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webclaw
by 0xMassi
filesystem
by modelcontextprotocol
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30d uses
Score5577
Official
Categories
Web ScrapingAI / LLM ToolsDeveloper Tools
File SystemDeveloper ToolsProductivity
LanguageRustTypeScript
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webclaw · Summary

A Rust-based fast local-first web content extraction tool with MCP server for AI agents.

filesystem · Summary

A feature-rich MCP server for filesystem operations with dynamic directory access control.

webclaw · Use cases

  • AI agent web access for clean page context
  • RAG ingestion from documentation sites
  • Competitor monitoring and content analysis

filesystem · Use cases

  • Enable AI models to read and write project files during development
  • Allow Claude or other MCP clients to browse and analyze codebases
  • Provide secure sandboxed access to specific directories for content generation

webclaw · Install

Installation Options

**Agent Setup (Recommended)**

npx create-webclaw

**Homebrew**

brew tap 0xMassi/webclaw
brew install webclaw

**Cargo**

cargo install --git https://github.com/0xMassi/webclaw.git webclaw-mcp
cargo install --git https://github.com/0xMassi/webclaw.git webclaw-cli

**Claude Desktop Configuration**

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "webclaw": {
      "command": "~/.webclaw/webclaw-mcp"
    }
  }
}

filesystem · Install

Installation

Using NPX

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem",
        "/path/to/allowed/directory"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Using Docker

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "--mount", "type=bind,src=/path/to/allowed/dir,dst=/projects/allowed/dir",
        "mcp/filesystem",
        "/projects"
      ]
    }
  }
}

VS Code Extension

Click the installation buttons in the README to install directly in VS Code.

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