Help With the Structure. The Sentences Stay Yours.
Ask where Act Two sags. Find the scene you half remember. Move a chapter without retyping it. Scrivener MCP lets Claude, ChatGPT or any assistant you already use read and reorganize your Scrivener project on your say-so, and only on your say-so. No copy-pasting, no exporting, and no change you did not ask for. Free and open source.
Scrivener 3 on macOS, Windows, and Linux · Node.js 18+
One line and Claude Desktop is set up. Using something else? Run npx scrivener-setup and it walks you through it.
What You Can Do
Talk to your manuscript the way you would talk to a trusted reader who has the whole thing in their head. You keep the pen.
Restructure Without Retyping
Move a scene, split a chapter, rewrite a synopsis, reorder the binder. Say what you want in plain language and it happens inside your Scrivener project, with your words exactly where you left them.
"Create a new scene called 'The Reveal' after Chapter 5"
Hear Where It Drags
Ask about the pacing of a chapter, the balance of dialogue and description, or where the emotional arc goes flat. The answer comes from your actual prose, not from a writing manual.
"Analyze the pacing of Chapter 3 and identify slow sections"
Tighten on Your Terms
Ask for one specific pass: strip filter words, strengthen verbs, vary sentence length, add sensory detail. You name the change and the chapter; nothing is rewritten that you did not ask for.
"Eliminate the filter words in Chapter 7 and strengthen the verbs"
Keep Your Characters Straight
Profiles and plot threads that persist between sessions, so the assistant remembers what you told it last month. Ask it to check for slips like a character walking briskly when they have a documented limp.
"Check Marcus for consistency issues across all chapters"
Find the Scene You Half Remember
Describe what happens and it finds the scene, even when you cannot recall a single phrase from it. Search runs on your own machine, so your manuscript is never uploaded and no API key is needed.
"Find all scenes where Elena and Marcus are alone together"
Compile When You Are Ready
Assemble the chapters into a single manuscript with the separators and structure your agent or editor asked for, straight from the binder you already keep.
"Compile all chapters with scene break separators"
Install However You Are Comfortable
If you have never opened a terminal, the first line is the only one you need. The rest are for people who already have a preference.
npm install -g scrivener-mcpnpx scrivener-mcpbrew install writerslogic/tap/scrivener-mcpnpx -y @smithery/cli install scrivener-mcp --client claudenpm install -g writerslogic/scrivener-mcpdocker run -i --rm -v /path/to/projects:/projects scrivener-mcpWorks With the Assistant You Already Use
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