wet-mcp 3.0.0b1

Open-source MCP Server for web search, extract, crawl, academic research, and library docs with embedded SearXNG

WET - Web Extended Toolkit MCP Server

mcp-name: io.github.n24q02m/wet-mcp

5-strategy web search + extract + media MCP server, web-core ScrapingAgent backend.

Phase	Status	Scope
Phase 1	Shipped	web-core ScrapingAgent migration, smart chunks output, search polish, media slim
Phase 2	Shipped	Context7-level docs search: library index (Tier 1 + Tier 2), version-aware queries with token cap, project lock (Cabinets)
Phase 3	Current (BREAKING v2.0.0)	extract.agent multi-step research with cited synthesis, extract.interact click/fill/submit via patchright (optional session persistence), docs_004_chunk_summaries migration, media.analyze removed

BREAKING in v2.0.0 -- media(action="analyze") was removed entirely after the 2-minor-version deprecation grace period started in Phase 1. Use imagine-mcp's understand action for vision/audio/video analysis. See docs/migration.md for the upgrade recipe.

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Table of contents

• Features
• Status
• Quick install
• Documentation
• Tools
• Comparison
• Security
• Build from Source
• Trust Model
• License

Features

• Web Search -- Embedded SearXNG metasearch (Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Brave) with query expansion, TTL cache (1 h general / 5 min time-sensitive), standardized citation format, and 200-token snippet cap
• Academic Research -- Search Google Scholar, Semantic Scholar, arXiv, PubMed, CrossRef, BASE
• Library Docs -- Auto-discover and index documentation with FTS5 hybrid search, HyDE-enhanced retrieval, and version-specific docs
• Content Extract -- 5-strategy escalation chain via n24q02m-web-core ScrapingAgent (basic_http -> tls_spoof -> headless Crawl4AI), markitdown bridge for low-tier HTML/MD fallback, smart chunks structured output (clean text + markdown + JSON-LD + code blocks + metadata), batch processing (up to 50 URLs), deep crawling, site mapping
• Local File Conversion -- Convert PDF, DOCX, XLSX, CSV, HTML, EPUB, PPTX to Markdown
• Media -- List + download images / videos / audio files. analyze deprecated v<auto>+ -- use imagine-mcp.understand for vision/audio inference
• Anti-bot -- Stealth strategies bypass Cloudflare, Medium, LinkedIn, Twitter
• Zero Config -- Built-in local Qwen3 embedding + reranking, no API keys needed. Optional cloud providers (Jina AI, Gemini, OpenAI, Cohere) for higher-quality vectors
• Sync -- Cross-machine sync of indexed docs via Google Drive (OAuth Device Code, no browser redirect)

Quick install

# Method 1 (default): plugin install via Claude Code
/plugin marketplace add n24q02m/claude-plugins
/plugin install wet-mcp@n24q02m-plugins

# Method 1 (CLI): direct uvx invocation
claude mcp add wet -- uvx wet-mcp

# Method 3 (recommended for HTTP / multi-device / OAuth)
docker run -d --name wet-mcp-http -p 8084:8084 \
  -v wet-data:/data -e MCP_TRANSPORT=http \
  -e PUBLIC_URL=https://wet.example.com \
  n24q02m/wet-mcp:latest

Full setup matrices live at the canonical docs site mcp.n24q02m.com/servers/wet-mcp/setup/ and the paste-to-agent snippets at claude-plugins/plugins/wet-mcp/setup-with-agent.md (per Spec F single source of truth).

Status

2026-05-02 -- Architecture stabilization update

Past months saw significant churn around credential handling and the daemon-bridge auto-spawn pattern. This caused multi-process races, browser tab spam, and inconsistent setup UX across plugins. As of v<auto>, the architecture is stable: 2 clean modes (stdio + HTTP), no daemon-bridge layer, no auto-spawn from stdio.

Apologies for the instability period. If you encountered issues with prior versions, please update to v<auto>+ and follow the current setup docs -- most prior workarounds are no longer needed.

Related plugins from the same author:

• wet-mcp -- Web search + content extraction
• mnemo-mcp -- Persistent AI memory
• imagine-mcp -- Image/video understanding + generation
• better-notion-mcp -- Notion API
• better-email-mcp -- Email management
• better-telegram-mcp -- Telegram
• better-godot-mcp -- Godot Engine
• better-code-review-graph -- Code review knowledge graph

All plugins share the same architecture (this spec) -- install once, learn pattern transfers.

Documentation

Full docs at mcp.n24q02m.com/servers/wet-mcp/:

• Setup -- install methods for Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, Windsurf, mcp.json
• Modes overview -- stdio / local-relay / remote-relay / remote-oauth
• Multi-user setup -- per-JWT-sub credential model

In-repo references (Spec F single source of truth: setup docs live in claude-plugins/plugins/wet-mcp/):

• docs/ARCHITECTURE.md -- web-core ScrapingAgent integration, strategy chain, storage layout, LLM provider dispatch
• docs/BENCHMARKS.md -- v1.x baseline coverage / latency placeholders + tier-1 fixture metrics

Install with AI agent -- paste this to your AI coding agent:

Install MCP server wet-mcp following the steps at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/n24q02m/claude-plugins/main/plugins/wet-mcp/setup-with-agent.md

Tools

5 MCP tools (3 domain + config + help). The legacy setup tool merged into config action dispatch.

Tool	Description
search	Web (SearXNG metasearch), news, images, academic research (Scholar / arXiv / PubMed / CrossRef / Semantic Scholar / BASE), library docs (HyDE + FTS5), find similar pages. Phase 2 adds docs_resolve (library name -> ranked id), docs_query (version-aware + topic + 5000-token cap), docs_lock_project (Cabinets project pin via pyproject / package.json / go.mod / Cargo.toml manifest detection).
extract	URL -> smart chunks dict (clean_text + markdown + structured_data + code_blocks + metadata) via web-core 5-strategy chain. Batch processing (up to 50 URLs), deep crawling, site mapping, local file conversion (PDF/DOCX/XLSX/PPTX/EPUB), structured extraction (JSON Schema)
media	list (discover URLs from gallery pages), download (SSRF-safe). analyze deprecated v<auto>+ -- forwards to imagine-mcp.understand
config	status, set, cache_clear, docs_reindex, warmup, setup_open_relay, setup_status, setup_skip, setup_reset, setup_complete, setup_sync
help	Per-tool documentation: search, extract, media, config

Media boundary: For vision / audio understanding (image captioning, OCR, audio transcription, video summarization), use imagine-mcp. media.analyze in wet has been deprecated since v<auto> and will be removed in wet v2.0.0 (Phase 3).

Comparison

How wet-mcp stacks up against direct competitors in each pillar:

Capability	wet-mcp	Brave Search	Tavily	Firecrawl	Context7
Web search	Yes (SearXNG aggregation)	Yes	Yes	No	No
Extract URL	Yes (5-strategy chain)	No	Yes (basic)	Yes	No
Media list / download	Yes	No	No	No	No
Library docs search	Yes (Tier 1 curated + Tier 2 on-demand, version-aware, Cabinets)	No	No	No	Yes
Academic research	Yes (6 providers)	No	No	No	No
Self-hostable	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Free tier	Yes (open source)	Limited	Limited	Limited	Yes

Security

• SSRF prevention -- URL validation on crawl targets
• Graceful fallbacks -- Cloud → Local embedding, multi-tier crawling
• Error sanitization -- No credentials in error messages
• File conversion sandboxing -- Optional CONVERT_ALLOWED_DIRS restriction

Build from Source

git clone https://github.com/n24q02m/wet-mcp.git
cd wet-mcp
uv sync
uv run wet-mcp

Trust Model

This plugin implements TC-Local (machine-bound, single trust principal). See mcp-core/docs/TRUST-MODEL.md for full classification.

Mode	Storage	Encryption	Who can read your data?
stdio (default)	~/.wet-mcp/config.json	AES-GCM, machine-bound key	Only your OS user (file perm 0600)
HTTP self-host	Same as stdio	Same	Only you (admin = user)

License

MIT -- See LICENSE.