Faceabot Web page reader MCP

An official MCP server hosted by Faceabot that allows AI agents to read any public web page or URL as clean text or markdown, including scraping articles, docs, blogs, and files from public GitHub repositories. It is a free, remote-only tool with no API key required.

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Endpoint and access

No sign-in to connect and list tools. Individual tools may still need a vendor account, credentials, or permissions; check the documented prerequisites.

Vendor evidenceStreamable HTTPNo sign-inEndpoint checked 2026-11-01Operated by Faceabot

MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)

https://faceabot.com/tools-mcp/reader

Vendor documentation

What you can do with it

Read any public web page as clean text or markdown
Scrape website pages, articles, docs, and blogs
Read files of public GitHub repositories

Source and maintenance

Vendor evidenceRegistry 1.0.0

mcp-registry: com.faceabot/web-reader@1.0.0 Project website

Protocol and capabilities

Server: faceabot-reader 1.0.0
MCP protocol: 2025-06-18
Tools: 2 advertised
Resources: Not advertised
Resource templates: Not advertised
Prompts: Not advertised

Server-advertised capabilities

{
  "tools": {
    "listChanged": false
  }
}

Server-provided instructions

Untrusted server output shown for inspection. It is not Koskamo guidance and is excluded from knowledge search.

Faceabot Reader: read any public web page as clean text (read_web_page {"url":…}) and files of public GitHub repositories (read_github_file {"repo":"owner/name"}). Free, no key. Pages that need a login cannot be read. PDFs: https://pdf.faceabot.com/mcp. YouTube transcripts: https://youtube.faceabot.com/mcp. Part of Faceabot (https://faceabot.com): any other tool: solve_need at https://faceabot.com/api/mcp.

Tools

2 advertised

read_web_page — Read a web page

Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

Advertised read-onlyOpen-world

Reads a public web page and returns its title and main text as clean plain text (menus, scripts and ads removed), in pages of up to 50,000 characters. Use when: you need the content of an article, a documentation page, a blog post or any public page. Not for: pages that need a login; PDFs (use the Faceabot PDF tool). Example: {"url":"https://example.com"}

read_web_page input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "url"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "url": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri",
      "examples": [
        "https://example.com"
      ],
      "description": "Public https address of the page"
    },
    "start": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 0,
      "minimum": 0
    },
    "max_chars": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 15000,
      "maximum": 50000,
      "minimum": 500
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

read_web_page annotations

{
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": true,
  "idempotentHint": true,
  "destructiveHint": false
}

read_github_file — Read a file from a public GitHub repository

Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

Advertised read-onlyOpen-world

Returns a file from a public GitHub repository (default: its README). Use when: you need a project's README, documentation or source file. Example: {"repo":"cloudflare/workers-sdk","path":"README.md"}

read_github_file input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "repo"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "ref": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Branch, tag or commit. Default: the default branch"
    },
    "path": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "File path. Default: the README"
    },
    "repo": {
      "type": "string",
      "examples": [
        "cloudflare/workers-sdk"
      ],
      "description": "owner/name, e.g. cloudflare/workers-sdk"
    },
    "start": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 0,
      "minimum": 0
    },
    "max_chars": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 20000,
      "maximum": 50000,
      "minimum": 500
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

read_github_file annotations

{
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": true,
  "idempotentHint": true,
  "destructiveHint": false
}

Prompts

Not advertised

No prompt definitions available.

Resources

Not advertised

No resource definitions available.

30-day availability

Aggregated from read-only remote checks; this is not a tool-execution or security guarantee.

Successful checks: 1 of 1 (100%)
Average latency: 219 ms
95th percentile latency: 219 ms

Maintenance history

Public check and source-refresh events. Editorial and ownership records remain private.

Nov 1, 2026, 7:32 AM UTC · probe · passed · 219 ms · metadata changed · 2 tool(s)

Connect from your client

Each snippet registers the same endpoint; pick the client you use.

This server is operated by the named third party. Listing and endpoint checks are not an endorsement or a security audit. Review the operator's permissions, terms, and data handling before connecting. How listings are checked and corrected.

Claude Code

Run this once in a terminal. It registers the remote server. Use --scope project to write .mcp.json for the repo.

Claude Code configuration

claude mcp add --transport http faceabot-web-page-reader-mcp https://faceabot.com/tools-mcp/reader

Codex

Run this once. Codex stores MCP servers in ~/.codex/config.toml (or .codex/config.toml in a trusted project).

Codex configuration

codex mcp add faceabot-web-page-reader-mcp --url https://faceabot.com/tools-mcp/reader

Cursor

Merge this server into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, then enable faceabot-web-page-reader-mcp in your MCP settings.

Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "faceabot-web-page-reader-mcp": {
      "url": "https://faceabot.com/tools-mcp/reader"
    }
  }
}

Cline

Merge this into cline_mcp_settings.json (Cline → MCP Servers → Configure).

Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "faceabot-web-page-reader-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://faceabot.com/tools-mcp/reader",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Merge this server into .vscode/mcp.json. Use MCP: List Servers to start faceabot-web-page-reader-mcp and inspect its tools.

VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "faceabot-web-page-reader-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://faceabot.com/tools-mcp/reader"
    }
  }
}

Gemini CLI

Run this once. It writes .gemini/settings.json in the current project; pass --scope user for ~/.gemini/settings.json.

Gemini CLI configuration

gemini mcp add --transport http faceabot-web-page-reader-mcp https://faceabot.com/tools-mcp/reader

Claude Desktop

Merge this into claude_desktop_config.json (macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\), then restart Claude Desktop.

Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "faceabot-web-page-reader-mcp": {
      "url": "https://faceabot.com/tools-mcp/reader"
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

Merge this into ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json, then refresh MCP in Cascade. Windsurf remote servers use serverUrl, not url.

Windsurf configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "faceabot-web-page-reader-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://faceabot.com/tools-mcp/reader"
    }
  }
}

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