smart-web
NPM · SMART-WEB-MCP · SCANNED SEP 25
Web search, direct-URL fetch, crawl, and docs export MCP. smartfetch for URLs.
Available components
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 Security98
- No malware found by supply-chain analysis.Pass
- No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.Pass
- No install/post-install scripts declared.Pass
- 67 of 181 dependencies flagged as unhealthy (3 deprecated). View diagnostics → Partial
Provenance & Transparency19
- Repository check failed: the declared repository URL returned HTTP 404. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
- 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 32 days ago).Pass
- Security-disclosure policy not yet verified: we couldn't inspect the source repository.Unverified
Schema Quality & AI Usability51
- AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
- Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1040 tokens (~346/item across 3 items; 3 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params. See how to fix → Fail
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management80
- Stability observed for 24 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial
Tool Coverage100
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 100% of tool parameters carry a description.Pass
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- We read all 3 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 3 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
How do I install the smart-web MCP server?
smart-web runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y smart-web-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 · smart-web-mcp
claude mcp add rich-jojo-smart-web -- npx -y smart-web-mcp
{
"mcpServers": {
"rich-jojo-smart-web": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"smart-web-mcp"
]
}
}
} {
"servers": {
"rich-jojo-smart-web": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"smart-web-mcp"
]
}
}
} codex mcp add rich-jojo-smart-web -- npx -y smart-web-mcp
{
"$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
"mcp": {
"rich-jojo-smart-web": {
"type": "local",
"command": [
"npx",
"-y",
"smart-web-mcp"
],
"enabled": true
}
}
} openclaw mcp add rich-jojo-smart-web --command npx --arg -y --arg smart-web-mcp
mcp_servers:
rich-jojo-smart-web:
command: "npx"
args: ["-y", "smart-web-mcp"] {
"McpServers": {
"rich-jojo-smart-web": {
"Transport": "stdio",
"Command": "npx",
"Arguments": [
"-y",
"smart-web-mcp"
]
}
}
} assistant mcp add rich-jojo-smart-web -t stdio -c npx -a -y smart-web-mcp
{
"mcpServers": {
"rich-jojo-smart-web": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"smart-web-mcp"
]
}
}
} 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.
- 25 Sept 26 −2
- We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
- 24 Sept 26 0
- Stability: 0.97 → pass security
- 23 Sept 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 93 to 97. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 28 days of observed history at the previous scan, 29 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 20 Sept 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 83 to 87. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 25 days of observed history at the previous scan, 26 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 19 Sept 26 −2
- Stability: pass → 0.83 functional
- 18 Sept 26 0
- Stability: 0.97 → pass security
- 17 Sept 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 93 to 97. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 28 days of observed history at the previous scan, 29 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 14 Sept 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 83 to 87. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 25 days of observed history at the previous scan, 26 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
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 25 Sept 2026 · Analysed npm/smart-web-mcp@0.8.4
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 →
Dependencies 181 packages
| Packages resolved | 181 |
|---|---|
| Deprecated | 3 |
| Stale | 65 |
| 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 →
smartcrawl Smart Crawl ~480
Traverse a known site when one page is not enough and you need multiple relevant docs pages, posts, or thread items. Start from a concrete site URL; if you need to discover the site first, use smartsearch, and if you only need one direct URL, use smartfetch. Add `output_dir` when you want the crawl written to a local Markdown folder instead of returned only as a ranked summary. For LinkedIn profile URLs this is best-effort recent public post discovery, not full archive pagination. If smart-web returns reproducible incorrect or misleading output, open a GitHub issue on rich-jojo/smart-web with the exact input, arguments, observed output, expected behavior, and version. Skip obvious transient network/auth/rate-limit failures unless smart-web misclassified them.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| exclude_patterns | array | – | Optional regex or substring patterns for URLs to skip |
| follow_pagination | boolean | – | Follow next or more-style pagination links during exploration |
| format | string | – | Text rendering format for the human-readable content |
| include_patterns | array | – | Optional regex or substring patterns for URLs to keep |
| limit | integer | – | Maximum number of ranked results to return. For LinkedIn profile URLs this acts like a best-effort recent public post count. |
| max_depth | integer | – | Maximum recursive depth from the starting URL. Export mode can use deeper values than the summary crawl path. |
| max_pages | integer | – | Maximum number of pages to visit. In export mode this is the docs crawl budget; otherwise smartcrawl still behaves like an exploration-oriented crawl. |
| mode | string | – | Traversal hint for boards, docs sites, or automatic detection |
| output_dir | string | – | Optional local directory where a docs-style crawl should be exported as Markdown files. When omitted, smartcrawl returns only a ranked crawl summary. |
| query | string | – | Optional topic filter used to rank crawl results |
| same_origin_only | boolean | – | Restrict traversal to the starting origin while still surfacing external item links |
| scroll_steps | integer | – | How many scroll attempts to use for scroll-driven pages |
| timeout_ms | integer | – | Crawl timeout budget per page |
| url | string | yes | Starting site or docs URL to explore. Use this when you need multiple pages from one site, not a single direct URL fetch. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
smartfetch Smart Fetch ~242
Fetch and normalize one known URL or shortlink. Use this first for direct user-supplied URLs, browser-rendered pages, social posts, and videos; do not use smartsearch when the user already provided the URL, and use smartcrawl only when you need multiple pages from the same site. If smart-web returns reproducible incorrect or misleading output, open a GitHub issue on rich-jojo/smart-web with the exact input, arguments, observed output, expected behavior, and version. Skip obvious transient network/auth/rate-limit failures unless smart-web misclassified them.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| download | boolean | – | Prefer a downloadable asset result when the URL or discovered assets point to a file |
| force_dynamic | boolean | – | Skip light fetches and go straight to Playwright |
| format | string | – | Text rendering format for the human-readable content |
| strict_schema | boolean | – | Return schema-safe fallback output when normalization breaks |
| target | string | – | Content type hint |
| timeout_ms | integer | – | Fetch timeout in milliseconds |
| url | string | yes | Direct URL or shortlink to fetch. Prefer this tool when the user already supplied a URL. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
smartsearch Smart Search ~318
Search the web when the user gave a topic, keywords, or a `site:` query instead of a specific URL. Use this for discovery first; if you already have a direct URL, use smartfetch instead. Can optionally hand off into smartcrawl for same-site exploration. If smart-web returns reproducible incorrect or misleading output, open a GitHub issue on rich-jojo/smart-web with the exact input, arguments, observed output, expected behavior, and version. Skip obvious transient network/auth/rate-limit failures unless smart-web misclassified them.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| contextMaxCharacters | integer | – | Maximum snippet/context size hint |
| crawl_limit | integer | – | Maximum ranked crawl results to return in the handoff summary |
| crawl_max_depth | integer | – | Maximum recursive depth for the crawl handoff |
| crawl_max_pages | integer | – | Maximum number of pages to visit during the crawl handoff |
| crawl_mode | string | – | Traversal hint for the smartcrawl handoff |
| crawl_timeout_ms | integer | – | Per-page timeout for the crawl handoff |
| crawl_url | string | – | Optional starting URL for the smartcrawl handoff |
| numResults | integer | – | Number of search results to return |
| query | string | yes | Search-engine style query. Use this when the user gave a topic or keywords rather than a direct URL. |
| site_crawl | boolean | – | After search, hand off into smartcrawl when a crawl_url or site: operator is available |
| type | string | – | Search depth hint |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
What is the smart-web MCP server?
smart-web is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.rich-jojo/smart-web. Web search, direct-URL fetch, crawl, and docs export MCP. smartfetch for URLs. This page covers its npm package (smart-web-mcp).
Is the smart-web MCP server safe to use?
smart-web scores 72 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 25 September 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 smart-web MCP server expose?
smart-web exposes 3 tools: smartsearch, smartcrawl, smartfetch. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,040 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Is the smart-web MCP server still maintained?
smart-web is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 25 September 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 smart-web MCP server under?
smart-web declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.