Websharp
Give your agent live web search plus clean article text extraction for market and competitor research.
Overview
Websharp is a MCP server for the Idea phase that searches the web and extracts article text for LLM-powered research in your agent.
What is this MCP server?
- Web search and article text extraction tuned for LLM context windows
- Docker OCI package websharp-mcp v0.99.0-rc2 on localhost:8081 streamable HTTP
- Reduces copy-paste from blogs, docs, and news into agent prompts
- stdio-free HTTP transport for local or containerized runs
- Package version v0.99.0-rc2
- Default transport URL http://localhost:8081/ streamable-http
- Registry: docker.io/jessegador/websharp-mcp
Community signal: 1 GitHub stars.
What problem does it solve?
Agents hallucinate or use stale facts when you cannot quickly pull trustworthy text from live web pages into the session.
Who is it for?
Indie builders doing competitor scans, trend checks, or doc lookups who want a local Docker MCP instead of manual paste from the browser.
Skip if: Workflows that need authenticated sites, form submission, or pixel-perfect browser control.
What do I get? / Deliverables
After running the Websharp MCP container and registering localhost HTTP, your agent can search and ingest normalized article content on demand.
- Running Websharp MCP HTTP endpoint on port 8081
- Agent-accessible web search and article text tools
- Research snippets ready to paste into specs or validation notes
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Journey fit
Web search and readable page content anchor the Idea phase but also support Validate and Build when grounding specs in external docs. Research is the primary shelf for tooling that fetches and normalizes web content for LLM reasoning.
How it compares
Focused search-and-extract MCP, not a Playwright-style full browser driver skill.
Common Questions / FAQ
Who is Websharp for?
Solo developers and agent users who need quick web search and clean article text inside Claude Code, Cursor, or similar MCP clients.
When should I use Websharp?
Use it during Idea and Validate research when you need current web content summarized or quoted in agent-assisted planning.
How do I add Websharp to my agent?
Pull the OCI image jessegador/websharp-mcp:v0.99.0-rc2, expose streamable HTTP on port 8081, and point your MCP client at http://localhost:8081/.