Docswrite MCP Server

Publish content and Google Docs to WordPress, Webflow, Contentful, Shopify, GitHub, Dev.to, Hashnode, Medium, Ghost, Docswrite blogs, X and LinkedIn from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or any other MCP client. Docswrite turns the doc (headings, images, links, tables) into a formatted post, uploads the images, and fills in SEO fields.

Remote server (recommended): https://api.docswrite.com/mcp

Docswrite now hosts the MCP server. There is nothing to install: add the URL as a remote / custom connector and sign in to Docswrite when the client asks (OAuth 2.1 with dynamic client registration; you approve the connection for one organization and can revoke it any time). Clients without OAuth can send an org API key instead (Authorization: Bearer dw_live_... or x-api-key).

It publishes content directly: the assistant sends the post as Markdown or HTML (title, excerpt, tags, categories, slug, SEO fields, canonical URL, images) to one or many connections at once (WordPress, the WordPress plugin, Webflow, Contentful, Shopify, GitHub, Ghost, Medium, Dev.to, Hashnode, Docswrite blogs, X, LinkedIn), as a draft, now or scheduled. A Google Doc URL still works as the source.

Claude (claude.ai / Desktop): Settings -> Connectors -> Add custom connector -> https://api.docswrite.com/mcp.

ChatGPT: Settings -> Connectors (developer mode) -> Create -> MCP server URL https://api.docswrite.com/mcp, authentication OAuth.

Claude Code:

claude mcp add --transport http docswrite https://api.docswrite.com/mcp
# or with an org API key instead of OAuth:
claude mcp add --transport http docswrite https://api.docswrite.com/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer dw_live_..."

Cursor / VS Code / Windsurf (mcp.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "docswrite": { "url": "https://api.docswrite.com/mcp" }
  }
}

MCP Inspector:

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector --cli https://api.docswrite.com/mcp --transport http \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer dw_live_..." --method tools/list

The same publishing is available over REST: POST https://api.docswrite.com/api/v1/posts (see https://api.docswrite.com/openapi.json and https://api.docswrite.com/auth.md).

The rest of this README covers the local stdio server in this repository, which still works (for clients that only run local servers, or to publish from Google Docs with your own Google OAuth client).

Related MCP server: Locations MCP Server

Quick start (local stdio server)

1. In the Docswrite dashboard, open Settings -> API Keys (https://docswrite.com/dashboard/api-keys) and create an org API key (dw_live_...). One key reaches every connection of your organization: the assistant lists your connections and publishes to any of them.

2. Run the server (Node.js 18+):

npx -y @docswrite/docswrite-mcp --docswriteToken dw_live_...

Until the npm package is published, run it straight from GitHub (same flags):

npx -y github:Docswrite/docswrite-mcp --docswriteToken dw_live_...

The key can also be passed as --docswriteToken=<key> or through the DOCSWRITE_TOKEN environment variable.

Two kinds of credentials

The server picks the mode from the credential: a dw_live_ key is sent as Authorization: Bearer, anything else works exactly as in 0.2.0. Existing per-site tokens keep working.

Client setup

Claude Code

claude mcp add docswrite -e DOCSWRITE_TOKEN=dw_live_... -- npx -y @docswrite/docswrite-mcp

Claude Desktop

Edit claude_desktop_config.json (Settings -> Developer -> Edit Config):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "docswrite": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@docswrite/docswrite-mcp"],
      "env": { "DOCSWRITE_TOKEN": "dw_live_..." }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

Add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (or .cursor/mcp.json in a project):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "docswrite": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@docswrite/docswrite-mcp"],
      "env": { "DOCSWRITE_TOKEN": "dw_live_..." }
    }
  }
}

Other clients (Windsurf, VS Code, Cline, ...) use the same command / args / env. To run from GitHub instead of npm, replace @docswrite/docswrite-mcp with github:Docswrite/docswrite-mcp.

Tools (org API key)

docswrite-list-connections

Lists the organization's connections: id, platform, name, status (connected, needs_attention, or unknown when not checked recently), capabilities, and api (whether the server can publish to it, which states, which basic options). Optional filters: platform, status.

docswrite-publish-post

Publishes one Google Doc to one or more connections, one POST /api/posts per connection (the same request the dashboard composer sends), then waits for the results and returns each connection's status and live URL, or its error.

• connection_ids (required): ids from docswrite-list-connections

• google_doc (required): Google Doc URL or ID. The doc must be readable by the Docswrite user who created the API key.

• state: draft (default), published, or scheduled with publish_date (ISO 8601, or YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm read in timezone, an IANA zone)

• title: defaults to the doc title

• Basic options, where the platform supports them:

A connection that does not take an option you set is skipped with an explanation instead of being published without it; the other connections still publish.

• platform_options: advanced per-platform settings. webflow.collection_id and contentful.model_id are required for those platforms; also wordpress.yoast_settings, rankmath_settings, export_settings, template; shopify.blog_id; github.settings; devto.series; hashnode.subtitle; medium.unlisted.

• idempotency_key: sent as Idempotency-Key: <key>:<connection_id>. Repeating a call with the same key within 24 h returns the first result instead of publishing twice. A new key is generated per call by default, and internal retries always reuse it.

• wait_seconds: how long to wait for results (default 90, max 300; 0 returns job ids).

X and LinkedIn connections are listed but cannot be published to through the API. GitHub has no drafts.

docswrite-list-posts

The organization's posts across connections (published, scheduled, drafts, in-flight and failed publishes), newest first. Filters: connection_ids, status, platform, from / to (+ date_field), q (title), sort, limit, cursor.

docswrite-get-post-status

Follows a publish (job_id from docswrite-publish-post) or looks up a post (post_id, e.g. from a scheduled publish, or an id from docswrite-list-posts).

Tools (per-site token)

docswrite-publish

Publishes a Google Doc to the WordPress site connected to the token. The doc must be readable by your Docswrite account. Returns a jobId; publishing is asynchronous.

• google_docs_url (required): URL of the Google Doc

• title, slug, excerpt, author

• tags, categories: comma-separated names

• state: draft (default), published, future, pending, private

• date: ISO 8601; a future date schedules the post

• post_type: post (default) or page

• featured_image_url, featured_image_alt_text, featured_image_caption

• export_settings: compress_images, demote_headings, convert_to_webp, first_image_as_featured_image, add_no_follow_to_external_links, bold_as_strong, wp_content_editor

• yoast_settings: yoast_focuskw, yoast_metadesc, yoast_title

• rankmath_settings: rank_math_focus_keyword

• newspack_settings: newspack_article_summary, newspack_article_summary_title, newspack_post_subtitle

docswrite-job-status

Checks a job returned by docswrite-publish (jobId, queueType defaults to post). state is waiting, active, delayed, completed or failed; a completed job includes the published post, a failed one includes failedReason.

Optional: Google Docs tools

google-docs-create, google-docs-update, google-docs-search and google-docs-delete let the assistant write drafts into your own Google Drive. They need your own Google OAuth client and are hidden unless one is configured:

1. In Google Cloud Console enable the Google Docs API and Google Drive API and create an OAuth client (type "Web application", redirect URI http://localhost:3000/oauth2callback).

2. Download the JSON and start the server with --googleCredentials /path/to/credentials.json (or GOOGLE_CREDENTIALS_PATH).

3. The first Google Docs tool call returns a consent URL; open it, approve, and retry. The token is stored next to the credentials file (override with --googleToken / GOOGLE_TOKEN_PATH).

Errors

Tool failures come back with isError: true (or, for multi-connection publishes, per connection in results) and a message the assistant can act on:

• 401: the key is invalid, revoked or expired. Create or regenerate one on the API Keys page.

• 402: the organization's plan limit is reached. Upgrade the plan.

• 403: access denied, e.g. the admin who created the key left the organization (regenerate the key) or the key belongs to another organization.

• Cloudflare: if Cloudflare in front of api.docswrite.com challenges the request, the message says so (with the Ray ID) instead of reporting a bad key. If the destination WordPress site's Cloudflare/firewall blocks Docswrite, the result names the IPs to allowlist.

• Unsupported option / platform: the connection is skipped with the list of options it takes.

• 429: 60 requests per minute per key; the server spaces out its status polling to stay under it.

Per-site token errors are unchanged (401 invalid/expired token, 403 token for another site, inactive plan, failed WordPress publish with the reason).

Development

npm install        # also builds via the prepare script
npm test           # build + stdio smoke test against a local fake API
npm run inspector  # MCP Inspector

DOCSWRITE_API_BASE overrides the API host (default https://api.docswrite.com).

Publishing to npm

Not automated (the repo has no workflows).

npm login
npm publish --access public