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Scrivener MCP

Scrivener MCP is an MCP server that adds tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. MCP server for Scrivener: read, write, analyze, and search your manuscripts with AI assistants. It has 69 GitHub stars, is released under the AGPL-3.0 license and runs locally with npx -y scrivener-mcp.

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Install Scrivener MCP

Generated from the server's MCP registry entry. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "scrivener-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "scrivener-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio scrivener-mcp -- npx -y scrivener-mcp

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "scrivener-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "scrivener-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "scrivener-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "scrivener-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

About Scrivener MCP

MCP server for Scrivener: connect your novels, screenplays, and manuscripts to Claude, ChatGPT, and any AI assistant, with document management, writing analysis, content enhancement, offline semantic search, and character/plot tracking.

  • claude
  • mcp-server
  • scrivener
  • writing-tool
  • ai-writing
  • content-analysis
  • manuscript
  • mcp
  • model-context-protocol
  • novel

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How do I install the Scrivener MCP MCP server?

Add the command npx -y scrivener-mcp to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is Scrivener MCP free?

The server is open source under the AGPL-3.0 license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.

Is Scrivener MCP actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 25, 2026. The latest release is v0.12.0, published Jul 25, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.