Storyflow MCP Server

What is Storyflow MCP Server?

Storyflow MCP Server is the official hosted MCP endpoint for Storyflow, letting Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok and other MCP clients read your Storyflow projects and build boards, plans, mind maps and slide decks inside them.

Storyflow is an AI visual workspace for creative teams: kanbans, mind maps, storyboards, notes and documents on one canvas. Through the Storyflow MCP, the assistant you already use can read what is in your projects (boards, notes, documents and files, plus what changed on a board and who changed it) and create new content where it belongs: notes, groups, tables, charts, diagrams, documents and slide decks. Because the assistant uses its own model, Storyflow says this does not spend your Storyflow AI credits.

How to use Storyflow MCP Server?

You need a Storyflow account. Storyflow is in paid early access; people invited by a paid member join free today, and Storyflow says a free plan is coming before the end of 2026.

The server URL is:

https://mcp.storyflow.so/mcp

The server uses Streamable HTTP and a browser sign-in. When you connect, you sign in to Storyflow, pick the projects the assistant may use, and choose whether it may make changes. Allow changes if you want it to build things; without that permission it can only read.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http storyflow https://mcp.storyflow.so/mcp

Then run /mcp inside Claude Code and authenticate; the Storyflow sign-in opens in your browser.

Claude Desktop and claude.ai

Storyflow's steps: in Claude, open Customize > Connectors, click + Add, then Add custom connector. Name it Storyflow, paste https://mcp.storyflow.so/mcp and click Continue. Choose Sign in now, click Add, and complete the sign-in. Claude's Free plan allows one custom connector, so you can try it without a paid Claude plan.

Cursor

Add the server to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (or a project's .cursor/mcp.json) and sign in when Cursor prompts you:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "storyflow": {
      "url": "https://mcp.storyflow.so/mcp"
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Add it to .vscode/mcp.json; VS Code (with GitHub Copilot) starts the sign-in on first use:

{
  "servers": {
    "storyflow": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.storyflow.so/mcp"
    }
  }
}

ChatGPT

In ChatGPT on the web, open Settings > Security and login and turn on Developer mode. Go to chatgpt.com/plugins, click the plus button, name it Storyflow, choose Public endpoint, paste the URL and create it, then sign in to Storyflow. On Business and Enterprise plans an admin turns on developer mode.

Key features of Storyflow MCP Server

• Official, hosted by Storyflow; one URL and a sign-in, no code.
• Project-level permissions: you choose which projects the assistant sees, whether it can make changes, and whether it may use your documents outside projects.
• Reads boards, notes, documents and files, and reports what changed on a board and who changed it.
• Builds notes, groups, tables, charts, diagrams, documents and slide decks, placed on the board; they appear live while the board is open.
• Draws mind maps, constellations and orbits; a mind map can have up to 60 nodes in one go.
• Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Gemini CLI, Codex and other remote MCP clients.
• Free accounts get 25 assistant actions a week (reset every Monday, UTC); Plus, Pro and Max have no limit.

Use cases of Storyflow MCP Server

• Brief to board: "Here is our launch brief. Build a Storyflow board with the plan, the tasks and the open questions."
• Weekly catch-up: "What changed on the launch board this week, and who changed it?"
• Board to deck: "Turn the launch board into a ten-slide pitch deck."
• Decision mapping: ask for a mind map with a central topic and five branches, then open the board and rearrange it by hand.
• Map to plan: "Make a wall per branch with the sub-branches as to-do cards," then later ask what is still open.

Troubleshooting Storyflow MCP Server

• The assistant can only read: you did not allow changes during sign-in. Reconnect and allow changes for the projects it should edit.
• Asking for more nodes drew a second map: Claude's map tool always draws a whole map rather than growing an existing one. Ask for the full map in one message.
• Claude won't add a second connector: Claude's Free plan allows only one custom connector.
• The assistant asks you to sign in again: every connection ends on its own after 30 days. Sign in again; if you used a personal key, create a new one in Storyflow Settings under Storyflow MCP.