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Write your engineering book in your IDE.

Built&Written is an MCP server for writers — connect it to Cursor, Cline or Continue.dev and ask your IDE to outline, draft, revise and export your technical book or handbook.

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Same MCP endpoint everywhere — no IDE-specific config.

Works with

Standard MCP server — connect Built&Written to any MCP-compatible AI client.

Why write a book in your IDE?

Can I write a book inside Cursor?

If you write code for a living, you probably already write longer drafts faster in Cursor than in any web app. Built&Written's MCP server lets you keep that flow — and ship to KDP at the end.

IDE-grade editing

Diff view, multi-buffer review, keybindings you already know — applied to chapter content, not source files.

Code stays in your workspace

Built&Written only sees book content. Your repos, dotfiles and snippets are never read.

Same endpoint, every client

One Streamable HTTP MCP URL works in Cursor, Cline, Continue.dev — and Claude on the side.

Setup — pick your client

Two-minute setup for Cursor, Cline or Continue.dev.

Same Streamable HTTP MCP endpoint, same bearer token. Switch clients freely — the book project stays put.

1

Install mcp-remote (one time)

Open your terminal and run:

npm install -g mcp-remote

Requires Node.js 18+. Run node --version to check.

2

Create an API key

Go to Settings → API Keys and click Create API key. Copy the token — it's only shown once. Use the Copy Claude config button to get the ready-made snippet.
3

Add to claude_desktop_config.json

Open ~/AppData/Roaming/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (Windows) or ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (Mac) and paste:

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "builtwritten": {
      "command": "mcp-remote",
      "args": [
        "https://mcp.builtwritten.com/mcp",
        "--header",
        "Authorization:Bearer bw_live_YOUR_TOKEN"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Replace bw_live_YOUR_TOKEN with your actual key. Note: Authorization:Bearer has no space after the colon — this is required by mcp-remote.

4

Restart Claude Desktop

Fully quit and reopen Claude Desktop. You should see builtwritten appear in the MCP servers list under Settings → Developer.

Windows path issue?

If Claude Desktop shows "Server disconnected" on Windows, make sure mcp-remote is installed globally ( npm install -g mcp-remote) and use "command": "mcp-remote" not "command": "npx". The npx approach fails because Node.js is installed in a path with spaces.

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Tool reference

What the IDE can actually do.

A subset of the 30+ MCP tools — the ones Cursor users reach for first. Full list lives in /docs/mcp.

  • get_contentRead text for one chapter at a time.
  • patch_subchapter_contentReplace one subchapter's text in place.
  • start_ai_rewriteRewrite a subchapter with an action: shorten, expand, simplify, revoice.
  • start_export_pdfGenerate a print-ready KDP-formatted PDF and return a signed URL.
When NOT to use Built&Written in Cursor

We’re not for every book.

  • Pure fiction with heavy structure

    We optimize for non-fiction, technical and business books. Multi-POV novels need a different tool.

  • Reference books with live code

    Built&Written stores prose. If your book is 80% executable notebooks, use a Quarto / Jupyter pipeline.

  • Internal docs that must live in the repo

    If your book is part of your codebase (Docusaurus, MDX in repo), keep it there. Use us when you want PDF / KDP / EPUB output.

  • Strict house style with bespoke tooling

    If you already have an O'Reilly / Manning workflow, our exports aren't a drop-in. Use us pre-acquisition.

Frequently asked

Writing a book in Cursor — answered.

  • Yes — Built&Written is an MCP server that Cursor can connect to. Ask Cursor in chat to read, draft or revise chapters. The book lives in your Built&Written project, not in editor buffers.

  • Cursor gives you IDE-grade tooling — file-level edits, multi-buffer review, diff view. Claude.ai is faster for plain-English direction. Both share the same Built&Written project.

  • Connect Built&Written to Cursor (or Cline / Continue.dev) as an MCP server. Outline chapters in chat, generate drafts in the background, then review and edit each subchapter directly in the IDE before exporting to KDP-ready PDF or EPUB.

  • Yes — Built&Written is an MCP server for writing books that works in Cursor, Cline, Continue.dev and Claude. Same endpoint, same tool surface.

  • No. Your code stays in your IDE workspace. Built&Written only reads and writes book content — chapters, subchapters and metadata in your account.

  • Currently PDF, EPUB and DOCX. DocBook export is on the roadmap. KDP-compliant trim sizes are built in.

  • Yes — same Streamable HTTP MCP endpoint and the same tool surface. Setup is in our docs at /docs/mcp.

  • Not a dedicated one. Any MCP-compatible CLI client connects to the same endpoint.

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