SignsOfAI.Mcp
0.1.1
{ "inputs": [ { "type": "promptString", "id": "SIGNSOFAI_API_ENDPOINT", "description": "Base URL of the SignsOfAI API used by the two optional server-backed tools (measure_predictability, check_paraphrase). Defaults to the PeopleWorks-hosted endpoint. The four analysis tools never call it." } ], "servers": { "SignsOfAI.Mcp": { "type": "stdio", "command": "dnx", "args": ["SignsOfAI.Mcp@0.1.1", "--yes"], "env": { "SIGNSOFAI_API_ENDPOINT": "${input:SIGNSOFAI_API_ENDPOINT}" } } } }
.vscode/mcp.json settings file.
dotnet tool install --global SignsOfAI.Mcp --version 0.1.1
dotnet new tool-manifest
dotnet tool install --local SignsOfAI.Mcp --version 0.1.1
#tool dotnet:?package=SignsOfAI.Mcp&version=0.1.1
nuke :add-package SignsOfAI.Mcp --version 0.1.1
SignsOfAI.Mcp — Model Context Protocol server
Exposes the Signs of AI Writing engine as MCP tools, so Claude Desktop (or any MCP client) can analyze text, compare documents for copying, browse the sign catalog, and — optionally — measure perplexity and find cross-language paraphrases.
Built on the official ModelContextProtocol SDK
(stdio transport) and a project reference to SignsOfAI.Core.
Tools
| Tool | What it does | Runs |
|---|---|---|
analyze_ai_writing |
Score 0–100 + verdict + findings (overused vocabulary, rhetorical crutches, syntactic tells, burstiness), each with a fix | 🖥️ offline |
check_originality |
Compares 2+ documents against each other → overlap % + the actual shared passages | 🖥️ offline |
search_catalog |
Searches the catalog of AI-writing signs (EN/ES), filter by keyword / language / category | 🖥️ offline |
extract_distinctive_phrases |
Distinctive phrases + ready-made exact-phrase web-search links | 🖥️ offline |
measure_predictability |
Perplexity — how predictable/generic a model finds the phrasing | ☁️ server |
check_paraphrase |
Reworded/translated copies via sentence embeddings (EmbeddingGemma) | ☁️ server |
The first four run entirely on the machine — the text never leaves it. The last two send the text to the SignsOfAI server (their descriptions disclose this); see Server tools.
Install
It's on NuGet as SignsOfAI.Mcp, a .NET tool. You need
the .NET 10 SDK; nothing else to build.
# Run it on demand — no install step:
dnx SignsOfAI.Mcp --yes
# …or install the `signsofai-mcp` command once:
dotnet tool install --global SignsOfAI.Mcp
To hack on it instead, run it straight from the repo: dotnet run --project src/SignsOfAI.Mcp.
Claude Desktop
Add one of these to claude_desktop_config.json
(Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json), then restart Claude Desktop.
{
"mcpServers": {
"signs-of-ai": {
"command": "dnx",
"args": ["SignsOfAI.Mcp", "--yes"]
}
}
}
Or, if you installed the global tool:
{
"mcpServers": {
"signs-of-ai": { "command": "signsofai-mcp" }
}
}
Working from a clone instead? Point it at the built DLL:
{
"mcpServers": {
"signs-of-ai": {
"command": "dotnet",
"args": ["C:\\path\\to\\SignsofAI\\src\\SignsOfAI.Mcp\\bin\\Release\\net10.0\\SignsOfAI.Mcp.dll"]
}
}
}
Server tools (optional)
measure_predictability and check_paraphrase call the SignsOfAI API. By default they use the
PeopleWorks-hosted endpoint; override it with the SIGNSOFAI_API_ENDPOINT environment variable:
{
"mcpServers": {
"signs-of-ai": {
"command": "signsofai-mcp",
"env": { "SIGNSOFAI_API_ENDPOINT": "https://your-server" }
}
}
}
Unlike the offline tools, these two send the text off the device to run the model — the same disclosed,
opt-in behavior as the web app's Predictability and Paraphrase features. check_paraphrase also needs the
embedding feature enabled on the server.
Protocol note
MCP speaks JSON-RPC over stdout, so this server logs everything to stderr — never write to stdout from a tool.
MCP registry
Listed in the official MCP registry under the name below. The registry reads that line out of this README to verify that whoever publishes the registry entry also owns the NuGet package, so don't remove or reword it — publishing would start failing.
mcp-name: io.github.peopleworks/signs-of-ai
| Product | Versions Compatible and additional computed target framework versions. |
|---|---|
| .NET | net10.0 is compatible. net10.0-android was computed. net10.0-browser was computed. net10.0-ios was computed. net10.0-maccatalyst was computed. net10.0-macos was computed. net10.0-tvos was computed. net10.0-windows was computed. |
This package has no dependencies.