How do I install Stoory Hire Specialist?

Copy the http config for Cursor, Claude Desktop, Claude Code, or VS Code on this page. It uses the publisher's install, not a PlugMCP proxy.

Does Stoory Hire Specialist need an API key?

No required environment variable is listed on this record.

What transport does Stoory Hire Specialist use?

Stoory Hire Specialist is reached over HTTP.

When was Stoory Hire Specialist last checked?

Last checked 2026-11-09. Find and hire a human specialist from the Stoory marketplace, right from chat.

Stoory Hire Specialist MCP server

Power your agent

Add this server

The publisher's own URL. Not a PlugMCP endpoint.

Add to Cursor Add in Claude Add to VS Code Run on PlugMCP

Host a copy with our keys and logs.

Server URL

https://mcp.stoory.io/mcp

The Claude button above opens Claude with the name and URL filled in. You still confirm it there.

shClaude Code

1claude mcp add --transport http io.github.stoorybot-stoory-mcp https://mcp.stoory.io/mcp

Run in a terminal.

jsonClaude Desktop

1{2  "mcpServers": {3    "io.github.stoorybot-stoory-mcp": {4      "command": "npx",5      "args": [6        "-y",7        "mcp-remote",8        "https://mcp.stoory.io/mcp"9      ]10    }11  }12}

claude_desktop_config.json

Remote · HTTPPublisher installStep-by-step: add this in Claude

Remote URL or a command on your machine? How the two installs differ

Run on PlugMCP

Host a copy with our keys and logs.

A new server you create. It is not this listing's official endpoint. Use the publisher install when you want their URL and their credentials.

Launch

Server facts

Remote

Transport: http
Version: 0.1.0
Last checked

Tools

No tool list yet. Remote servers get one after the first health check.

FAQ

Questions

Stoory MCP Server

Hire a human specialist from your AI workspace — without leaving it.

AI can build most of your app. It can't get you GDPR-compliant, review your Stripe integration, design your landing page, or run your SEO. Stoory MCP lets your AI coding assistant find, brief, and hire the right human for that — without you ever opening Upwork, writing a job post, or explaining your problem from scratch.

What it does

Search Stoory's marketplace (430+ specializations: dev, legal, design, growth, operations) with a natural-language query.
Package a task: your AI assistant drafts the title, description, and budget, and attaches only the files the specialist actually needs — shared by link or uploaded to the task, never your whole repo.
Hand off safely: files are attached privately to the task on Stoory, visible only to the invited specialist — no repo to create or manage.
Track progress: one call returns the whole task — status, budget, deadline, the invited/accepted specialists, and every file (yours plus whatever the specialist delivers) pulled back into your AI workspace.

You stay in control of the two decisions that matter — who to hire and what budget to approve. The agent does the rest.

See Tools below for the full list.

Quickstart

Requirements

Any AI client that supports MCP over Streamable HTTP (Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Claude.ai, Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code, Codex CLI, Replit, Lovable, ...).
A free Stoory client account and API key (below).

1. Get a client API key

Sign up at stoory.io/login?step=register&u=Client_(user), then open MCP Server on the Stoory homepage to generate your client_api_key.

2. Add the server to your AI client

Pick your client below. The URL is always https://mcp.stoory.io/mcp, the header is always x-api-key, but where you put them differs per client.

claude mcp add --transport http stoory \
  https://mcp.stoory.io/mcp \
  --header "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"

Or add directly to .mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "stoory": {
      "url": "https://mcp.stoory.io/mcp",
      "headers": { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" }
    }
  }
}

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector. Paste https://mcp.stoory.io/mcp as the URL, open Request headers, add x-api-key with your key, then click Add.

(Request header auth is currently rolling out at Anthropic. If you don't see a "Request headers" option yet, use Claude Code or another client below in the meantime.)

Add to .cursor/mcp.json (project) or ~/.cursor/mcp.json (global):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "stoory": {
      "url": "https://mcp.stoory.io/mcp",
      "headers": { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" }
    }
  }
}

Add to ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json — note the field is serverUrl, not url:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "stoory": {
      "serverUrl": "https://mcp.stoory.io/mcp",
      "headers": { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" }
    }
  }
}

Add to .vscode/mcp.json — note the root key is servers, not mcpServers, and each entry needs "type": "http":

{
  "servers": {
    "stoory": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.stoory.io/mcp",
      "headers": { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" }
    }
  }
}

Add to ~/.codex/config.toml:

[mcp_servers.stoory]
url = "https://mcp.stoory.io/mcp"
http_headers = { "x-api-key" = "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" }

Replit connects MCP servers at the account level — added once, available in every project. Open Settings → MCP Servers, click + Add MCP server, then:

Name it stoory.
Paste https://mcp.stoory.io/mcp as the server URL.
Open Advanced settings and add a custom header x-api-key with your key.
Click Test & save.

Open Settings → Connectors, and under Personal connectors click Custom. Paste https://mcp.stoory.io/mcp as the remote MCP server URL and click Add.

(Lovable's custom connector currently authenticates via OAuth only. If there is no field for a custom x-api-key header, header-key auth isn't available in Lovable yet — use Claude Code or another client above in the meantime.)

3. Ask for help

"My AI assistant keeps breaking my Stripe integration. Find me someone who can fix it."

That's it — the assistant searches, drafts the task, shows you cost and files before anything is sent, and waits for your go-ahead.

Tools

Tool	What it does
`search_specialists`	Semantic search over Stoory's specialist marketplace
`create_task`	Drafts and sends a task to one or more chosen specialists (requires explicit user confirmation)
`get_task`	Returns the whole task record — status, invited/accepted specialists, budget, deadline, and files (your context files plus whatever the specialist delivers)
`cancel_task`	Cancels a task before a specialist has accepted it

How it works

"I need a GDPR specialist"
        │
        ▼
AI searches the marketplace, you pick a specialist
        │
        ▼
AI drafts the task + selects only the needed files
        │
        ▼
You confirm cost and file list
        │
        ▼
Task created on Stoory, files attached privately, specialist invited
        │
        ▼
You pull the result back into your AI workspace

Security & privacy

Your private data doesn't need to become public just because you need human help.

Your assistant chooses which files to share — never the whole repo.
You pass those files as a link or a direct upload — the server has no access to your disk and never reads local paths.
Attachments are stored privately on the task, visible only to the invited specialist.
Files are scanned for secrets (.env, private keys, API keys/tokens) on the server before they're stored.
Nothing is shared, and no task is created, without your explicit confirmation.

Example

User: "I've built my SaaS with AI. I need a privacy policy
       and terms of service before I can launch."

AI: 5 relevant specialists found.

User: "Use #2, budget $200."

AI: Creates the task, writes the brief, selects the relevant
    project files, attaches them privately to the task, and
    invites the specialist. Done.

Community & support

Marketplace & signup: stoory.io
Issues / bugs: GitHub Issues
MCP Registry entry: io.github.StooryBot/stoory-mcp

Are you a specialist?

Stoory MCP recommends specialists from Stoory's marketplace to clients — if you're a developer, designer, lawyer, marketer, or any other freelancer, a free profile makes you eligible to get invited. No commission, ever. Create your free profile at stoory.io/for-specialists.

Disclaimer

Stoory MCP does not replace your AI assistant and does not perform payments or hiring decisions on its own — it prepares the task and hands the decision to you. Stoory does not process payments: client and specialist settle payment for the work directly between themselves, entirely outside Stoory.

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Questions

How do I install Stoory Hire Specialist?

Does Stoory Hire Specialist need an API key?

What transport does Stoory Hire Specialist use?

When was Stoory Hire Specialist last checked?

Documentation

Stoory MCP Server

What it does

Quickstart

Requirements

1. Get a client API key

2. Add the server to your AI client

3. Ask for help

Tools

How it works

Security & privacy

Example

Community & support

Are you a specialist?

Disclaimer