Ownhand
Click on "Deploy Server".
Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state.
In the chat, type
@followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@Ownhandrewrite this draft as a Slack DM to my manager in my voice"
That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed.
Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.
Ownhand
Agents, writing like you.
Ownhand is a remote MCP server that writes text in your own voice, fitted to where it is going: a Slack DM, a cold email, a PR description. It learns your voice from 5 to 10 things you wrote, then keeps learning from what you actually send.
Endpoint:
https://ownhand.dev/mcp(streamable HTTP)Sign-in: OAuth 2.1 with dynamic client registration. Add the URL, sign in in the browser, pick your Hand, click Allow. No API key to copy.
New accounts start with $1 of free credit.
Set up with one sentence
Paste this into any agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, and others). It adds the server, starts sign-in and sets up your Hand.
Fetch and execute the instructions to set me up for Ownhand from https://ownhand.dev/agent-setup/prompt.md. If your web tool can't open it, download it with curl or Invoke-WebRequest.Related MCP server: Étincel MCP Server
Install by client
Client | Install | Then |
Claude Code |
| Run |
Claude Code plugin |
| Adds the server and an |
Claude (claude.ai, Desktop, mobile) | Settings, Connectors, Add custom connector, paste | Click Connect and sign in. |
ChatGPT | Settings, turn on Developer mode, add a connector with | Sign in when asked. |
Cursor | Add to Cursor above, or | Click Connect next to ownhand. |
VS Code (Copilot) | Add to VS Code above, or | Sign in when asked. |
Codex CLI |
|
|
Gemini CLI |
|
|
Windsurf |
| Sign in when asked. |
Zed |
| Sign in when asked. |
Goose |
| Sign in when asked. |
Cline |
| Click to sign in. |
Anything else | A remote streamable HTTP server named | Sign in when asked. |
Raw install deeplinks, if you want to open them yourself:
cursor://anysphere.cursor-deeplink/mcp/install?name=ownhand&config=eyJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL293bmhhbmQuZGV2L21jcCJ9
vscode:mcp/install?%7B%22name%22%3A%22ownhand%22%2C%22type%22%3A%22http%22%2C%22url%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fownhand.dev%2Fmcp%22%7D
vscode-insiders:mcp/install?%7B%22name%22%3A%22ownhand%22%2C%22type%22%3A%22http%22%2C%22url%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fownhand.dev%2Fmcp%22%7D
goose://extension?url=https%3A%2F%2Fownhand.dev%2Fmcp&type=streamable_http&id=ownhand&name=Ownhand&description=Write+in+your+own+voiceMore configs, including VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json) and Codex (config.toml), are in examples/. The live version of this table is at https://ownhand.dev/connect.
Scripts and CI
For clients without browser sign-in, an API key option is described in the docs: https://ownhand.dev/docs#connect
First run
Once connected, say: "Set up my Ownhand Hand." The agent asks for 5 to 10 things you wrote yourself (Slack messages, emails, PR descriptions) and how you'd describe your writing, then calls create_hand. Clients that show MCP prompts also list set_up_my_hand.
To make your agent use Ownhand without being asked, paste AGENTS.md into your CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md, .cursorrules or custom instructions.
Tools
Tool | What it does |
| Rewrites a draft so it reads like you wrote it, fitted to the occasion. Keeps every fact. Returns the text and a |
| Reports what you did with a draft ( |
| Lists your Hands, or shows what one has learned: style card, rules, sample counts. |
| Creates a Hand from texts you wrote yourself. |
| Adds samples, sets how you describe your writing, or pins, rejects or activates a learned rule. |
| Shows your account, credit balance, recent charges and usage. |
Prompts: set_up_my_hand, teach_my_voice, reply_to_thread, draft_email.
Resources: ownhand://guide (the agent playbook), ownhand://occasions (the occasion table).
Occasions: chat_dm, chat_channel, email_internal, email_formal, email_cold, email_warm, proposal_cold, proposal_warm, pr_description, review_comment, docs, status_update.
How learning works
Your agent calls
writeand shows you the draft. Nothing is sent without your OK.You send it as is, edit it, or drop it.
Your agent calls
send_feedbackwith exactly the text you sent.Ownhand compares the draft with what you sent and updates your Hand. A reason you state becomes a rule right away. A pattern it only observes has to show up twice. Learning runs in the background, and the Hand's version goes up when it finishes.
You can pin or reject any learned rule with update_hand. Learning from your feedback changes only your own Hand.
Pricing
$1 free to start. Then you add credit and pay for the tokens you use, about half a cent per rewrite. No subscription and no monthly fee. Details: https://ownhand.dev/pricing.
Privacy
Stored: your account details, your Hands (samples, style card, learned rules), your requests and the feedback you send.
Not stored: thread messages your agent passes as context. They are used for that one request.
Not sold, not shared for advertising, and not used to train our own models.
Writing and learning run on Muse Spark through OpenRouter's contributor tier, so the provider may use everything Ownhand processes (drafts, samples, thread context, feedback) to improve its models. Don't use Ownhand for text you want kept out of that.
You can delete a Hand or revoke a key at any time.
Read the full policy: https://ownhand.dev/privacy.
Docs
Docs: https://ownhand.dev/docs
Agent guide: https://ownhand.dev/docs/agent-guide.md
Connect: https://ownhand.dev/connect
For agents: https://ownhand.dev/llms.txt
What's in this repo
server.json: the entry for the official MCP Registry.claude-plugin/,.mcp.json,skills/ownhand/: a Claude Code plugin and marketplacegemini-extension.json,GEMINI.md: a Gemini CLI extensionAGENTS.md: the instruction block for any agentexamples/: client configs
License
The configs and docs in this repo are MIT licensed (see LICENSE). The Ownhand service itself is proprietary and run by Thalient Labs.
Contact: hi@thalientlabs.ai
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