How do I install Intercept?

Copy the stdio config for Cursor, Claude Desktop, Claude Code, or VS Code on this page. It uses the publisher's install, not a PlugMCP proxy.

Does Intercept need an API key?

The publisher lists these environment variables: BRAVE_API_KEY.

What transport does Intercept use?

Intercept runs locally over stdio.

When was Intercept last checked?

Last checked 2026-11-09. Give your AI the ability to read the web. Fetches URLs as clean markdown with multi-tier fallback.

Intercept MCP server

Power your agent

Add this server

The publisher's own command. Not a PlugMCP endpoint.

Add to Cursor Add to VS Code Run on PlugMCP

Host a copy with our keys and logs.

Local command

npx -y [email protected]

Credentials from the publisher

BRAVE_API_KEY — Brave Search API key for the search tool (free tier: 2,000 queries/month). Not needed for the fetch tool.

Claude Code has no install link for a local command. Copy the command below and run it in a terminal.

shClaude Code

1BRAVE_API_KEY=<secret> claude mcp add io.github.bighippoman-intercept-mcp -- npx -y intercept-mcp@3.0.8

Run in a terminal.

jsonClaude Desktop

1{2  "mcpServers": {3    "io.github.bighippoman-intercept-mcp": {4      "command": "npx",5      "args": [6        "-y",7        "[email protected]"8      ],9      "env": {10        "BRAVE_API_KEY": "<secret>"11      }12    }13  }14}

claude_desktop_config.json

Local · npmPublisher installStep-by-step: add this in Claude

Remote URL or a command on your machine? How the two installs differ

Run on PlugMCP

Host a copy with our keys and logs.

A new server you create. It is not this listing's official endpoint. Use the publisher install when you want their URL and their credentials.

Launch

Server facts

Local

Transport: stdio
Version: 3.0.8
API key

Tools

No tool list yet. Remote servers get one after the first health check.

FAQ

Intercept

Add this server

Host a copy with our keys and logs.

Server facts

Tools

Questions

How do I install Intercept?

Does Intercept need an API key?

What transport does Intercept use?

When was Intercept last checked?

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