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The MCP connector

Connect your client

Add Calliope as a connector in your AI client, approve the one-time consent, and your agent is working against your real manuscript.

On this page

Connecting takes a minute. You’ll add Calliope’s MCP address as a custom connector in your client, approve a consent screen once, and you’re done. The exact address to paste is shown on your Connect your AI page at /account/mcp — Calliope’s connector is served at mcp.writecalliope.ink.

Sign in first. You connect a client to your account, so you’ll need to be signed in to Calliope. The consent step will prompt you if you aren’t.

Claude (Desktop or claude.ai)

  1. Open Settings → Connectors.
  2. Choose Add custom connector and paste the Calliope URL from /account/mcp.
  3. Approve the Calliope consent screen (sign in if asked).
  4. In any chat, your agent can now use Calliope’s tools.

ChatGPT

  1. In Settings → Connectors, turn on custom / developer connectors.
  2. Create a connector pointing at the Calliope URL from /account/mcp.
  3. Authorize through the Calliope consent screen.
  4. Enable the connector in a chat, then ask away.

Cursor and other MCP clients

Any MCP-capable client works the same way: add Calliope as a custom/remote MCP server using the URL from /account/mcp, then complete the consent in your browser. Once approved, Calliope’s tools appear in that client.

Connecting runs a one-time handshake that links your Calliope account to the client. You’ll see a Calliope consent screen describing the access you’re granting; approve it and the client receives its access. You can withdraw that access at any time — see Revoking access.

Try it

Once connected, these are good first prompts (they map onto the tool tiers):

  • Check chapter 7 for consistency with everything established so far.
  • Draft a synopsis for this chapter and save it to the outline.
  • Add a fact to the map: Zakariah has a scar on his left hand.
  • Find every scene where the glass locket appears.
  • Turn my open margin to-dos into a single checklist.

The read-only ones (search, consistency) work immediately. The ones that write back — saving the synopsis, adding the fact — need a subscription; without one your client stays read-only and will say so.

A note on local development

If you’re running Calliope locally, the address on your /account/mcp page will be a local one that remote clients can’t reach — a public MCP URL appears there once your deployment is configured. For the hosted product, mcp.writecalliope.ink is the address.