Draftbridge for Scrivener.
Connect Claude Desktop, Cursor or another supported AI app to your Scrivener projects, without Terminal or editing settings files. Draftbridge finds your apps, configures the connection and helps repair it after updates. It includes the open-source Scrivener MCP server and Node.js.
One-time purchase · Up to 3 Macs · macOS 14+ on Apple silicon · Scrivener 3
Already have a license? Download the current Mac app.
Your AI app and any model subscription are separate. Text sent to a cloud AI service follows that service's privacy terms.
Prefer manual setup? Install the free, open-source Scrivener MCP server.
Restart Claude Desktop after installing. For other clients, run npx scrivener-setup and follow the setup prompts.
What You Can Do
Once connected, your AI assistant uses the Scrivener MCP server to help with your manuscript. Ask about structure, search your scenes and choose the changes you want to make.
Restructure Without Retyping
Move a scene, split a chapter, rewrite a synopsis, reorder the binder. Say what you want in plain language and it happens inside your Scrivener project, with your words exactly where you left them.
"Create a new scene called 'The Reveal' after Chapter 5"
Hear Where It Drags
Ask about the pacing of a chapter, the balance of dialogue and description, or where the emotional arc goes flat. The answer comes from your actual prose, not from a writing manual.
"Analyze the pacing of Chapter 3 and identify slow sections"
Tighten on Your Terms
Ask for one specific pass: strip filter words, strengthen verbs, vary sentence length, add sensory detail. You name the change and the chapter; nothing is rewritten that you did not ask for.
"Eliminate the filter words in Chapter 7 and strengthen the verbs"
Keep Your Characters Straight
Profiles and plot threads that persist between sessions, so the assistant remembers what you told it last month. Ask it to check for slips like a character walking briskly when they have a documented limp.
"Check Marcus for consistency issues across all chapters"
Find the Scene You Half Remember
Find passages in your project with local search, without an embedding API key. Text you ask a cloud AI assistant to read follows that service's privacy terms; local search itself runs on your machine.
"Find all scenes where Elena and Marcus are alone together"
Compile When You Are Ready
Assemble the chapters into a single manuscript with the separators and structure your agent or editor asked for, straight from the binder you already keep.
"Compile all chapters with scene break separators"
Install the Server Without Draftbridge
The free server supports manual installation on macOS, Windows and Linux. Check its runtime and platform requirements before installing. Draftbridge is the paid setup app for Apple silicon Macs.
npm install -g scrivener-mcpnpx scrivener-mcpbrew install writerslogic/tap/scrivener-mcpnpx -y @smithery/cli install scrivener-mcp --client claudenpm install -g writerslogic/scrivener-mcpdocker run -i --rm -v /path/to/projects:/projects scrivener-mcpConnect Your Preferred AI App
Other MCP-compatible clients can use the free server with manual configuration. ChatGPT Desktop does not support this local connector.
Draftbridge is a paid Mac app by WritersLogic, Inc. The underlying Scrivener MCP server is free and open source under AGPL-3.0.