MCP server

Penwright — writing-craft library, guide metadata, and magazine Official

ink.penwright/discovery

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 20:29 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

Read-only access to Penwright's writing-craft book library, grounded guide metadata (card-level...

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At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

penwright.ink (verified by the MCP Registry)

Status

Working at last check

Tools

9

Token cost

About 1,342 tokens per request

Sets up in

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 20:29 UTC

Connect it to your agent

Add to CursorAdd to VS CodeVS Code Insiders

Opens the app, which shows the server and asks you to confirm. For other apps, copy the setup below.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http discovery https://penwright.ink/api/mcp

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.discovery]
url = "https://penwright.ink/api/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"discovery":{"httpUrl":"https://penwright.ink/api/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"discovery":{"url":"https://penwright.ink/api/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"discovery":{"type":"http","url":"https://penwright.ink/api/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add discovery https://penwright.ink/api/mcp

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings: turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector and paste the URL. Which plans can do this varies.

OpenAI API (Responses tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"discovery","server_url":"https://penwright.ink/api/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"discovery","server_url":"https://penwright.ink/api/mcp"}

Tools

• choose_camp ~194 tokens
  Given a guide slug and one pick per debate ('A', 'B', or skip, in debate order, as a single string e.g. 'ABAB'), returns which library ids argue the picked side of each debate and the union reading list. Pure compute over public debate data — no book text is generated.
• get_answer ~114 tokens
  Get one Answer — question, grounded answer, visible citations — by id or slug, in the Answer contract v0 shape (ANSWERS-PROGRAM.md). Read-only. Returns null if not found.
• get_debate ~202 tokens
  Returns one debate — a named tension between poles argued by different books on the same capability guide, with stakes, guidance, and the library ids of resolvable authors on either side. Known slugs (38): memoir-sentence-craft-or-structural-architecture-first, memoir-daily-discipline-or-trusting-in
• get_guide ~171 tokens
  Returns one live guide's title, subtitle, access, book count, and reading time — card-level metadata only, never the paid body/depth content. Known slugs (23): memoir-writing, nonfiction-writing, fiction-writing, getting-published, self-publishing, book-marketing, design-a-publication, typography-an
• get_library_work ~102 tokens
  Returns one writing-craft library work's bibliographic record and (when profiled) its thesis.
• get_magazine_piece ~128 tokens
  Returns one published magazine piece's question, per-writer sections, and editor's coda — the same content the human page renders, ungated. Known slugs (1): the-whole-room--my-memoir-keeps-stalling-i-can-write-scenes.
• list_answers ~130 tokens
  List Answers (contract v0), paginated with an opaque cursor. Read-only.
• search_answers ~143 tokens
  Search Answers by free-text query over question/answer text. Returns contract v0 records. Read-only.
• search_library ~158 tokens
  Search or list Penwright's writing-craft book library by title/author substring and/or property tag. No filters returns the first page.

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