WebReaper MCP Server
AI-native web scraper: scrape, crawl and map any site to clean markdown over stdio. MIT-licensed.
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Published as WebReaper.Mcp on nuget. Runs locally.
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MCP HTTP host: release plumbing (CANDIDATES + container image)
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#239
What to build
Release plumbing for the new package and its container image. Add WebReaper.Mcp.AspNetCore to the release CANDIDATES list so it versions in lockstep with the other packages, and publish a versioned container image as part of the release. This slice is HITL: it needs a human decision on the container registry (GHCR vs Docker Hub), the image name and tag scheme, and the credentials, and it touches the release workflow.
Acceptance criteria
- `WebReaper.M
Read the thread · 2026-06-04 · closed · 0 comments
MCP HTTP host: Chromium-baked Docker image + compose sidecar + n8n quickstart
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#239
What to build
A Chromium-baked Docker image for the HTTP host, a docker-compose example, and an n8n quickstart. The image bundles a managed Chromium so browser=true works out of the box (modeled on the existing playground Tier-B lean image). The compose example shows the server next to n8n, with an optional browserless sidecar wired via WEBREAPER_CDP_URL. The n8n quickstart documents pointing the MCP Client node at the server URL with a bearer token over Streamable HTTP.
Read the thread · 2026-06-04 · closed · 0 comments
MCP: per-call model override on extract_with_prompt + LLM config validation
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#239
What to build
A per-call model override on extract_with_prompt, plus validation of the LLM configuration. The tool gains an optional model parameter so a workflow can vary the model per call; the API key stays environment-only (the ADR-0084 OpenAI-compatible client), never a tool parameter. The config module is extended to read and validate the WEBREAPER_LLM_* set, and an LLM tool called without that configuration fails with an actionable error rather than a silent or
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MCP: WEBREAPER_CDP_URL browser-transport selection + concurrency cap (shared)
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#239
What to build
Browser-transport selection in the shared WebReaper.Mcp, so browser=true calls either launch managed Chromium or connect to an external CDP endpoint. A pure decision keyed on the browser flag and WEBREAPER_CDP_URL yields one of NoBrowser, LaunchManagedChromium, or ConnectToCdp(url); the tool layer turns that into the page-loader wiring. When WEBREAPER_CDP_URL is set, browser calls connect to that endpoint (a shared browserless pool) instead of launchin
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MCP: bounded crawl tool (shared WebReaperTools)
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#239
What to build
A bounded whole-site crawl tool added to the shared WebReaperTools class (so it appears on both the HTTP and stdio hosts). It takes a URL, an optional max_pages, and a browser flag, and performs an on-domain recursive sweep mirroring the CLI crawl command's shape (Crawl(url).Sweep(...) bounded by a page limit), collecting one record per page. The default max_pages is 50 (not the CLI's 1000) with a hard clamp, because MCP has no streaming and an unb
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docs: surface .Subscribe as the in-process result-collection idiom
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#233
What to build
Make WebReaper's existing in-process result-collection idiom, ScraperEngineBuilder.Subscribe(Action<ParsedData>) (ADR-0038), discoverable, so consumers stop hand-rolling a custom IScraperSink just to get records back in their own process. Three doc touch-points, all the same theme, shipped together:
- README: add a short "get records in-process" recipe under "API overview" (sibling to "Persist progress locally" and "Authorization"). Show collecting into a
Read the thread · 2026-06-03 · closed · 0 comments
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