io.github.slshultsPublished by GitHub account slshultsv0.1.2Updated Oct 25, 2026
Search Shakespeare monologues, plays, paraphrases and summaries from shakespeare-monologues.org
Read-only MCP server for searching Shakespeare monologues, plays, paraphrases and scene summaries from shakespeare-monologues.org.
Web executable via Streamable HTTP. Remote servers run from the web runtime once configured in a workspace.
Paste this prompt into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or another agent — or into SourceWeft chat. The agent reads this server's install guide, shows you its publisher, endpoint and sign-in, and adds it to your client once you agree. Keys never go into a command.
Read https://sourceweft.com/mcp/io.github.slshults%2Fshakespeare-monologues/install.md and connect the MCP server it describes to my client. Before changing any config, show me its publisher, endpoint and sign-in method and wait for my OK. Never put an API key in a command or in a file I would commit; ask me where it should come from.Add this to your client's mcpServers config.
{
"mcpServers": {
"shakespeare-s-monologues": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://mcp.shakespeare-monologues.org/mcp"
}
}
}A small, read-only Model Context Protocol server that lets MCP-capable AI clients search and fetch Shakespeare monologue metadata from shakespeare-monologues.org.
It's a thin, stateless wrapper over the site's public JSON index
(/api/monologues.json) — no database, no secrets. Every result carries the
monologue's permalink url (where the full text, scene context, and modern-English
paraphrase live) and an attribution note.
The paraphrase and summaries are AI-generated (Claude) and only partially cached so far, so those tools return
nullwhere content hasn't been generated yet.
Two transports, same tools. server.ts builds the tool surface and knows
nothing about how it's reached; index.ts serves it over HTTP and stdio.ts
over stdio.
Over stdio, the way an MCP client spawns a local server:
Over HTTP, which is how the hosted instance runs:
Health check: GET /health → {"ok":true}.
Neither mode needs credentials — the server reads the site's public JSON index.
Set MONOLOGUES_API_URL to point it elsewhere, and POSTHOG_PROJECT_API_KEY=""
to disable analytics.
Remote MCP means users add a URL, no install. In a client that supports remote / custom MCP servers (Claude Desktop connectors, etc.), add:
Or run it yourself over stdio, with no hosted dependency:
For clients configured with a JSON config file, use the streamable-HTTP transport:
For a client that only speaks stdio, bridge to the remote server with
mcp-remote:
Note on "autonomous" use: there's no mechanism today for an arbitrary agent to discover and use this with zero user action — a client/platform still has to connect it. For truly zero-setup access, agents can hit the plain JSON API (
/api/monologues.json) and/llms.txtdirectly.
Source: README.md at commit 71975b2
Search Shakespeare monologues by free text (matches character, play, or first line) plus optional filters. Returns matches, each with a permalink `url`.
actplaylimitquerystylegendercontextrequiredllm_modelrequiredconversation_idFetch one monologue's catalogue entry by its numeric id. Follow the returned `url` for the full text.
idcontextrequiredllm_modelrequiredmonologue_idconversation_idReturn one random monologue, with optional gender/play filters. Useful for a suggestion when the user is undecided.
playgendercontextrequiredllm_modelrequiredconversation_idList Shakespeare's plays with their classification (Comedy/History/Tragedy) and monologue counts.
contextrequiredllm_modelrequiredconversation_idList every monologue spoken by a given character (e.g. 'Hamlet', 'Rosalind'). Matches the character name exactly first, then as a substring.
limitcontextrequiredcharacterllm_modelrequiredconversation_idThe current 'Monologue of the Day' — the piece most recently posted to the site's social feeds.
contextrequiredllm_modelrequiredconversation_idFetch a monologue's full text alongside its modern-English, line-by-line paraphrase. The paraphrase is AI-generated (Claude) and may be null if it hasn't been generated yet — the `url` always has the monologue itself.
idcontextrequiredllm_modelrequiredmonologue_idconversation_idFetch an AI-generated summary of the scene a monologue appears in (context for the speech). May be null if not generated yet.
idcontextrequiredllm_modelrequiredmonologue_idconversation_idFetch an AI-generated summary of a play (e.g. 'Hamlet', 'The Tempest'). May be null if not generated yet.
playcontextrequiredllm_modelrequiredconversation_idSend feedback
Send feedback about this Shakespeare monologues server: a monologue, play or capability you needed that its tools could not provide, a problem with a result, or praise. Only for feedback about these tools, not about other tasks. Do not include personal information about the user.
detailssummaryrequiredllm_modelrequiredsentimenttool_namefeedback_typerequiredtask_completedconversation_idfriction_pointssuggested_improvement100% of the applicable checks met
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npx shakespeare-monologues-mcpnpm install
npm run build
npm start # listens on :3000, POST /mcp (set PORT to change)https://mcp.shakespeare-monologues.org/mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"shakespeare-monologues": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "shakespeare-monologues-mcp"]
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"shakespeare-monologues": {
"type": "streamable-http",
"url": "https://mcp.shakespeare-monologues.org/mcp"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"shakespeare-monologues": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.shakespeare-monologues.org/mcp"]
}
}
}