Wick

Browser-grade web access for AI agents. Docs | Blog | getwick.dev

Your AI agent gets blocked on the web. Wick fixes that.

Wick is an MCP server that uses Chrome's actual network stack so the TLS fingerprint is identical to a real browser. It runs locally from your own IP, and returns clean markdown. We tested it against 25 anti-bot-protected sites — Cloudflare, Akamai, PerimeterX, AWS WAF — and scored 100%.

Built by the creator of Lantern, a censorship circumvention tool used by 150M+ people in Iran, China, and Russia. The same TLS evasion techniques that bypass government censors, applied to anti-bot walls.

Agent: I'll fetch that page for you.
       [uses wick_fetch]

Result: 200 OK

# The New York Times - Breaking News
Led by the freshman forward Cameron Boozer,
the No. 1 overall seed faces a tough test...

Install

macOS (Homebrew):

brew tap wickproject/wick && brew install wick
wick setup

Linux (apt):

curl -fsSL https://wickproject.github.io/wick/apt/install.sh | bash
wick setup

npm (any platform):

npm install -g wick-mcp
wick setup

wick setup auto-detects your MCP clients (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.) and configures them.

Tools

wick_fetch

Fetch any URL and get clean, LLM-friendly markdown. Sites that block standard HTTP clients return full content because Wick uses Chrome's actual TLS fingerprint.

wick fetch https://www.nytimes.com

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
url	string	required	The URL to fetch
format	string	"markdown"	Output: markdown, html, or text
respect_robots	bool	true	Whether to respect robots.txt

wick_crawl

Crawl a website starting from a URL. Follows same-domain links, fetches each page through Chrome's TLS pipeline, and returns markdown for every page.

wick crawl https://docs.example.com --depth 2 --max-pages 10

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
url	string	required	Starting URL
max_depth	number	2	How many links deep to follow (max 5)
max_pages	number	10	Pages to fetch (max 50)
path_filter	string	none	Only crawl paths starting with this prefix
respect_robots	bool	true	Whether to respect robots.txt

wick_map

Discover all URLs on a site. Checks sitemap.xml first, then follows links.

wick map https://example.com --limit 100

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
url	string	required	Starting URL
limit	number	100	Max URLs to discover (max 5000)
use_sitemap	bool	true	Check sitemap.xml first
path_filter	string	none	Only include paths with this prefix

wick_search

Search the web. Use wick_fetch to read any result in full.

wick search "rust async runtime"

wick_download

Download video and audio from Reddit, YouTube, Twitter, and 1000+ other sites. Powered by yt-dlp.

wick download "https://v.redd.it/4uofpbxa97rg1" -o ./archive

wick_session

Clear cookies and session data to start fresh.

wick session clear

HTTP API

Wick also runs as a local HTTP API server, making it accessible to any tool — Python, LangChain, n8n, curl, custom agents.

wick serve --api
# Wick 0.7.0 + Pro API server running at http://127.0.0.1:8090

# Fetch a page
curl "http://localhost:8090/v1/fetch?url=https://nytimes.com"

# Crawl a site
curl "http://localhost:8090/v1/crawl?url=https://docs.example.com&max_pages=5"

# Discover URLs
curl "http://localhost:8090/v1/map?url=https://example.com"

# Search
curl "http://localhost:8090/v1/search?q=rust+async"

import requests
r = requests.get("http://localhost:8090/v1/fetch", params={"url": "https://nytimes.com"})
print(r.json()["content"])  # clean markdown

All endpoints return JSON. Full API docs.

100% anti-bot success rate

We tested Wick Pro against 25 sites spanning five tiers of protection:

Protection	Sites	Result
Minimal	Wikipedia, GitHub, Hacker News, ArXiv, NPR	5/5
Cloudflare	Stack Overflow, Medium, ESPN, Craigslist, IMDb	5/5
Aggressive	NYTimes, Reddit, Amazon, LinkedIn, Indeed, Zillow, Yelp	7/7
PerimeterX / Akamai	Glassdoor, Walmart, Target, Best Buy, Pinterest, Instagram, Twitter/X	7/7
Very aggressive	Bloomberg	1/1

All running locally with zero cloud dependencies.

How Wick compares

	Wick	Firecrawl	Bright Data	Browserbase	Playwright MCP
Anti-bot success rate	100%	83%	~100%	90%	0%
Runs locally	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Crawl / Map	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Your residential IP	Yes	No	Pooled	Pooled	Yes
Your data stays local	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Free	Unlimited	500 pages	5K req/mo	1 hr	Free
Pro pricing	$20/mo flat	$19-599/mo	Usage-based	$20-99/mo	Free

Why agents get blocked

Anti-bot systems fingerprint the TLS handshake — the cipher suites, extensions, and ordering that your HTTP client uses. Go, Python, and Node libraries have distinct TLS signatures that Cloudflare and Akamai identify in milliseconds.

Wick uses Chrome's actual network stack (Cronet — the same BoringSSL and HTTP/2 implementation in real Chrome), so the fingerprint is indistinguishable from a real browser. No simulation, no header spoofing — the real thing.

Wick Pro

For teams that need JavaScript rendering, advanced anti-detection, and access to sites with aggressive bot protection. Pro adds a real Chromium browser engine with stealth patches.

wick pro activate

$20/month flat. No per-request billing. Learn more at getwick.dev or contact us.

Configure agents to always use Wick

Claude Code — add to CLAUDE.md:

When fetching web pages, always use wick_fetch instead of the built-in WebFetch tool.
Use wick_search for web searches. Use wick_crawl to read multi-page sites.

Cursor — add to .cursorrules:

Use wick_fetch to read any URL. Use wick_search for web searches.
Use wick_crawl to read documentation sites and multi-page content.

Other MCP agents — add to your system prompt or AGENTS.md:

Use wick_fetch, wick_search, wick_crawl, and wick_map MCP tools for all web access.
Always prefer these over built-in fetch/browse capabilities.

Building from source

cd rust
cargo build --release

The binary is at rust/target/release/wick.

License

MIT

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