# story-vault-mcp

> MCP server for Story Vault — lets external AI clients (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Cline, Qwen Chat…) read and write your local encrypted writing vault.

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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/story-vault-mcp-2/claim

## Declared
- version: 2.0.3
- license: MIT
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp, model-context-protocol, story-vault, writing
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:story-vault-mcp

### Description (declared)

# story-vault-mcp

MCP server for **Story Vault** — a local-first writing app. This server lets any
MCP-compatible AI client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Cline, Qwen Chat, …) read and write
your encrypted Story Vault project data: scenes, characters, world notes, ideas, the
main story/manuscript, and project memory.

This is the Python distribution (`uvx story-vault-mcp`). The server itself is a
Node.js program; this package embeds it and launches it for you. **Node.js >= 18 is
required on PATH.**

## Install / run

```sh
uvx story-vault-mcp
```

Or install with pip:

```sh
pip install story-vault-mcp
story-vault-mcp
```

## Configuration

The server needs three environment variables (your vault PIN is used **only** to
decrypt the database and is never exposed to the AI):

| Variable | Required | Purpose |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `STORY_VAULT_PIN` | yes | Your vault PIN. |
| `STORY_VAULT_DATA_DIR` | no | Path to the vault data dir (default `<cwd>/data`). |
| `STORY_VAULT_PROJECT_ID` | no | Default project ID — tools can omit `project_id`. |

### Claude Desktop

Edit `claude_desktop_config.json`:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "story-vault": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["story-vault-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "STORY_VAULT_PIN": "your-pin",
        "STORY_VAULT_PROJECT_ID": "1",
        "STORY_VAULT_DATA_DIR": "C:/path/to/your/vault/data"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

### Other clients (Cursor, Cline, …)

Use the same `command`/`args`/`env` shape in the client's MCP configuration.

## Tools

37 tools covering the full project surface — see the project's `ARCHITECTURE.md`
("MCP Server (External AI Access)" section) for the complete list. Highlights:

- `list_projects` / `get_project` / `create_project` / `update_project`
- `list_scenes` / `read_scene_content` / `create_scene` / `save_scene_version` (writes prose)
- `list_characters` / `create_character` / `update_character`
- `list_world_notes` / `create_world_note`
- `list_ideas` / `create_idea`
- `get_main_sto…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- content.writing (1, declared)
- security.secrets (1, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/story-vault-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-10T13:19:50.220Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/story-vault-mcp-2/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/story-vault-mcp-2 · ARD identifier urn:air::server:story-vault-mcp-2