# prompts.chat MCP Server

Connects community prompt libraries to your AI editor. Lets you query role instructions, populate template variables, and store your own prompts.

- MCP server · `type=mcp` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Cline, Zed, Gemini CLI · ★ 36
- Author: f
- License: not stated · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/f/prompts.chat-mcp
- Updated: 2026-03-28
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/mcp/promptschat-mcp-server

## What it does

This server connects your editor to the prompts.chat platform using the Model Context Protocol. It exposes three core tools: `search_prompts` to filter items by keyword or topic, `get_prompt` to retrieve text with dynamic variable substitution, and `save_prompt` to publish new entries. Prompts containing `${variable}` syntax get populated automatically before use.

You can run the server locally with `npx` or point your client directly to `https://prompts.chat/api/mcp`. Local execution requires Node.js 18.0.0 or higher. You can also scope search results ahead of time by passing custom tags or user handles into the `PROMPTS_QUERY` environment variable.

Reading public instructions requires no account credentials. However, the `save_prompt` tool will reject any write attempts without a configured `PROMPTS_API_KEY`.

## Requirements
- Needs: Node.js (commands run via npx)
- Environment variables: `PROMPTS_API_KEY`, `PROMPTS_QUERY` — keys and tokens: ask the human for the values, never commit them or put them in shared files.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Platform CLI**
```bash
claude mcp add --env PROMPTS_API_KEY=<PROMPTS_API_KEY> --env PROMPTS_QUERY=<PROMPTS_QUERY> --transport stdio promptschat-mcp-server -- npx -y @fkadev/prompts.chat-mcp
```
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### Codex

**Platform CLI**
```bash
codex mcp add promptschat-mcp-server --env PROMPTS_API_KEY=<PROMPTS_API_KEY> --env PROMPTS_QUERY=<PROMPTS_QUERY> -- npx -y @fkadev/prompts.chat-mcp
```
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### Cursor

**Config file**
File `.cursor/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "promptschat-mcp-server": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@fkadev/prompts.chat-mcp"
            ],
            "env": {
                "PROMPTS_API_KEY": "<PROMPTS_API_KEY>",
                "PROMPTS_QUERY": "<PROMPTS_QUERY>"
            }
        }
    }
}
```
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### GitHub Copilot

**Config file**
File `.vscode/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "servers": {
        "promptschat-mcp-server": {
            "type": "stdio",
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@fkadev/prompts.chat-mcp"
            ],
            "env": {
                "PROMPTS_API_KEY": "<PROMPTS_API_KEY>",
                "PROMPTS_QUERY": "<PROMPTS_QUERY>"
            }
        }
    }
}
```
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### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini mcp add -e PROMPTS_API_KEY=<PROMPTS_API_KEY> -e PROMPTS_QUERY=<PROMPTS_QUERY> promptschat-mcp-server npx -y @fkadev/prompts.chat-mcp
```
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## When to use it
- Find specific role-play prompts without leaving your editor
- Retrieve prompt templates and populate dynamic placeholders automatically
- Save tested engineering prompts directly to a personal account
- Filter prompt recommendations by creator handles or domain tags

## Example prompts
- Search prompts.chat for code review guidelines
- Fetch the prompt for a terminal assistant and populate its arguments
- Save my current SQL refactoring instructions to my prompts.chat profile

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