hass-mcp-server vs fetch

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	hass-mcp-server by ganhammar	fetch by modelcontextprotocol
Stars	★ 34	★ 85,748
30d uses	—	—
Score	44	76
Official	—	✓
Categories	AI / LLM Toolshome-automationiot	Web ScrapingAI / LLM ToolsProductivity
Language	Python	TypeScript
Last commit	1 mo ago	this month

hass-mcp-server · Summary

Home Assistant MCP server with HTTP transport for remote access via OAuth or long-lived tokens.

fetch · Summary

An MCP server that fetches web content and converts HTML to markdown, allowing LLMs to read web pages.

hass-mcp-server · Use cases

Remote control of Home Assistant devices and automations through Claude web interface
Automated configuration management of YAML files with automatic backups and validation
System monitoring and troubleshooting using AI-powered prompts and completions

fetch · Use cases

LLMs reading news articles and blogs
Content analysis of web pages
Retrieving information from public websites
Chunked reading of large web documents

hass-mcp-server · Install

Installation

HACS (Recommended)

Open HACS in Home Assistant
Search for "MCP Server"
Click "Download"
Restart Home Assistant
Configure the integration

Claude Desktop Integration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "home-assistant": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@modelcontextprotocol/server-homeassistant"],
      "env": {
        "HOME_ASSISTANT_URL": "https://your-home-assistant.com",
        "HOME_ASSISTANT_TOKEN": "your-long-lived-token"
      }
    }
  }
}

fetch · Install

Installation

**Using uv (recommended)** No specific installation needed. Use uvx to run the server directly:

uvx mcp-server-fetch

**Using PIP** Install via pip:

pip install mcp-server-fetch

Then run as:

python -m mcp_server_fetch

Claude Desktop Configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fetch": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["mcp-server-fetch"]
    }
  }
}

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