# Claude Text Editor

> Use this tool when you need to seamlessly edit text from anywhere on macOS, leveraging Claude's text processing capabilities through a customizable file-based workflow system. It solves problems for writers, professionals, and users seeking efficient text refinement, providing automatic processing and desktop notifications. With inputs of selected text and customizable prompts, and outputs of edited text and clipboard copying, it integrates with Claude Desktop for a streamlined editing experience.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/claude-text-editor  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/claude-text-editor

## Description

This MCP server provides seamless text editing integration with Claude Desktop through a file-based workflow system, enabling users to select text anywhere on macOS and have it automatically processed by Claude through customizable prompts. Built by Luca Pinello using Python with the MCP SDK and macOS system integration, it operates by monitoring inbox/outbox directories where text files are dropped for processing, supports custom editing instructions through configurable prompts with special handling for parenthetical user directives, and includes automatic clipboard copying with desktop notifications upon completion. The implementation features a complete macOS shortcut integration for system-wide text selection, conda/mamba environment management with fallback to virtual environments, and a client-server architecture that handles file-based communication between the user interface and Claude Desktop, making it valuable for writers needing quick text refinement, professionals requiring consistent editing workflows, and anyone wanting to leverage Claude's text processing capabilities without leaving their current application context.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.50
- **Verification tier:** unverified

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** ai-ml
- **Updated:** 2026-04-25

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/claude-text-editor)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/lucapinello/claude-text-editor>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "claude-text-editor"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/claude-text-editor` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/claude-text-editor/pull`

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