How do I install Neural Draft?

Copy the stdio config for Cursor, Claude Desktop, Claude Code, or VS Code on this page. It uses the publisher's install, not a PlugMCP proxy.

Does Neural Draft need an API key?

The publisher lists these environment variables: NEURALDRAFT_API_KEY, NEURALDRAFT_API_URL, NEURALDRAFT_PROJECT_ID, NEURALDRAFT_DISPLAY_NAME.

What transport does Neural Draft use?

Neural Draft runs locally over stdio.

When was Neural Draft last checked?

Last checked 2026-11-10. Neural Draft MCP — CMS, blog, bookings, galleries, commerce. 38 tools.

Neural Draft MCP server

Power your agent

Add this server

The publisher's own command. Not a PlugMCP endpoint.

Add to Cursor Add to VS Code Run on PlugMCP

Host a copy with our keys and logs.

Local command

npx -y @neuraldraft/[email protected]

Credentials from the publisher

NEURALDRAFT_API_KEY — Project API key from your Neural Draft dashboard. Format: ndsk_live_… (production) or ndsk_test_… (test mode). Get one at https://neuraldraft.io/dashboard/api-keys.
NEURALDRAFT_API_URL — Override the API base URL. Defaults to https://api.neuraldraft.io/v1. Useful for staging or local dev.
NEURALDRAFT_PROJECT_ID — Optional project override when one API key spans multiple projects.
NEURALDRAFT_DISPLAY_NAME — Optional friendly server name shown in your IDE's MCP list (useful when you run multiple Neural Draft projects in parallel).

Claude Code has no install link for a local command. Copy the command below and run it in a terminal.

shClaude Code

1NEURALDRAFT_API_KEY=<secret> NEURALDRAFT_API_URL=<value> NEURALDRAFT_PROJECT_ID=<value> NEURALDRAFT_DISPLAY_NAME=<value> claude mcp add io.github.vbalagovic-neuraldraft-mcp -- npx -y @neuraldraft/mcp@0.4.2

Run in a terminal.

jsonClaude Desktop

1{2  "mcpServers": {3    "io.github.vbalagovic-neuraldraft-mcp": {4      "command": "npx",5      "args": [6        "-y",7        "@neuraldraft/[email protected]"8      ],9      "env": {10        "NEURALDRAFT_API_KEY": "<secret>",11        "NEURALDRAFT_API_URL": "<value>",12        "NEURALDRAFT_PROJECT_ID": "<value>",13        "NEURALDRAFT_DISPLAY_NAME": "<value>"14      }15    }16  }17}

claude_desktop_config.json

Local · npmPublisher installStep-by-step: add this in Claude

Remote URL or a command on your machine? How the two installs differ

Run on PlugMCP

Host a copy with our keys and logs.

A new server you create. It is not this listing's official endpoint. Use the publisher install when you want their URL and their credentials.

Launch

Server facts

Local

Transport: stdio
Version

Tools

No tool list yet. Remote servers get one after the first health check.

FAQ

Questions

Neural Draft MCP server (`@neuraldraft/mcp`)

The backend for sites built with AI: CMS, blog, bookings, forms, shop and social, one database per client. Your coding assistant wires the CMS while it builds; clients edit in a web editor or through Claude.

@neuraldraft/mcp is a Model Context Protocol server (stdio, MIT) for Neural Draft. Add it to Claude Code, Cursor, Codex or VS Code with a workspace API key, and while your assistant builds a client's site it can:

read the brand (voice, audience, colours, fonts, languages) before it writes a line;
create pages with SEO meta, and register editable content keys and components, so the client can change words and pictures in the Neural Draft editor without you;
add a page or sub-page to the hosted site in its own design, with a menu link;
set up bookable services, galleries and blog drafts, and read products, form submissions and newsletter sign-ups;
work across several client workspaces from one server (agencies).

Every client is its own Neural Draft workspace with its own Postgres database, API keys and team. A key only reaches the workspace it belongs to.

A Claude Code session driving Neural Draft over MCP

Install

You need Node 20+ and a workspace API key: in the Neural Draft admin, Settings → For developers → API keys (ndsk_live_…). Free plan included, no credit card.

Claude Code

claude mcp add neuraldraft-dev -e NEURALDRAFT_API_KEY=ndsk_live_... -- npx -y @neuraldraft/mcp

Add --scope project to write it to the project's .mcp.json, and keep the key out of git with an env reference:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "neuraldraft-dev": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@neuraldraft/mcp"],
      "env": { "NEURALDRAFT_API_KEY": "${NEURALDRAFT_API_KEY}" }
    }
  }
}

Run /mcp to check it's connected.

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json (project) or ~/.cursor/mcp.json (global):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "neuraldraft-dev": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@neuraldraft/mcp"],
      "env": { "NEURALDRAFT_API_KEY": "ndsk_live_..." }
    }
  }
}

Codex

codex mcp add neuraldraft-dev --env NEURALDRAFT_API_KEY=ndsk_live_... -- npx -y @neuraldraft/mcp

or ~/.codex/config.toml:

[mcp_servers.neuraldraft-dev]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@neuraldraft/mcp"]
env = { NEURALDRAFT_API_KEY = "ndsk_live_..." }

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json:

{
  "servers": {
    "neuraldraft-dev": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@neuraldraft/mcp"],
      "env": { "NEURALDRAFT_API_KEY": "ndsk_live_..." }
    }
  }
}

Continue

~/.continue/config.yaml:

mcpServers:
  - name: neuraldraft-dev
    command: npx
    args: ["-y", "@neuraldraft/mcp"]
    env:
      NEURALDRAFT_API_KEY: ndsk_live_...

Several client workspaces (agencies)

Each client has its own workspace and its own key. Put them all in one server and switch between them with list_workspaces / switch_workspace; every other tool acts on the active workspace.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "neuraldraft-dev": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@neuraldraft/mcp"],
      "env": {
        "NEURALDRAFT_API_KEYS": "linden-bakery=ndsk_live_...,villa-lavanda=ndsk_live_...",
        "NEURALDRAFT_WORKSPACE": "linden-bakery"
      }
    }
  }
}

NEURALDRAFT_API_KEYS also accepts a JSON object ({"linden-bakery":"ndsk_live_..."}). See Several workspaces.

Environment variables

Variable	Required	Notes
`NEURALDRAFT_API_KEY`	one of these two	One workspace key, `ndsk_live_…`
`NEURALDRAFT_API_KEYS`	one of these two	Several workspaces: `name=key,name=key` or a JSON object
`NEURALDRAFT_WORKSPACE`	no	Which of `NEURALDRAFT_API_KEYS` is active at start (default: the first)
`NEURALDRAFT_API_URL`	no	Default `https://api.neuraldraft.io/v1`
`NEURALDRAFT_PROJECT_ID`	no	Override when one key spans several projects
`NEURALDRAFT_DISPLAY_NAME`	no	Friendly name in your client's server list

NEURAL_DRAFT_* spellings are accepted as aliases. A missing or malformed key fails at start with a message showing a working config. Never commit keys.

Remote / hosted connector

Neural Draft also runs a hosted remote MCP server, no API key and nothing to install:

https://neuraldraft.io/mcp

Streamable HTTP with OAuth sign-in (Google or an emailed code). It works in Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code, and it adds what this package doesn't do: deploying a build (deploy_site, rollback_site), custom domains, editing live site texts, bookings and availability, the blog, social scheduling, and finished ads and reels crafted by Batchcraft for your brand. We don't offer AI image or video creation. We craft finished static ads and reels for your brand.

# Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http neuraldraft https://neuraldraft.io/mcp
# Codex
codex mcp add neuraldraft --url https://neuraldraft.io/mcp && codex mcp login neuraldraft

Claude: Customize → Connectors → Add custom connector. ChatGPT: Settings → Apps → Add custom MCP server. Paste the URL and sign in. Setup for every app: Hosted connector.

	Hosted connector	`@neuraldraft/mcp` (this repo)
Auth	Sign-in (OAuth)	API key per workspace
Runs	Remote, Streamable HTTP	Locally via `npx` (stdio)
Best for	Hosting and deploying the site, client edits, domains, blog, bookings, socials	Wiring a codebase: brand, content keys, components, pages, galleries
Several clients	Tick workspaces at sign-in	`NEURALDRAFT_API_KEYS`

Developers often add both to Claude Code or Codex.

Tools

Group	Tools
Workspaces	`list_workspaces`, `switch_workspace`, `find_workspaces`
Brand	`get_brand`, `update_brand`
Content	`create_translation_keys`, `get_content`, `list_content`, `delete_content`, `register_component`, `delete_component`
Pages	`create_page`, `list_pages`, `get_page`, `update_page`, `delete_page`, `add_site_page`
Images and galleries	`list_images`, `get_image`, `register_image`, `replace_image` (by URL), `delete_image`, `list_galleries`, `get_gallery`, `create_gallery`, `update_gallery`, `delete_gallery`
Blog	`generate_blog_post` (a draft in the brand's voice), `list_blog_posts`, `get_blog_post`, `update_blog_post`
Bookings and shop	`create_bookable_service`, `setup_booking_widget`, `list_products`, `get_product`
Forms	`list_newsletter_subscribers`, `list_contact_form_submissions`
Account	`get_usage`, `get_job`

generate_image and generate_video are still registered for older clients but are retired: the API answers them with 410 media_generation_moved.

Resources

URI	What
`brand://current`	Voice, audience, colours, fonts, languages. Read before generating UI.
`schema://blog-post`	Blog post response shape
`schema://product`	Product and variant shape
`schema://booking`	Services, bookings, availability
`conventions://editable-html`	The `data-translate` / `data-image-key` markup rules
`conventions://api-usage`	Auth, errors, rate limits, jobs

Prompts

Prompt	What it does
`/scaffold-marketing-site`	A full marketing site wired to Neural Draft (brand, editable keys, components)
`/scaffold-blog-page`	A `/blog` index and post page in an existing project
`/connect-existing-site`	Make an existing static site editable through Neural Draft

Full reference: Tools, resources and prompts.

Try it

Read brand://current, build a hero and a services section for this site with editable keys, and register them with Neural Draft.

The assistant reads the brand, writes markup with data-translate and data-image-key, creates the keys and registers the sections, so they show up in the client's admin as editable.

Docs

MCP overview and setup
Editable markup
REST API and the TypeScript SDK @neuraldraft/sdk
For developers and agencies

Local development

git clone https://github.com/vbalagovic/neuraldraft-mcp.git
cd neuraldraft-mcp
npm install
npm run lint    # tsc --noEmit
npm test
npm run build   # → dist/

Run against a local API:

NEURALDRAFT_API_KEY=ndsk_test_xxx NEURALDRAFT_API_URL=http://localhost:8080/v1 npm run dev

Inspect with the MCP Inspector: npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector node dist/index.js.

The server is a thin wrapper over the Neural Draft Project API v1: every tool maps to one or a few REST calls. It never writes to stdout at runtime (stdio transport).

Contributing

Issues and PRs welcome. Keep tests passing (npm test), use the existing register* helper pattern for new tools, and update the tables above for any new surface.

License

MIT

Built by Neural Draft. Questions: [email protected].

Add this server

Host a copy with our keys and logs.

Server facts

Tools

Questions

How do I install Neural Draft?

Does Neural Draft need an API key?

What transport does Neural Draft use?

When was Neural Draft last checked?

Documentation

Neural Draft MCP server (@neuraldraft/mcp)

Install

Claude Code

Cursor

Codex

VS Code

Continue

Several client workspaces (agencies)

Environment variables

Remote / hosted connector

Tools

Resources

Prompts

Try it

Docs

Local development

Contributing

License

Neural Draft MCP server (`@neuraldraft/mcp`)