Read GZH MCP Server

Let AI read full-text WeChat Official Account (微信公众号) articles. Cloud-based, zero-install. Returns title, author, publish time, and clean Markdown content. Supports standard articles and image-post (图文) formats. Its README documents 4 tools, including readgzh.read, readgzh.search, readgzh.list. It is available as a remote MCP endpoint.

Teams that want a hosted web scraping endpoint instead of running a local process. The project is written in TypeScript.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-08-14 · ★ 2 · #72 OF 78 MAINTAINED WEB SCRAPING · VERIFIED 2026-08-25

AGPL-3.0 · TypeScript servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Read GZH

Claude Code

claude mcp add sweesama-readgzh --transport http https://api.readgzh.site/mcp-server

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sweesama-readgzh": {
      "url": "https://api.readgzh.site/mcp-server"
    }
  }
}

Same JSON for Cursor. For VS Code, rename the top-level key from `mcpServers` to `servers`.

Using another client? Same JSON, different key

Claude Desktop · mcpServers

Cursor · mcpServers

VS Code · servers

Windsurf · mcpServers

Zed · context_servers

Cline · mcpServers

Roo Code · mcpServers

Continue · mcpServers

LibreChat · mcpServers

Gemini CLI · mcpServers

Codex CLI · mcp_servers

Full setup guides: every client.

02 · Evidence

https://api.readgzh.site/mcp-server

transport: streamable-http

endpoint alive - responded to MCP initialize · probed 2026-08-25

Security posture

What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.

runs as remote - your agent's requests go to api.readgzh.site

endpoint auth accepted our unauthenticated MCP initialize - no credentials needed to connect

license AGPL-3.0 - declared in the repository

registry namespace io.github.sweesama is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What Read GZH can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

What you can build

With this server connected, an agent can read & extract a WeChat article from a URL, search cached articles by keyword, list recently cached articles, and fetch a cached article by slug.

The 4 tools it gives your agent

Extracted from the project's README - what ReadGZH lets an agent do.

readgzh.read: - Read & extract a WeChat article from a URL
readgzh.search: - Search cached articles by keyword
readgzh.list: - List recently cached articles
readgzh.get: - Fetch a cached article by slug

04 · Who maintains Read GZH

ReadGZH is maintained by sweesama. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to May 2026.

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/sweesama/readgzh
category: web scraping - ranked #72 of 78 actively-maintained web scraping servers as of 2026-08-25.
registry: io.github.sweesama/readgzh (active, first published 2026-06-25)

06 · Read GZH FAQ

Is Read GZH still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-08-25, its last commit was 2026-08-14. We re-verify nightly.

What can Read GZH do?

With this server connected, an agent can read & extract a WeChat article from a URL, search cached articles by keyword, list recently cached articles, and fetch a cached article by slug.

How do I install Read GZH?

Run `claude mcp add sweesama-readgzh --transport http https://api.readgzh.site/mcp-server`. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

Does Read GZH require authentication?

No - the endpoint accepted our unauthenticated MCP initialize when probed on 2026-08-25; you can connect without credentials.

07 · Alternatives to Read GZH

Alternatives to Read GZH

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Pairs well with

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