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html-to-markdown-mcp
by levz0r
filesystem
by modelcontextprotocol
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html-to-markdown-mcp · Summary

MCP server that converts HTML to Markdown using Turndown.js with SSRF protection.

filesystem · Summary

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

html-to-markdown-mcp · Use cases

  • Convert web articles to Markdown for offline reading
  • Extract clean content from messy HTML pages
  • Automatically save webpage content to Markdown files

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

html-to-markdown-mcp · Install

Installation

npm install -g html-to-markdown-mcp

Claude Desktop Configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "html-to-markdown": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["html-to-markdown-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Local Development

git clone https://github.com/levz0r/html-to-markdown-mcp.git
cd html-to-markdown-mcp
npm install
npm start

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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