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smart-web MCP Server

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smart-web runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 274 installs a week from npm.

Web search, direct-URL fetch, crawl, and docs export MCP. smartfetch for URLs.

The linked repository no longer exists on GitHub — it was deleted or made private.

Installs per day peak 287 · avg 59 · -67% w/w
a month agotoday
274
Installs / week
npm · smart-web-mcp
Stars
on GitHub
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
License
language unknown

What the code does

We have not read this server's code yet

Capabilities

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

Package points at a different repository rich-jojo/smart-web
пакет smart-web-mcp ссылается на jojo-labs/smart-web

Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.

This code can reach further than it looks

We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.

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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.

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

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: SMART_WEB_SETTINGS_FILE (Optional path to a `smart-web` settings JSON file. If omitted, the server reads `~/.config/smart-web/settings.json` when present.), SMART_WEB_TMP_DIR (Optional temp root for smart-web dev snapshots and export staging. If omitted, smart-web uses a platform cache directory instead of an ambient home-directory temp path.). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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smart-web — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for smart-web?
smart-web 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 smart-web-mcp was installed 274 times last week.
Is smart-web still maintained?
The linked repository no longer exists on GitHub — it was deleted or made private. We show this because it changes what you can expect: an unmaintained server may keep answering for months and then stop without warning.
How do I connect smart-web?
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 smart-web-mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use smart-web?
The npm package smart-web-mcp was installed 274 times in the last week. Week over week that is -67%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.