xpath
Select query XML content using XPath
LABSCO SUMMARY
Two tools, no configuration: the entire surface is an expression, a document or a url, and a mimeType.
There is nothing to authenticate and nothing to set up, which makes this the extraction half of a scraping loop rather than a scraper — xpathwithurl retrieves and applies the expression in the same call, and xpath does the same for content already in hand. mimeType is the one real control, deciding how the content is parsed before the expression runs against it. What is absent is everything around the extraction: no pagination, no session, no rendering step. The input is a document and the output is what the XPath selects, which is the right size of tool when something else in the chain is already doing the fetching.
What it is
An XPath query server of 2 tools: one that queries XML content passed inline, one that fetches a URL and queries what comes back, both taking the expression and a mimeType.
What you get
- Querying a document you already hold: xpath takes the xml content, the query and a mimeType, and returns what the expression selects.
- Querying one you do not: xpathwithurl fetches the url and applies the same query and mimeType to the response, so retrieval and extraction happen in a single call.
Requirements
No credentials at all. For xpath, the XML content itself; for xpathwithurl, a url the machine running the server can reach.
Setup effort
One command — npx @thirdstrandstudio/mcp-xpath
USE CASES
01
Pulling a field out of a feed the server fetches
Give it the address and the expression, and let retrieval and extraction happen in the same call.
02
Extracting from a document you already hold
Pass the XML through with the expression when something else in the chain has already done the fetching.
2 tools
Counted once with only startup setup. Other versions, modes or optional credentials may expose a different list.
xpathwithurl
Fetch content from a URL and select query it using XPath
BEFORE YOU INSTALL
What to know first
Tools you get
2 tools when we connected.
Requires
npx on PATH
CONTEXT COST
Light Standing cost
Rated by the size of the 2 tool definitions that ride along on every turn, not by how many there are
INSTALLATION
Connect your client
Add the block to your client, or run the command directly.
Server setup
Configuration file
JSON
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-xpath": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"@thirdstrandstudio/mcp-xpath"
]
}
}
}npx
TERMINAL
npx @thirdstrandstudio/mcp-xpath
