webfetch
NPM · GETWEBFETCH-MCP
License-first federated image search with attribution, dimensions, and download tooling.
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Last scanned (3 hours ago)
Scores higher than 53% of npm servers
Category Design and Media
How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. How we score → Why this is hard to score →
Supply Chain Security81
- No malware found by supply-chain analysis.Pass
- CVE check failed: a known high-severity CVE affects zod 3.25.76, a direct dependency. A fixed version is available. View diagnostics → Fail
- No install/post-install scripts declared.Pass
- 30 of 94 dependencies flagged as unhealthy. View diagnostics → Partial
Provenance & Transparency48
- Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL. View diagnostics → Pass
- Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
- Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).Pass
- Actively maintained (last published 179 days ago).Pass
- Publishes a security disclosure policy (SECURITY.md).Pass
Schema Quality & AI Usability72
- AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
- Tool/resource definitions use about 771 tokens (~110/item across 7 items; 7 tools + 0 resources), lean.Pass
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management100
- No destabilizing schema changes in the last 30 days.Pass
Tool Coverage69
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 6% of tool parameters carry a description.Partial
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- We read all 7 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 7 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
- Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.Pass
Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.
- 4 Nov 26 0
- Stability: 0.97 → pass security
- 3 Nov 26 0
- Stability: pass → 0.97 functional
- 28 Oct 26 0
- Stability: 0.97 → pass security
- 27 Oct 26 0
- Stability: pass → 0.97 functional
- 24 Oct 26 −5
- CVE-2023-54404 affects this package: high ▼ security
- Known CVEs: pass → fail ▼ security
- 21 Oct 26 0
- Stability: 0.97 → pass security
- 20 Oct 26 0
- Stability: pass → 0.97 functional
- 17 Oct 26 +2
- Stability: 0.83 → pass security
Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.
Captured 5 Nov 2026 · Analysed npm/getwebfetch-mcp@0.1.5
Provenance No attestation
The registry publishes no build provenance for this version, so there is nothing to verify.
| Result | No attestation |
|---|---|
| Ecosystem | npm |
Background: How many MCP packages publish verified provenance →
Vulnerabilities 1 finding
| ID | CVE | Severity | Vector | Fix available |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-mrhx-c7xc-m3w5 | CVE-2023-54404 | high | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | yes |
Background: What a vulnerability scan can and cannot prove →
Dependencies 94 packages
| Packages resolved | 94 |
|---|---|
| Stale | 30 |
| Tree resolution | Complete |
Background: SBOMs and build attestations, explained →
The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →
download_image ~80
Download an image URL (typically from a prior search_images result) to the local disk cache. Streams with a 20MB hard cap, content-type guard, SHA-256 hash, and returns the cached file path. Host blocklist enforced.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| cacheDir | string | – | – |
| maxBytes | integer | – | – |
| url | string | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
fetch_with_license ~83
Given an arbitrary URL (image or webpage), determine its license via host heuristics + page metadata (<link rel=license>, dc.rights, og tags). Set probe: true to also download the bytes. Use when an agent already has a URL and needs a go/no-go decision before shipping.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| probe | boolean | – | – |
| url | string | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
find_similar ~75
Reverse-image-search: given a public image URL, find visually similar images. Requires SERPAPI_KEY env var and providers: ['serpapi']. Returns candidates with heuristic licenses — treat results as leads, not shippable.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| providers | array | – | – |
| url | string | yes | Public URL of the reference image |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
probe_page ~65
Given a webpage URL, return every <img> on the page with inferred dimensions and a heuristic license per image. Respects robots.txt by default. Use to triage a candidate source page before picking.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| respectRobots | boolean | – | – |
| url | string | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
search_album_cover ~119
Find canonical album artwork. Uses MusicBrainz Cover Art Archive + iTunes + Spotify. Results are EDITORIAL_LICENSED — safe for album identification UI per platform ToS; always show attribution.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| album | string | yes | – |
| artist | string | yes | – |
| licensePolicy | string | – | – |
| maxPerProvider | integer | – | – |
| minHeight | integer | – | – |
| minWidth | integer | – | – |
| providers | array | – | – |
| safeSearch | string | – | – |
| timeoutMs | integer | – | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
search_artist_images ~160
Specialized image search for a musical artist. `kind` selects provider set + query expansion: 'portrait' (Wikimedia + Unsplash + Spotify), 'album' (MusicBrainz CAA + iTunes + Spotify), 'logo' (Wikimedia), 'performing' (Wikimedia + Pexels). Prefer this over `search_images` when building artist/band content.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| artist | string | yes | – |
| kind | string | – | – |
| licensePolicy | string | – | – |
| maxPerProvider | integer | – | – |
| minHeight | integer | – | – |
| minWidth | integer | – | – |
| providers | array | – | – |
| safeSearch | string | – | – |
| timeoutMs | integer | – | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
search_images ~189
Federated image search across license-aware providers (Wikimedia Commons, Openverse, Unsplash, Pexels, Pixabay, iTunes, MusicBrainz CAA, Spotify, Brave). Returns concise ranked candidates with license + attribution. Does NOT auto-download — call `download_image` after. Default safe-only policy includes open, platform-license, editorial/press tags and rejects UNKNOWN. Use open-only for CC/public-domain only. For large batches, prefer CLI: webfetch batch --jsonl --continue-on-error.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| licensePolicy | string | – | – |
| maxPerProvider | integer | – | – |
| minHeight | integer | – | – |
| minWidth | integer | – | – |
| providers | array | – | – |
| query | string | yes | What to search for (e.g., 'Drake musician portrait') |
| safeSearch | string | – | – |
| timeoutMs | integer | – | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
How do I install the webfetch MCP server?
webfetch runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y getwebfetch-mcp. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.
npm · getwebfetch-mcp
claude mcp add ashlrai-webfetch -- npx -y getwebfetch-mcp
What is the webfetch MCP server?
webfetch is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.ashlrai/webfetch. License-first federated image search with attribution, dimensions, and download tooling. This page covers its npm package (getwebfetch-mcp).
Is the webfetch MCP server safe to use?
webfetch scores 76 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We recorded 1 known advisory against it as of 5 November 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.
What tools does the webfetch MCP server expose?
webfetch exposes 7 tools: search_images, search_artist_images, search_album_cover, download_image, fetch_with_license, and 2 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 771 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Is the webfetch MCP server still maintained?
webfetch is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.
What licence is the webfetch MCP server under?
webfetch declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.