InventList MCP

Model Context Protocol server for InventList. Agent-readable execution memory + the indie builder workspace.

• Live endpoint: https://inventlist.com/mcp
• Public manifest (no auth): https://inventlist.com/api/v1/tools.json
• Human onboarding guide: https://inventlist.com/how-tos/mcp
• All 26 tools, agent-facing reference: https://inventlist.com/tools/cli/skills

What is this?

Most MCP servers expose one thing — a database, a doc store, a search index. InventList exposes a founder's whole workspace: 26 tools across Nodepad (execution memory), Ships, Roadmaps, Stories, Collections, Sites, and Teams. One install, one auth token, one workspace.

The wedge is Nodepad — agent-readable execution memory no other PKM tool offers. Every pad exposes a context.json describing your active role, which node was open, and what got captured but never filed. Your next agent session reads it and resumes exactly where the last one stopped.

Install

Claude Code

claude mcp add inventlist --transport http https://inventlist.com/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

Claude Desktop

Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "inventlist": {
      "transport": "http",
      "url": "https://inventlist.com/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

Settings → MCP → Add server:

Name:   inventlist
URL:    https://inventlist.com/mcp
Header: Authorization = Bearer YOUR_API_KEY

Generate YOUR_API_KEY at inventlist.com/settings#developer.

Example prompts

• "Resume my InventList nodepad side-project — what was I working on?"
• "Capture this thought into my work-notes pad: ..."
• "Toggle task 3 done on my roadmap for inventlist.com"
• "Draft a ship for my product localvault about the v1.2 release"

The 26 tools

Family	Count	Purpose
Nodepad	6	List pads, read per-pad context, read/write nodes & stickies
Roadmaps	5	List/read/create/update roadmaps, toggle tasks
Profile + portfolio	8	Your sites, ships, series, stories, teams, roundups, notifications
Ships, Stories, Collections	4	Draft ships (always status=draft), get stories, curate collections
Discovery + social	3	Search sites, list asks, list X accounts

Full machine-readable list: https://inventlist.com/api/v1/tools.json

Why this repo exists

The InventList web app is closed source. This repo is a thin public companion whose only job is to host:

1. smithery.yaml — for Smithery's registry crawler
2. This README — for humans landing here from GitHub search

The contract is the surface:

• tools.json is generated live from the registry — see https://inventlist.com/api/v1/tools.json
• Every MCP tool is mirrored 1:1 by a REST endpoint under /api/v1/*
• Editing one declaration updates both surfaces — there's no separate manifest to maintain

Sister tools

• LocalVault — zero-infra secrets manager with its own MCP server (open source)
• Rails Markup — point-and-click annotation tool for AI agents (open source)
• InventList CLI — manage sites, ships, series, and collections from the terminal

License

MIT — for the manifest in this repo.

The InventList web app, including the MCP server implementation, is closed source. The contract above is the public surface.

Contact

@nauman on InventList · nauman@intellecta.co