Penwright — writing-craft library, guide metadata, and magazine

Measured conclusion: Deep-tested. L2 outcome: tools_ok.

Read-only access to Penwright's writing-craft book library, grounded guide metadata (card-level...

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "Penwright — writing-craft library, guide metadata, and magazine": {
      "url": "https://penwright.ink/api/mcp",
      "transport": "streamable-http"
    }
  }
}

Measured tools (9)

• search_library read-only

  Search or list Penwright's writing-craft book library by title/author substring and/or property tag. No filters returns the first page.

  Parameters:

  • tag — string — Case-insensitive property-tag substring.
  • limit — integer — Max rows to return (default 25, max 100).
  • query — string — Case-insensitive title/author substring.

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent not declared · open-world no

• get_library_work read-only

  Returns one writing-craft library work's bibliographic record and (when profiled) its thesis.

  Parameters:

  • libraryId (required) — string — Library catalog id (e.g. libce6efaa49e6f0175).

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent not declared · open-world no

• get_guide read-only

  Returns one live guide's title, subtitle, access, book count, and reading time — card-level metadata only, never the paid body/depth content. Known slugs (23): memoir-writing, nonfiction-writing, fiction-writing, getting-published, self-publishing, book-marketing, design-a-publication, typography-and-layout, ….

  Parameters:

  • slug (required) — string — Guide slug (e.g. memoir-writing, fiction-writing, getting-published, self-publishing).

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent not declared · open-world no

• get_magazine_piece read-only

  Returns one published magazine piece's question, per-writer sections, and editor's coda — the same content the human page renders, ungated. Known slugs (1): the-whole-room--my-memoir-keeps-stalling-i-can-write-scenes.

  Parameters:

  • slug (required) — string — Magazine piece slug.

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent not declared · open-world no

• get_debate read-only

  Returns one debate — a named tension between poles argued by different books on the same capability guide, with stakes, guidance, and the library ids of resolvable authors on either side. Known slugs (38): memoir-sentence-craft-or-structural-architecture-first, memoir-daily-discipline-or-trusting-inspiration, memoir-memoir-for-healing-or-for-readers, memoir-factual-accuracy-or-emotional-truth, memoir-chase-publication-or-intrinsic-reward, ….

  Parameters:

  • slug (required) — string — Debate slug (e.g. memoir-factual-accuracy-or-emotional-truth).

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent not declared · open-world no

• choose_camp read-only

  Given a guide slug and one pick per debate ('A', 'B', or skip, in debate order, as a single string e.g. 'ABAB'), returns which library ids argue the picked side of each debate and the union reading list. Pure compute over public debate data — no book text is generated.

  Parameters:

  • guide (required) — string — Guide slug (e.g. memoir-writing, nonfiction-writing, fiction-writing, getting-published).
  • picks — string — One char per debate in order: A, B, or any other char (or omit) for skip.

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent not declared · open-world no

• get_answer read-only

  Get one Answer — question, grounded answer, visible citations — by id or slug, in the Answer contract v0 shape (ANSWERS-PROGRAM.md). Read-only. Returns null if not found.

  Parameters:

  • id (required) — string — The Answer's stable id or slug.

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent not declared · open-world no

• list_answers read-only

  List Answers (contract v0), paginated with an opaque cursor. Read-only.

  Parameters:

  • limit — integer — Max answers to return (default 25, capped 200).
  • cursor — string — Opaque pagination cursor from a previous list_answers call's nextCursor.

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent not declared · open-world no

• search_answers read-only

  Search Answers by free-text query over question/answer text. Returns contract v0 records. Read-only.

  Parameters:

  • query (required) — string — Free-text query matched against question/answer text.
  • limit — integer — Max results to return (default 25, capped 200).

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent not declared · open-world no

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