Content Manager MCP Server

A comprehensive TypeScript-based Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for content management, including Markdown processing, document generation, and intelligent note searching.

🚀 Features

📝 Markdown Processing

• Render Markdown to HTML with table of contents generation

• Extract headings and create structured navigation

• Parse frontmatter from Markdown files

• HTML sanitization for safe content processing

🔍 Intelligent Search

• Fuzzy search through notes using Fuse.js

• Exact text matching with context highlighting

• Tag-based filtering using frontmatter metadata

• Date range queries for time-based content discovery

📊 Content Analysis

• Directory statistics showing file counts, sizes, and types

• File discovery with customizable extension filtering

• Content preview with metadata extraction

Related MCP server: Claude Writer's Aid MCP

🛠 Tech Stack

• TypeScript - Type-safe development with latest ES2023 features

• Zod - Runtime schema validation and type inference

• tsup - Fast TypeScript bundler with ESM support

• pnpm - Efficient package management

• Fuse.js - Fuzzy search functionality

• marked - Markdown parsing and rendering

📦 Installation

Option 1: NPM Package (Recommended)

# Install globally
npm install -g content-manager-mcp

# Or use directly with npx
npx -y content-manager-mcp

Option 2: From Source

Prerequisites

• Node.js >= 20.0.0

• pnpm >= 9.0.0

Setup

# Clone and install dependencies
git clone <repository-url>
cd content-manager-mcp
pnpm install

# Build the project
pnpm build

# Run in development mode
pnpm dev

🔧 Usage

As MCP Server

The server runs via stdio and implements the MCP protocol:

Using NPM Package

# If installed globally
content-manager-mcp

# Using npx (no installation required)
npx -y content-manager-mcp

Using Source Build

node dist/index.js

MCP Client Configuration

Claude Desktop

Add to your Claude Desktop configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "content-manager": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "content-manager-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Cherry Studio

Configure MCP server:

• Command: npx

• Arguments: ["-y", "content-manager-mcp"]

Codex

Add to your Codex MCP servers configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "content-manager": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "content-manager-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

Add MCP server using Claude Code CLI:

# Add content-manager-mcp server to Claude Code
claude mcp add content-manager -- npx -y content-manager-mcp

# Or if you prefer to install globally first
npm install -g content-manager-mcp
claude mcp add content-manager -- content-manager-mcp

VS Code

Install the MCP extension and configure:

1. Install the MCP extension from VS Code marketplace

2. Add to your VS Code settings (settings.json):

{
  "mcp.servers": {
    "content-manager": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "content-manager-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Cursor

Configure MCP server in Cursor settings:

1. Open Cursor settings

2. Navigate to MCP configuration

3. Add new server:

   • Name: content-manager

   • Command: npx

   • Arguments: ["-y", "content-manager-mcp"]

Or add to Cursor's settings.json:

{
  "mcp.servers": {
    "content-manager": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "content-manager-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Available Tools

render_markdown

Converts Markdown content to HTML with optional features:

{
  content: string,           // Markdown content to render
  generateToc?: boolean,     // Generate table of contents (default: true)
  sanitizeHtml?: boolean,    // Sanitize output HTML (default: true)
  enableCodeHighlight?: boolean // Enable syntax highlighting (default: true)
}

search_notes

Intelligent search through content files:

{
  query: string,             // Search query
  directory?: string,        // Directory to search (default: cwd)
  includeContent?: boolean,  // Include file content in results (default: true)
  maxResults?: number,       // Maximum results to return (default: 10)
  fuzzy?: boolean           // Use fuzzy search (default: true)
}

search_by_tags

Find files by frontmatter tags:

{
  tags: string[],           // Array of tags to search for
  directory?: string        // Directory to search (default: cwd)
}

search_by_date_range

Find files by modification date:

{
  startDate: string,        // ISO date string (YYYY-MM-DD)
  endDate: string,          // ISO date string (YYYY-MM-DD)
  directory?: string        // Directory to search (default: cwd)
}

generate_table_of_contents

Extract and format headings as a table of contents:

{
  content: string           // Markdown content to analyze
}

extract_headings

Get structured heading information:

{
  content: string           // Markdown content to analyze
}

extract_frontmatter

Parse YAML frontmatter from Markdown:

{
  content: string           // Markdown content with frontmatter
}

get_directory_stats

Analyze directory content statistics:

{
  directory?: string        // Directory to analyze (default: cwd)
}

find_content_files

Discover files with specific extensions:

{
  directory?: string,           // Directory to search (default: cwd)
  extensions?: string[]         // File extensions (default: ['.md', '.markdown', '.txt', '.mdx'])
}

read_content_file

Read and parse a single content file:

{
  filePath: string             // Path to file to read
}

🧪 Development

Scripts

• pnpm dev - Development mode with watch

• pnpm build - Build for production

• pnpm start - Run built server

• pnpm lint - Check code style

• pnpm lint:fix - Fix code style issues

• pnpm type-check - TypeScript type checking

• pnpm clean - Clean build artifacts

Type Safety

This project leverages Zod for runtime validation combined with TypeScript for compile-time safety. All tool arguments are validated at runtime, ensuring robust error handling and type safety.

Error Handling

• Comprehensive error catching and reporting

• Zod validation errors with descriptive messages

• File system error handling

• Graceful degradation for malformed content

📝 Example Usage

Frontmatter Format

The server recognizes YAML frontmatter in Markdown files:

---
title: My Document
tags: [typescript, mcp, documentation]
author: Your Name
date: 2024-01-15
---

# Document Content

Your markdown content here...

Search Examples

• Fuzzy search: query: "typescript mcp" (finds related content)

• Exact search: query: "exact phrase", fuzzy: false

• Tag search: tags: ["typescript", "documentation"]

• Date search: startDate: "2024-01-01", endDate: "2024-12-31"

📤 Publishing

This package is published to NPM as @yugangcao/content-manager-mcp. To publish a new version:

# Build the project
pnpm build

# Update version (patch/minor/major)
npm version patch

# Publish to NPM
npm publish

For detailed publishing instructions, see PUBLISH_TO_NPM.md.

🤝 Contributing

1. Fork the repository

2. Create a feature branch: git checkout -b feature-name

3. Make changes and add tests

4. Ensure types are correct: pnpm type-check

5. Submit a pull request

📄 License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.

Built with ❤️ using TypeScript, Zod, and the latest modern tooling for robust content management.