Emacs MCP Server implementation/discussion

What if AI could control your text editor directly?

This Rust-based MCP server bridges LLMs and Emacs, enabling AI to open files, browse directories, insert code, split windows, and evaluate Elisp. It goes both ways - gptel lets Emacs call out to LLMs too.

In this video:
0:00 Introduction
0:30 What is Emacs?
1:00 MCP Protocol Explained
1:40 Implementation (5 Core Tools)
2:35 Demo Examples
3:30 gptel: Bidirectional LLM Integration
4:00 Summary

Code: https://github.com/softwarewrighter/e...

Documentation:
MCP Eliza Demo: https://github.com/softwarewrighter/e...
MCP Self-Documentation: https://github.com/softwarewrighter/e...
MCP Org Tables: https://github.com/softwarewrighter/e...

Related Projects:
gptel (Emacs LLM client): https://github.com/karthink/gptel
MCP Official Spec: https://modelcontextprotocol.io
Playwright MCP: https://github.com/microsoft/playwrig...

Emacs Resources:
GNU Emacs: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/

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Note: the repo is GPL3 licensed, except for the Rust MCP server which is dual licensed MIT or GPL3.

Tags:
#Emacs #MCP #AI #Rust #LLM #ModelContextProtocol #Anthropic #OpenSource #vibecoding #gptel #Claude #OpenAI #TextEditor #DeveloperTools #CodingTools #emacsclient #Elisp