# FetchFox (remote · mcp.fetchfox.net)

YouTube transcripts, Instagram profiles and posts, and TikTok data as MCP tools.

- Trust score: 74/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-10-18

## Components

- remote · `mcp.fetchfox.net`: 74/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/solo-novato-fetchfox/mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/solo-novato-fetchfox/mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://mcp.fetchfox.net/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.0.0`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-10-18.

- **Endpoint Security**: 74/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - No authorisation is required to call this server. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 77/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 545 tokens (~68/item across 8 items; 8 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 20/100
  - Stability observed for 6 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 8 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 8 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the FetchFox MCP server?

FetchFox is a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.fetchfox.net/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http solo-novato-fetchfox 'https://mcp.fetchfox.net/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "solo-novato-fetchfox": {
      "url": "https://mcp.fetchfox.net/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "solo-novato-fetchfox": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.fetchfox.net/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.solo-novato-fetchfox]
url = "https://mcp.fetchfox.net/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "solo-novato-fetchfox": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://mcp.fetchfox.net/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add solo-novato-fetchfox --url 'https://mcp.fetchfox.net/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  solo-novato-fetchfox:
    url: "https://mcp.fetchfox.net/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "solo-novato-fetchfox": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://mcp.fetchfox.net/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add solo-novato-fetchfox -t streamable-http -u 'https://mcp.fetchfox.net/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "solo-novato-fetchfox": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.fetchfox.net/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-10-17 (score 74, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 13 to 17. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 4 days of observed history at the previous scan, 5 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-15 (score 73, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 7 to 10. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 2 days of observed history at the previous scan, 3 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-13 (score 72, +1)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-10-12 (score 71)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (8)

### `youtube_transcript` (~44 tokens)

Get the transcript (captions) of a YouTube video. Returns the full text plus per-segment timings.

Input parameters:

- `url` (string, required): Public YouTube video URL

### `tiktok_stats` (~44 tokens)

Get engagement stats for a single TikTok video (views, likes, comments, shares, publish date, author).

Input parameters:

- `url` (string, required): Public TikTok video URL

### `tiktok_search` (~75 tokens)

Search TikTok videos by query.

Input parameters:

- `country` (string): Two-letter country code for supported regional results.
- `cursor` (string): Opaque cursor returned by this endpoint; omit on the first call.
- `limit` (integer): Maximum items requested; collection can return fewer.
- `query` (string, required): Search keywords

### `tiktok_channel_videos` (~119 tokens)

Get a list of recent videos from a TikTok channel. Returns up to 100 videos with metadata (id, description, URL, thumbnail, duration, publish date, views, likes, comments, shares, saves). Supports pagination via the cursor field.

Input parameters:

- `cursor` (string): Pagination cursor from a previous response
- `limit` (integer): Number of videos to return (default 30, max 100)
- `url` (string, required): TikTok channel/profile URL, e.g. https://www.tiktok.com/@username

### `instagram_stats` (~88 tokens)

Get metadata and a video CDN URL for an Instagram post or reel. Views are optional (null when unavailable); requireViews=true enables strict count recovery. Shares are null when not exposed; unavailable duration is null. Never treat null as zero.

Input parameters:

- `requireViews` (boolean): Require verified views; defaults to false for immediate media delivery.
- `url` (string, required): Public Instagram post or Reel URL

### `instagram_channel_stats` (~44 tokens)

Get channel-level stats for an Instagram profile (user ID, followers, following, post count, bio, verified).

Input parameters:

- `url` (string, required): Public instagram channel/profile URL

### `instagram_channel_posts` (~65 tokens)

List recent posts from an Instagram profile URL.

Input parameters:

- `cursor` (string): Opaque cursor returned by this endpoint; omit on the first call.
- `limit` (integer): Maximum items requested; collection can return fewer.
- `url` (string, required): Public instagram channel/profile URL

### `instagram_channel_reels` (~66 tokens)

List recent reels from an Instagram profile URL.

Input parameters:

- `cursor` (string): Opaque cursor returned by this endpoint; omit on the first call.
- `limit` (integer): Maximum items requested; collection can return fewer.
- `url` (string, required): Public instagram channel/profile URL

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/solo-novato-fetchfox/mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-10-18: 74
- 2026-10-17: 74
- 2026-10-16: 73
- 2026-10-15: 73
- 2026-10-14: 72
- 2026-10-13: 72
- 2026-10-12: 71

## Common questions

### What is the FetchFox MCP server?

FetchFox is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.solo-novato/fetchfox. YouTube transcripts, Instagram profiles and posts, and TikTok data as MCP tools. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://mcp.fetchfox.net/mcp).

### Is the FetchFox MCP server safe to use?

FetchFox scores 74 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. 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 FetchFox MCP server expose?

FetchFox exposes 8 tools: youtube_transcript, tiktok_stats, tiktok_search, tiktok_channel_videos, instagram_stats, and 3 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 545 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the FetchFox MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to FetchFox without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the FetchFox MCP server still maintained?

FetchFox is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 18 October 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://mcp.fetchfox.net/mcp
- Authorisation metadata: https://mcp.fetchfox.net/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp
- Website: https://fetchfox.net/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/solo-novato-fetchfox/mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/solo-novato-fetchfox/mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/solo-novato-fetchfox/mcp