Outline Wiki MCP Server

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Implementation Reference

• src/lib/handlers/documents.ts:56-68 (handler)

  The core handler function that implements the create_document tool by calling the Outline API to create a new document.

  async create_document(args: CreateDocumentInput) {
    checkAccess(config, 'create_document');
    const { data } = await apiCall(() =>
      apiClient.post<OutlineDocument>('/documents.create', {
        title: args.title,
        text: args.text,
        collectionId: args.collectionId,
        parentDocumentId: args.parentDocumentId,
        publish: args.publish,
      })
    );
    return docResult(data, MESSAGES.DOCUMENT_CREATED);
  },

• src/lib/schemas.ts:42-48 (schema)

  Zod schema defining the input parameters for the create_document tool.

  export const createDocumentSchema = z.object({
    title: z.string().min(1, 'Title is required'),
    text: z.string().default(''),
    collectionId,
    parentDocumentId: z.string().uuid().optional(),
    publish: z.boolean().default(true),
  });

• src/lib/handlers/index.ts:19-28 (registration)

  Registration of document handlers (including create_document) into the combined ToolHandlers object used by the MCP server.

  export function createAllHandlers(ctx: AppContext): ToolHandlers {
    return {
      ...createSearchHandlers(ctx),
      ...createDocumentHandlers(ctx),
      ...createCollectionHandlers(ctx),
      ...createCommentHandlers(ctx),
      ...createBatchHandlers(ctx),
      ...createSmartHandlers(ctx),
    } as ToolHandlers;
  }

• src/lib/tools.ts:76-79 (registration)

  MCP tool definition registration, specifying name, description, and schema reference for create_document.

    'create_document',
    'Create a new document.',
    'create_document'
  ),

• src/index.ts:84-86 (registration)

  Instantiates the app context and creates the handlers object (including create_document handler) for MCP tool execution.

  const ctx = createAppContext(config);
  const handlers = createAllHandlers(ctx);