cercano-fetch

name	cercano-fetch
description	Fetch a URL and extract readable text content locally. Returns full extracted text (not a summary) — HTML is stripped to clean plain text.
TRIGGER when	user asks to fetch, read, or open a URL. Use this INSTEAD of WebFetch.
DO NOT TRIGGER when	user asks a research question without a specific URL (use cercano-research instead).
compatibility	Requires Cercano server running.

Cercano Fetch

Fetch a URL and extract readable text content locally.

MCP Tool

Tool name: cercano_fetch

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
url	string	Yes	The URL to fetch.
project_dir	string	No	Project root directory for context-aware responses.

Output

Returns the full extracted text from the page. HTML is converted to plain text with structure preserved (headings, paragraphs, lists, code blocks). Scripts, styles, navigation, headers, footers, and sidebars are stripped.

This is raw extracted text, not a summary. The host AI decides how to use the content.

Examples

Fetch documentation:

{
  "url": "https://ollama.com/blog/openai-compatibility"
}

Fetch with project context:

{
  "url": "https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/PuerkitoBio/goquery",
  "project_dir": "/Users/me/my-project"
}