Winston AI

Winston AI MCP Server ⚡️

Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server for Winston AI - the most accurate AI Detector. Detect AI-generated content, plagiarism, and compare texts with ease.

🚀 Quick Start

Add this URL to your MCP client and sign in with your Winston AI account:

https://api.gowinston.ai/mcp/v1

That's it. No API key, no install. Credits are taken from your app.gowinston.ai account.

🔌 Connect your MCP client

Your client signs you in with OAuth 2.1 the first time you connect.

Claude

Go to Customize > Connectors, click +, then Add custom connector. Enter Winston AI as the name and https://api.gowinston.ai/mcp/v1 as the URL, then sign in.

ChatGPT

Turn on Developer mode in ChatGPT settings, then add a custom connector with the URL https://api.gowinston.ai/mcp/v1 and OAuth as the authentication. Custom connectors require a paid ChatGPT plan.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http winston-ai https://api.gowinston.ai/mcp/v1

Cursor

Add to your mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "winston-ai": {
      "url": "https://api.gowinston.ai/mcp/v1"
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Add to your .vscode/mcp.json:

{
  "servers": {
    "winston-ai": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.gowinston.ai/mcp/v1"
    }
  }
}

Other MCP clients

Use the URL https://api.gowinston.ai/mcp/v1 with the Streamable HTTP transport. Any client that supports MCP authorization will sign you in automatically.

Using an API key instead

If you want, you can also use a standard API key from dev.gowinston.ai by passing it in the Authorization header:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "winston-ai": {
      "url": "https://api.gowinston.ai/mcp/v1",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer your-winston-ai-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

🧰 Tools

If you provide several inputs to ai-text-detection, website takes priority over file, and file takes priority over text.

🔐 Authentication

Every request must send a Bearer token in the Authorization header:

Authorization: Bearer <token>

OAuth 2.1 is the easiest way to connect. Sign in with your Winston AI account and your MCP client gets an access token for you. There's no API key to copy or store. Credits are taken from your app.gowinston.ai account, not the API platform.

If you want, you can also use a standard API key from dev.gowinston.ai as the Bearer token.

Never send the token in the request body or URL. Only the Authorization header is supported.

How the OAuth 2.1 flow works

MCP clients that support MCP authorization handle this for you:

1. A request without a token receives 401 Unauthorized with a WWW-Authenticate header pointing to the protected resource metadata.
2. The client reads [https://api.gowinston.ai/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource](https://api.gowinston.ai/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource), which lists https://app.gowinston.ai as the authorization server and mcp:use as the required scope.
3. The client opens your browser so you can sign in to Winston AI and approve access.
4. The client receives an access token and sends it as Authorization: Bearer <token> on every request.

🧪 Test with cURL

MCP clients get an OAuth token automatically. For quick tests with cURL, the simplest option is a standard API key from dev.gowinston.ai. Replace your-winston-ai-api-key with it.

List tools

curl --location 'https://api.gowinston.ai/mcp/v1' \
--header 'content-type: application/json' \
--header 'accept: application/json, text/event-stream' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer your-winston-ai-api-key' \
--data '{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "tools/list",
  "id": 1
}'

Call a tool: AI Text Detection

curl --location 'https://api.gowinston.ai/mcp/v1' \
--header 'content-type: application/json' \
--header 'accept: application/json, text/event-stream' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer your-winston-ai-api-key' \
--data '{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "ai-text-detection",
    "arguments": {
      "text": "Your text to analyze (minimum 300 characters)"
    }
  }
}'

To call another tool, change name and arguments using the Tools table. More examples are in the MCP server documentation.

🩺 Troubleshooting

• 401 Unauthorized: The token is missing, invalid, or expired. Sign in again from your MCP client, or check that the Authorization header is Bearer <token>.
• 403 Forbidden: The token doesn't have the mcp:use scope. Disconnect and sign in again so your client requests it.
• Out of credits: Top up your account on app.gowinston.ai. If you use an API key, top up on dev.gowinston.ai.
• Your client doesn't support OAuth: Use an API key in the Authorization header. See Using an API key instead.

💻 Self-hosting & development

You can also run the server locally over stdio. This requires Node.js 18+ and a Winston AI API key (get one here).

Running with npx 🔋

env WINSTONAI_API_KEY=your-api-key npx -y winston-ai-mcp

Adding the local server to your MCP client

Add it to your MCP client's configuration, such as Cursor (mcp.json), Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json), and others:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "winston-ai-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "winston-ai-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "WINSTONAI_API_KEY": "your-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Running from source 💻

Create a .env file in your project root:

WINSTONAI_API_KEY=your_actual_api_key_here

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/gowinston-ai/winston-ai-mcp-server.git
cd winston-ai-mcp-server

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Build the project and start the server
npm run mcp-start

Docker 📦

# Build the image
docker build -t winston-ai-mcp .

# Run the container
docker run -e WINSTONAI_API_KEY=your_api_key winston-ai-mcp

Available scripts 📋

• npm run build - Compile TypeScript to JavaScript
• npm start - Start the MCP server
• npm run mcp-start - Compile TypeScript to JavaScript and Start the MCP server
• npm run lint - Run ESLint for code quality
• npm run format - Format code with Prettier LICENSE) file for details.

🔗 Links

• Winston AI MCP NPM Package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/winston-ai-mcp
• Winston AI Website: https://gowinston.ai
• API Documentation: https://dev.gowinston.ai
• MCP Server Documentation: https://docs.gowinston.ai/api-reference/mcp-server
• MCP Authorization (OAuth 2.1): https://modelcontextprotocol.io/docs/2026-07-28/tutorials/security/authorization
• MCP Protocol: https://modelcontextprotocol.io
• GitHub Repository: https://github.com/gowinston-ai/winston-ai-mcp-server

⭐ Support

If you find this project helpful, please give it a star on GitHub!

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Made with ❤️ by the Winston AI Team