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Pulse Fetch MCP Server

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Pulse Fetch runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 106 installs a week from npm. Last commit 30 Aug 2026.

MCP server for fetching web resources with content extraction and anti-bot bypass.

Installs per day peak 42 · avg 18 · +74% w/w
a month agotoday
106
Installs / week
npm · @pulsemcp/pulse-fetch
80
Stars
26 open issues
30 Aug 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
MIT
License
TypeScript

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Pulse Fetch every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

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This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add pulse-fetch -- npx -y @pulsemcp/pulse-fetch
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pulse-fetch": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pulsemcp/pulse-fetch"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.pulse-fetch]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@pulsemcp/pulse-fetch"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pulse-fetch": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pulsemcp/pulse-fetch"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pulse-fetch": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pulsemcp/pulse-fetch"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: FIRECRAWL_API_KEY (API key for Firecrawl service to bypass anti-bot measures.), BRIGHTDATA_API_KEY (Bearer token for BrightData Web Unlocker service.), STRATEGY_CONFIG_PATH (Path to markdown file containing scraping strategy configuration.), OPTIMIZE_FOR (Optimization strategy for scraping: cost or speed.), MCP_RESOURCE_STORAGE (Storage backend for saved resources: memory or filesystem.), MCP_RESOURCE_FILESYSTEM_ROOT (Directory for filesystem storage of resources.), SKIP_HEALTH_CHECKS (Skip API authentication health checks at startup.), LLM_PROVIDER (LLM provider for extraction: anthropic, openai, or openai-compatible.), LLM_API_KEY (API key for the chosen LLM provider.), LLM_API_BASE_URL (Base URL for OpenAI-compatible LLM providers.), LLM_MODEL (Specific LLM model to use for extraction.). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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Pulse Fetch — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Pulse Fetch?
Pulse Fetch runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the npm package @pulsemcp/pulse-fetch was installed 106 times last week.
How do I connect Pulse Fetch?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls @pulsemcp/pulse-fetch straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Pulse Fetch?
The npm package @pulsemcp/pulse-fetch was installed 106 times in the last week. Week over week that is +74%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Pulse Fetch open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript, 80 stars on GitHub and 26 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.