# briefmark-mcp

> Universal MCP server for project documentation with smart classification

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/briefmark-mcp/claim

## Declared
- homepage: https://github.com/VladYankovenko/BriefMark#readme
- repository: https://github.com/VladYankovenko/BriefMark#readme
- version: 1.0.1
- protocols: mcp
- tags: ai, classification, claude, cursor, documentation, llm, mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:briefmark-mcp

### Description (declared)

<p align="center">
  <img src="assets/logo.png" width="64" height="64" alt="BriefMark logo">
</p>

<h1 align="center">BriefMark</h1>

<p align="center">
  <strong>Universal MCP server for project documentation</strong><br>
  Human reads the same docs as LLM. LLM reads and updates them via MCP tools.
</p>

<p align="center">
  <a href="https://pypi.org/project/briefmark-mcp/">
    <img src="https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/briefmark-mcp.svg" alt="PyPI">
  </a>
  <a href="https://github.com/VladYankovenko/BriefMark/blob/main/LICENSE">
    <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg" alt="License">
  </a>
  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.10+-blue.svg" alt="Python">
  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/mcp-1.0+-green.svg" alt="MCP">
</p>

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## Install

```bash
pip install briefmark-mcp
```

Or with pipx (recommended for CLI tools):

```bash
pipx install briefmark-mcp
```

Or clone and install in development mode:

```bash
git clone https://github.com/VladYankovenko/BriefMark.git
cd BriefMark
pip install -e ".[dev]"
```

## Quick Start

```bash
# Go to your project
cd ~/projects/my-app

# Initialize documentation structure
briefmark init

# Start the MCP server
briefmark serve
```

## Features

- **Single Source of Truth** — one `Docs/` folder for humans and AI
- **Bidirectional** — LLM can read AND write documentation via MCP tools
- **Universal** — works with any MCP-compatible agent (Cursor, Claude, Cline, Kimi)
- **Lightweight** — no external DB, no ML models, everything in project files
- **Auto-Discovery** — scans structure without config
- **Frontmatter-native** — documents declare their own metadata
- **Section-level precision** — read, edit, or delete one section without touching the rest
- **Token-first** — every tool returns `estimated_tokens`; agent sees operation cost
- **Contextual search** — search results include excerpts around the match + document outline

## Project Structure

```
my-project/
├── .briefmark/
│   ├─…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- code.documentation (1, declared)
- dev.version-control (0.745, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/briefmark-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-09T10:27:51.596Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/briefmark-mcp/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/briefmark-mcp · ARD identifier urn:air::server:briefmark-mcp