Tier 1: WebFetch - Start Simple

For about 60-70% of websites, you don't need anything fancy. Claude Code has this built-in WebFetch tool that handles basic scraping well. typescript// WebFetch tool (simplified) WebFetch({ url: "https://example. com", prompt: "Extract all content from this page and convert to markdown" })12345 It's not just fetching HTML. It has AI-powered content extraction that understands page structure and converts it to clean markdown.

Typically takes 2-5 seconds. 🤖 WebFetch uses AI to understand page structure - it's not just raw HTML scraping. Some sites need proper browser headers to work correctly. That's when we escalate to Tier 2.