readfetch MCP Server

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readfetch runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. Last commit 1 Nov 2026.

Stdio MCP: free probe; paid web reading (text/map/scrape) via x402 on readfetch.com

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Installs / week

npm · @readfetch/mcp-x402-proxy

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0 open issues

1 Nov 2026

Last commit

4 releases in 90 days

MIT

License

JavaScript

Nothing serious here today

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

Connect this server

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.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add mcp-x402-proxy -- npx -y @readfetch/mcp-x402-proxy

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-x402-proxy": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@readfetch/mcp-x402-proxy"
      ]
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.mcp-x402-proxy]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@readfetch/mcp-x402-proxy"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-x402-proxy": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@readfetch/mcp-x402-proxy"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "mcp-x402-proxy": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@readfetch/mcp-x402-proxy"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: EVM_PRIVATE_KEY (Base mainnet wallet for paid tools; omit for readfetch_probe and tools/list only), READFETCH_MAX_PAYMENT_USD (Maximum USD per x402 authorization (default 1, max 100)), READFETCH_MCP_URL (Upstream MCP URL for tools/list (default https://readfetch.com/mcp)), READFETCH_DEV (Set to 1 for localhost/Sepolia dev only; never with production READFETCH_MCP_URL).

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readfetch — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for readfetch?

readfetch 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 @readfetch/mcp-x402-proxy.

How do I connect readfetch?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls @readfetch/mcp-x402-proxy straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

Is readfetch open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript and 0 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.