diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9caec9e2..c83afdc8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 - _(Optional)_ [git](https://git-scm.com/) - Used for fetching git diffs for `git` context
   - For Arch Linux users, you can install [`git`](https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/git) from the official repositories
   - For other systems, use your package manager to install `git`. For windows use the installer provided from git site
-- _(Optional)_ [lynx](https://lynx.invisible-island.net/) - Used for fetching textual representation of URLs for `url` context
+- _(Optional)_ [lynx](https://lynx.invisible-island.net/) - Used for improved fetching of URLs for `url` context
   - For Arch Linux users, you can install [`lynx`](https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/lynx) from the official repositories
   - For other systems, use your package manager to install `lynx`. For windows use the installer provided from lynx site
 
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ Default contexts are:
 - `git` - Requires `git`. Includes current git diff in chat context. Supports input (default unstaged).
   - `git:unstaged` - Includes unstaged changes in chat context.
   - `git:staged` - Includes staged changes in chat context.
-- `url` - Requires `lynx`. Includes content of provided URL in chat context. Supports input.
+- `url` - Includes content of provided URL in chat context. Supports input.
 - `register` - Includes contents of register in chat context. Supports input (default +, e.g clipboard).
 
 You can define custom contexts like this:
diff --git a/lua/CopilotChat/config.lua b/lua/CopilotChat/config.lua
index 4c760d47..d2a1974f 100644
--- a/lua/CopilotChat/config.lua
+++ b/lua/CopilotChat/config.lua
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ return {
       end,
     },
     url = {
-      description = 'Requires `lynx`. Includes content of provided URL in chat context. Supports input.',
+      description = 'Includes content of provided URL in chat context. Supports input.',
       input = function(callback)
         vim.ui.input({
           prompt = 'Enter URL> ',
diff --git a/lua/CopilotChat/context.lua b/lua/CopilotChat/context.lua
index 026a806c..2921ad86 100644
--- a/lua/CopilotChat/context.lua
+++ b/lua/CopilotChat/context.lua
@@ -423,11 +423,45 @@ function M.url(url)
   local content = url_cache[url]
   if not content then
     notify.publish(notify.STATUS, 'Fetching ' .. url)
-    local out = utils.system({ 'lynx', '-dump', url })
-    if not out or out.code ~= 0 then
-      return nil
+
+    local ok, out = async.util.apcall(utils.system, { 'lynx', '-dump', url })
+    if ok and out and out.code == 0 then
+      -- Use lynx to fetch content
+      content = out.stdout
+    else
+      -- Fallback to curl if lynx fails
+      local response = utils.curl_get(url, { raw = { '-L' } })
+      if not response or not response.body then
+        return nil
+      end
+
+      content = vim.trim(response
+        .body
+        -- Remove script, style tags and their contents first
+        :gsub(
+          '<script.-</script>',
+          ''
+        )
+        :gsub('<style.-</style>', '')
+        -- Remove XML/CDATA in one go
+        :gsub('<!?%[?[%w%s]*%]?>', '')
+        -- Remove all HTML tags (both opening and closing) in one go
+        :gsub(
+          '<%/?%w+[^>]*>',
+          ' '
+        )
+        -- Handle common HTML entities
+        :gsub('&(%w+);', {
+          nbsp = ' ',
+          lt = '<',
+          gt = '>',
+          amp = '&',
+          quot = '"',
+        })
+        -- Remove any remaining HTML entities (numeric or named)
+        :gsub('&#?%w+;', ''))
     end
-    content = out.stdout
+
     url_cache[url] = content
   end
 
diff --git a/lua/CopilotChat/health.lua b/lua/CopilotChat/health.lua
index d8ffed6c..3908c74c 100644
--- a/lua/CopilotChat/health.lua
+++ b/lua/CopilotChat/health.lua
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ function M.check()
   local lynx_version = run_command('lynx', '-version')
   if lynx_version == false then
     warn(
-      'lynx: missing, optional for fetching url contents. See "https://lynx.invisible-island.net/".'
+      'lynx: missing, optional for improved fetching of url contents. See "https://lynx.invisible-island.net/".'
     )
   else
     ok('lynx: ' .. lynx_version)