Announcing Stepwik MCP Server

Overview

Stepwik now has an official MCP server, a remote Model Context Protocol gateway that connects AI assistants to your labs, courses, and Studio account.

Check the MCP docs.

Instead of copy-pasting between chat and Studio, you can ask Cursor, Claude Desktop, Claude.ai, VS Code, Windsurf, and similar clients to:

• Search public Stepwik content
• List and read labs and courses in your workspace
• Create and update private draft labs and courses
• Inspect account context, organizations, and billing summaries

Where it lives

• MCP endpoint: https://mcp.stepwik.com/mcp
• Setup in Studio: Developer → MCP
• Keys: Developer → **API Keys**
• OAuth apps: Developer → **Connected apps**

Why this matters

• Speeds up documentation and codelab publishing.
• Enables AI-assisted workflows for content operations.
• Standardizes how tools interact with Stepwik resources.

What you can do with MCP

Discover

Search public labs and courses, and open public stepflows when you need product context.

Create and edit

Generate a lab or course draft in conversation, then import it into Studio as a private draft. Open the returned draft_url, polish in the editor, and publish when ready.

Manage workspace content

With the right scopes, assistants can list your labs and courses, read full content you can access, and update owned or co-authored items.

Account context

Tools like whoami, list_my_organizations, and get_billing_info help the assistant stay oriented in the correct personal or organization workspace.

Important

How to connect

API key clients (Cursor, Claude Desktop, and more)

1. Open Studio → Developer → API Keys and create a key. Check the API keys docs if you need the full setup.
2. Grant at least labs:read and courses:read. Add labs:write / courses:write for create and update.
3. Add Stepwik to your MCP client config using https://mcp.stepwik.com/mcp and the stepwik-api-key header.
4. Reload MCP in the client, then try whoami.

Example shape:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "stepwik": {
      "url": "https://mcp.stepwik.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "stepwik-api-key": "stepwik_<id>_<secret>"
      }
    }
  }
}

OAuth (Claude.ai)

Claude.ai can connect without pasting a key. Authorize from Claude’s connectors flow, then approve access in Stepwik’s consent screen. Revoke anytime from Studio → Developer → Connected apps. Check the Connected apps docs.

Personal vs organization

The API key chooses the workspace. A personal key manages your individual content; an organization key manages that org’s Studio content.

Scopes and safety

Treat API keys like passwords.

Recommended scopes

• Read: labs:read, courses:read
• Write: labs:write, courses:write
• Account: account:read, billing:read when needed

Guardrails

• Creates are always private drafts
• Access is limited to content you own, co-author, or can access via the organization key
• Rate limits apply per key
• Rotate or revoke keys if a client or laptop is compromised

Docs path

For hands-on setup, check the MCP and API keys docs, or open Studio → Developer → MCP.

Important Notes and Best Practices

Draft-first publishing

• New labs/courses are best created as drafts first.
• Review titles, tags, and section quality before publishing.

Scope hygiene

• Use least-privilege API keys for production automation.
• Rotate keys regularly and store them in a secure secret manager.

Content quality standards

• Keep sections outcome-focused with clear action steps.
• Use consistent tags so discovery and course grouping remain clean.

Suggested release comms pattern

• Publish one release-note codelab per major launch.
• Attach that codelab to a dedicated release-note course for discoverability.
• Share the Studio MCP access link in every announcement.

Stepwik MCP Server is now ready to support scalable, agent-friendly documentation and learning workflows.

What's next

We’re continuing to expand MCP coverage so assistants can help you draft, organize, and maintain Stepwik content without leaving your editor.

Try it today

1. Create an API key in Studio
2. Connect Cursor or Claude to https://mcp.stepwik.com/mcp
3. Ask the assistant to create a draft lab, then open the Studio draft_url

Thanks for building with Stepwik. We’d love to hear what you automate first.