# AI Distiller (MCP server)

> AI Distiller is an MCP server that adds productivity tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. AI Distiller is ultra‑fast, open‑source tool for intelligently extracting only the essential public APIs, types, and structure from large… It has 172 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y @janreges/ai-distiller-mcp.

Note: This is the very first version of this tool. We would be very grateful for any feedback in the form of a discussion or by creating an issue on GitHub. Thank you\!

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/janreges/ai-distiller |
| GitHub stars | 172 |
| License | MIT |
| Language | C |
| Transport | stdio |
| Packages | npm: @janreges/ai-distiller-mcp |
| Remote URL | none |
| Needs API key | no |
| Official | no |
| Works with | Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code |
| Category | Productivity |
| Latest release | v1.4.0 (May 25, 2026) |
| Last commit | May 25, 2026 |

## Install

### Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ai-distiller": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@janreges/ai-distiller-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

### Claude Code

```sh
claude mcp add --transport stdio ai-distiller -- npx -y @janreges/ai-distiller-mcp
```

### Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ai-distiller": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@janreges/ai-distiller-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

### VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "ai-distiller": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@janreges/ai-distiller-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Config formats checked against the official docs on 2026-10-07.

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