quip-mcp

Quip MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server providing AI assistants with comprehensive Quip document access and management.


✨ Features

• Full Document Lifecycle: Create, read, edit, delete Quip documents
• Smart Search: Find documents with comprehensive search capabilities
• Recent Documents: Access your recently viewed/edited documents
• User Management: Get user information and details
• Comments: Retrieve and manage document discussions
• Markdown Support: Clean markdown formatting throughout
• Robust API: Handles complex Quip API response structures
• Secure: Token-based authentication with enterprise support

🚀 Quick Install

Step 1: Install the binary

One-line install (macOS/Linux)

curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bug-breeder/quip-mcp/main/install.sh | bash

Manual download

Download the appropriate binary for your platform from the releases page.

Step 2: Add to Cursor (One-click)

After installing the binary, click the button below to add the MCP server configuration to your Cursor IDE:


Note: This button only adds the MCP configuration to Cursor. You must install the quip-mcp binary first (Step 1).

⚡ Quick Start

1. Get your API token

• Visit your Quip instance: https://your-company.quip.com/dev/token
• Generate a new API token

1. Configure the server

   quip-mcp --setup

1. Add to your MCP client

See the instructions below for your specific client.

That's it! Your AI assistant can now access your Quip documents.

🔌 MCP Client Configuration

Cursor

1. Click the "Add to Cursor" button at the top of this README.
2. Alternatively, you can add the server manually in Cursor's settings. Go to File > Settings > MCP and add a new server with the following configuration:

    {
      "mcpServers": {
        "quip-mcp": {
          "command": "quip-mcp"
        }
      }
    }

Claude

You can add the Quip MCP server to Claude using two methods:

1. Command Line

Open your terminal and run the following command:

claude mcp add quip-mcp -- quip-mcp

2. Configuration File

Add the following directly into your claude desktop app's setting or to your claude_desktop_config.json file:

{
  "mcp_servers": [
    {
      "name": "quip-mcp",
      "command": ["quip-mcp"]
    }
  ]
}

Other Clients

For other MCP clients, you can typically add a new server in the settings. Use the following configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "quip-mcp": {
      "command": "quip-mcp"
    }
  }
}

🔄 Updates

Quick Update

Update to the latest version with one command: ``bash curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bug-breeder/quip-mcp/main/install.sh | bash -s -- --update ``

The update script will:

• ✅ Check your current version
• ✅ Skip update if you already have the latest version
• ✅ Only install if a newer version is available
• ✅ Preserve your existing configuration

Check Current Version

quip-mcp --version

🛠️ Available Tools

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | get_recent_threads | Get your recently viewed/edited documents | | search_documents | Search for documents by keyword or query | | get_document | Retrieve full document content by ID | | create_document | Create new documents with markdown content | | edit_document | Update existing documents (append/prepend/replace) | | delete_document | Delete documents permanently | | get_user | Get current user or specific user information | | get_document_comments | Retrieve document comments and discussions |

📖 Usage Examples

Get Recent Documents

Show my recent Quip documents

Search Documents

Search for documents about "project planning"

Read Document Content

Get the full content of document V9T5AFuROlBN

Create New Document

Create a document titled "Meeting Notes" with markdown content about today's team meeting

Edit Existing Document

Add a new section to document ABC123 about next week's goals

Delete Document

Delete the test document XYZ789

⚙️ Configuration

Environment Variable

export QUIP_API_TOKEN="your-token-here"
quip-mcp

Configuration File

The server automatically saves your token to:

• Linux/macOS: ~/.config/quip-mcp/config.yaml
• Windows: %APPDATA%/quip-mcp/config.yaml

CLI Options

quip-mcp --help          # Show help
quip-mcp --version       # Show version
quip-mcp --setup         # Interactive token setup
quip-mcp --config        # Show current configuration

🏢 Company Instances

This server works with both Quip.com and company-specific instances:

• Quip.com: Standard public Quip
• Company instances: https://your-company.quip.com

The API token automatically handles routing to your specific instance.

🔒 Security

• Tokens are stored with restricted file permissions (0600)
• All API communication uses HTTPS
• No sensitive data is logged

🛡️ Troubleshooting

Common Issues

"No API token found" ```bash

Run interactive setup

quip-mcp --setup

Or set environment variable

export QUIP_API_TOKEN="your-token-here" ```

"Search not available"

• Some Quip instances have search disabled
• Use direct document IDs instead
• Extract document ID from Quip URLs: https://company.quip.com/DOCUMENT_ID/title

"Permission denied"

• Ensure your API token has appropriate permissions
• Check document access levels in Quip

🔧 Development

Build from Source

git clone https://github.com/bug-breeder/quip-mcp.git
cd quip-mcp
make build

Quality Assurance Workflow

# Run comprehensive pre-commit checks (recommended before any commit)
make pre-commit

### Testing

Unit tests (mocked)

make test-unit

Integration tests (requires QUIP_API_TOKEN)

export QUIP_API_TOKEN="your-token" make test-integration

Run all tests

make test-all ```

Development Tools

make help          # Show all available commands
make dev-setup     # Install development dependencies
make coverage      # Generate test coverage report

📄 License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit issues and pull requests.