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Summary

Adds an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server, so Claude
Code and Claude Desktop can work with a WordyMe wiki: search it, read pages, create notes,
revise them, and move them between folders — all in Markdown.

Content crosses the boundary through the editor's own Markdown transformers, running in
a headless copy of the editor. There is no bespoke translation layer: what Claude writes is
what the editor itself would produce if you typed the same Markdown, so headings, lists,
tables, code blocks and Mermaid diagram fences become real rich-text nodes.

Three design decisions worth stating up front:

  • Delegation, not a second user. WordyMe is deliberately single-user, and has no
    sharing model — an "AI account" would see an empty wiki. The server signs in with the
    owner's credentials and acts as that account, the way any connected app does. The
    single-admin bootstrap trigger is untouched.
  • Nothing is destructive. Every write creates a new revision named "via Claude",
    visible and restorable in Revisions History. No tool deletes anything.
  • Nothing ships to self-hosters. This is a local development companion. apps/mcp is
    excluded from the Docker build context and no shipped workspace depends on it — verified
    by inspecting the built image (below).

Related Issues

None.

Type of Change

New feature.

Changes

  • New workspace apps/mcp (@repo/mcp), private, run with pnpm --filter @repo/mcp start.
    It bundles with esbuild and speaks MCP over stdio.
  • Seven tools, each a thin wrapper over the existing typed SDK in packages/sdk:
    list_spaces, list_documents, search_documents, read_document, create_note,
    update_document, move_document.
  • src/markdown.ts — the conversion seam. A headless Lexical editor built from
    editorConfig (packages/editor/src/config.ts) with the app's own
    createTransformers() (packages/editor/src/plugins/MarkdownPlugin). Reads and writes
    target the page-content nodes inside the editor's page scaffold, and new notes start
    from getInitialEditorState() — so MCP-created documents are structurally identical to
    ones created in the editor.
  • src/dom-shim.ts — several editor nodes (MathLive in particular) touch browser
    globals at import time, so a headless DOM is registered before any editor module loads.
    Node's own fetch is restored immediately afterwards: the shim's browser fetch
    enforces the same-origin policy and blocked every API call.
  • src/auth.ts — signs in against the backend's existing Better Auth bearer() plugin
    and reuses the returned token. A 401 triggers one transparent re-login and retry.
    Sign-in deliberately uses plain Node HTTP rather than global fetch: fetch adds
    Sec-Fetch-* headers, which make Better Auth's CSRF guard treat the call as a browser
    form submission and reject it with MISSING_OR_NULL_ORIGIN.
  • move_document mirrors the app's own drag-and-drop (parentId + a fresh sort
    position via generatePositionKeyBetween) and refuses moves that would corrupt the tree:
    into a note rather than a folder, into itself or a descendant, or into an unknown id.
  • .mcp.json at the repo root registers the server for Claude Code with no secrets in
    it. Credentials live in apps/mcp/.env (git-ignored, .env.example provided), read at
    startup via Node's --env-file-if-exists.
  • Docs: MCP.md at the root (what it does, three-step setup, honest limits,
    roadmap), linked from the README; implementation notes in apps/mcp/README.md.
  • One change outside apps/mcp: packages/sdk/src/app/client.ts now reads
    import.meta.env?.VITE_BACKEND_URL — optional chaining, because that property does not
    exist under Node and the bare access crashes at module load. Verified not to change the
    browser bundle (below).

How to Test

No test harness in the repo yet, so this is manual. Requires a running WordyMe.

  1. Markdown conversion, no instance neededpnpm --filter @repo/mcp smoke round-trips
    a sample with headings, a list, a table, a code fence and a Mermaid fence, and asserts
    the editor's page scaffold is produced.
  2. Credentialscp apps/mcp/.env.example apps/mcp/.env and fill it in.
    WORDYME_URL is http://localhost:3000 for pnpm dev, http://localhost:8080 for Docker.
  3. Connect — open the repository in Claude Code and approve the wordyme server, or add
    the Claude Desktop snippet from MCP.md. Then ask it to list your Spaces.
  4. Read — ask Claude to read a rich document; headings, tables and code fences should
    come back as faithful Markdown.
  5. Write — ask it to create a note containing a table and a ```mermaid fence. Open the
    note in WordyMe: it renders as rich content, the diagram draws, and Revisions History
    shows "via Claude".
  6. Revise — ask it to update that note. A second revision appears; the first stays
    restorable.
  7. Move — ask it to move the note into a folder. Confirm in the sidebar.
  8. pnpm lint && pnpm check-types && pnpm build && pnpm lint:md && pnpm license:check — all clean.

Expected result: Claude can search, read, write, revise and organise the wiki in
Markdown, as the owner's account, with every change recorded as a restorable "via Claude"
revision — and the shipped application and Docker image behave exactly as before.

Verification already performed

Beyond the CI gates (all run locally and green, including the Docker image build and stack
health check):

  • The image is unaffected — searched inside the built image: no apps/mcp files and no
    @modelcontextprotocol package. Container reports healthy, /api/health → 200.
    (Built on linux/arm64; CI covers amd64.)
  • The SDK edit does not change the browser bundle — the compiled output still yields
    baseURL: "/api", identical to before the change.
  • All seven tools exercised against a real wiki, including a 286-line document with
    nested headings and a box-drawing code block.
  • Error paths exercised: missing environment variables, wrong credentials (surfaces the
    backend's real 401 Invalid email or password), and all three move_document guards.

Known limits

  • Fidelity is bounded by Markdown: standard constructs and the editor's fenced extensions
    (```mermaid) round-trip; sketches, scores and stickies degrade to plain text when read.
  • Nested list items need 4-space indentation.
  • The server acts with the owner's full account and is intended for the owner's own machine.
  • Bundling the server into the Docker image behind an opt-in /mcp endpoint, with OAuth via
    Better Auth so tokens are revocable and scopable, is outlined as future work in MCP.md.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added MCP support for connecting Claude Code and Claude Desktop to WordyMe.
    • Added tools for browsing, searching, reading, creating, updating, and moving documents and Spaces.
    • Added Markdown and Mermaid conversion with revision-preserving updates.
    • Added delegated authentication and local configuration support.
  • Documentation

    • Added setup guides, configuration examples, supported tools, limitations, and integration instructions.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved API client compatibility in environments without import.meta.env.

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Walkthrough

Added a local WordyMe MCP server for Claude integrations. The server authenticates with WordyMe, converts Markdown through Lexical editor state, and provides tools for browsing, searching, reading, creating, updating, and moving documents.

Changes

MCP server integration

Layer / File(s) Summary
MCP runtime foundation
apps/mcp/package.json, apps/mcp/tsconfig.json, apps/mcp/eslint.config.js, apps/mcp/src/env.d.ts, apps/mcp/src/dom-shim.ts
Adds the MCP package, Node configuration, shared linting, environment declarations, and headless DOM and MathLive globals.
WordyMe authentication
apps/mcp/src/auth.ts, apps/mcp/.env.example, packages/sdk/src/app/client.ts
Validates credentials, performs email sign-in, stores bearer tokens, reuses concurrent login requests, retries unauthorized requests once, and supports missing import.meta.env.
Editor-compatible Markdown conversion
apps/mcp/src/markdown.ts, apps/mcp/scripts/smoke-markdown.ts, apps/mcp/README.md
Converts serialized Lexical state to Markdown and imports Markdown into the document scaffold. The smoke test checks headings, formatting, lists, tables, TypeScript, and Mermaid blocks.
Authenticated document tools
apps/mcp/src/index.ts
Adds tools for Spaces, documents, search, reading, note creation, revision-based updates, and validated document moves.
Claude configuration and documentation
.mcp.json, .dockerignore, MCP.md, README.md, apps/mcp/README.md
Documents local credentials, Claude Code and Claude Desktop setup, supported tools, Markdown limitations, and MCP workspace handling.

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This PR adds a local MCP integration for searching, reading, writing, and organizing wiki content while preserving revision history and leaving the shipped application unchanged; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Claude
  participant MCPStdioServer
  participant Auth
  participant WordyMeAPI
  Claude->>MCPStdioServer: Invoke an MCP document tool
  MCPStdioServer->>Auth: Ensure authentication
  Auth->>WordyMeAPI: Sign in with configured credentials
  WordyMeAPI-->>Auth: Return authentication token
  Auth-->>MCPStdioServer: Configure authenticated client
  MCPStdioServer->>WordyMeAPI: Execute document operation
  WordyMeAPI-->>MCPStdioServer: Return document or revision data
  MCPStdioServer-->>Claude: Return JSON result
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- Around line 29-31: Limit the revision guarantee in MCP.md (lines 29-31),
README.md (lines 191-193), and apps/mcp/README.md to content writes, since
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