v2.48.4

dstotijn/hettyv2.48.4Mar 25, 2026by j-mendez

AI Summary

A new MCP (Model Context Protocol) server crate has been released, enabling integration with Claude AI tools for web scraping operations like fetching pages, crawling sites, and extracting links.

Key Highlights

New `spider_mcp` crate for Model Context Protocol
Integration with Claude Code and Claude Desktop
Tools for scraping, crawling, and HTML transformation
Support for markdown and link extraction

New Features

MCP server implementation
Claude AI integration
Web scraping tools

Full Release Notes

New `spider_mcp` crate — MCP server for Spider.

```bash
cargo install spider_mcp
```

Setup (Claude Code `~/.claude/settings.json` or Claude Desktop config):

```json
{ "mcpServers": { "spider": { "command": "spider-mcp" } } }
```

Usage examples:

```
Scrape a page:       "Fetch https://example.com as markdown"
Crawl a site:        "Crawl https://example.com up to 5 pages"
Extract links:       "Get all links from https://example.com"
Transform HTML:      "Convert this HTML to markdown: <h1>Hello</h1>"
```

Tools: `spider_scrape` · `spider_crawl` · `spider_links` · `spider_transform`