# PenPick

> PenPick (penpick.app) is a canvas where novelists build the blueprint of a novel: chapters in order, memos for its characters, places, rules, clues and events, and the links between them. A writer can connect their own AI (Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code, Cursor, any MCP client) to read and write that canvas with them.

The MCP server is https://penpick.app/mcp. Once connected, its get_guide tool answers with the guides below; read get_guide start first.

## Connect

- [Connecting an AI to PenPick](https://penpick.app/docs/connect.md): the address, setup for each client, signing in, limits, tools and prompts

## Guides

- [Start here](https://penpick.app/docs/guides/start.md): where to begin, the rules no call may break, which tool for what, common mistakes
- [The canvas](https://penpick.app/docs/guides/canvas.md): what works, chapters, memos, events, chapter states and links are
- [Writing on the canvas](https://penpick.app/docs/guides/writing.md): one memo per thing, tags, events and flows, chapter states, naming links and when to link
- [Building a blueprint from a text](https://penpick.app/docs/guides/blueprint.md): turning a draft, synopsis or character sheet into chapters, memos, events and links

## Optional

- [PenPick docs](https://penpick.app/en/docs): the canvas explained for writers, with a chapter on connecting an AI (https://penpick.app/en/docs/ai)
- [Guide](https://penpick.app/en/guide): the canvas's features, one at a time, on the Pride and Prejudice canvas
- [Pricing](https://penpick.app/en#pricing): the plans; every plan, the free one too, can connect an AI
- [Terms](https://penpick.app/en/terms) and [Privacy](https://penpick.app/en/privacy)