| name | cercano-fetch |
| description | Use when the user asks to fetch, read, or open a specific URL. Use this INSTEAD of WebFetch to read web pages locally without sending content to the cloud. DO NOT TRIGGER when: user asks a research question without a specific URL (use cercano-research instead). |
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"
}
