MCP Server

Writing MCP MCP Server

Name: Writing MCP MCP Server
Author: io.github.hannasdev

io.github.hannasdev/mcp-writing

Repository Registry

What is the Writing MCP MCP server?

Metadata-first fiction editing and reasoning tools for long-form writing projects.

How to install Writing MCP

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

Environment / auth

WRITING_SYNC_DIR
required
Path to the manuscript sync folder that mcp-writing indexes and edits.
DB_PATH
Optional path for the SQLite index database used by the server.
OWNERSHIP_GUARD_MODE
Startup ownership policy for sync-folder files.

Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-writing": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@hanna84/mcp-writing"
      ],
      "env": {
        "WRITING_SYNC_DIR": "<YOUR_WRITING_SYNC_DIR>",
        "DB_PATH": "<YOUR_DB_PATH>",
        "OWNERSHIP_GUARD_MODE": "<YOUR_OWNERSHIP_GUARD_MODE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-writing": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@hanna84/mcp-writing"
      ],
      "env": {
        "WRITING_SYNC_DIR": "<YOUR_WRITING_SYNC_DIR>",
        "DB_PATH": "<YOUR_DB_PATH>",
        "OWNERSHIP_GUARD_MODE": "<YOUR_OWNERSHIP_GUARD_MODE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-writing": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@hanna84/mcp-writing"
      ],
      "env": {
        "WRITING_SYNC_DIR": "<YOUR_WRITING_SYNC_DIR>",
        "DB_PATH": "<YOUR_DB_PATH>",
        "OWNERSHIP_GUARD_MODE": "<YOUR_OWNERSHIP_GUARD_MODE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "mcp-writing": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@hanna84/mcp-writing"
      ],
      "env": {
        "WRITING_SYNC_DIR": "<YOUR_WRITING_SYNC_DIR>",
        "DB_PATH": "<YOUR_DB_PATH>",
        "OWNERSHIP_GUARD_MODE": "<YOUR_OWNERSHIP_GUARD_MODE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add mcp-writing --env WRITING_SYNC_DIR=<YOUR_WRITING_SYNC_DIR> --env DB_PATH=<YOUR_DB_PATH> --env OWNERSHIP_GUARD_MODE=<YOUR_OWNERSHIP_GUARD_MODE> -- npx -y @hanna84/mcp-writing