCP server results come from listing signals: who publishes it, where your data goes and what it can do. The code itself is not scanned yet.
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| Community-built server | Note |
| Runs on your machine only | Pass |
| No credentials mentioned | Pass |
| Read-only by description | Pass |
| No code execution | Pass |
| Source on GitHub | Pass |
How do I install cute-web-scraper?
- Find the launch command. The README says how the server starts (npx, uvx, docker or a remote URL) and which API keys it needs.
https://github.com/maccydee/cute-web-scraper
- Add it to Claude Code. Replace the part after -- with the command from the README. Remote servers use --transport http with a URL.
claude mcp add cute-web-scraper -- <command from README> claude mcp add --transport http cute-web-scraper <server-url>
- Check it connected. This lists your MCP servers and their status.
claude mcp list
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs cute-web-scraper for you:
Add the "cute-web-scraper" MCP server from https://github.com/maccydee/cute-web-scraper to Claude Code. Read its README for the launch command and any API keys I need, run claude mcp add, then check that it connects.