Shakespeare's Monologues is a remote MCP server that gives an AI agent 9 tools, among them get_monologue, get_monologue_of_the_day, get_paraphrased_monologue. It answers at https://mcp.shakespeare-monologues.org/mcp over streamable HTTP, and it listed its tools to an anonymous client, so no sign-in was needed for that. Our probes reached it 6 of 6 times since 11 September 2026; the last check, on 24 October 2026, succeeded.
Search Shakespeare monologues, plays, paraphrases and summaries from shakespeare-monologues.org
Description as the publisher wrote it.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
get_monologue | Fetch one monologue's catalogue entry by its numeric id. Follow the returned `url` for the full text. Inputs: id, monologue_id, context |
get_monologue_of_the_day | The current 'Monologue of the Day' — the piece most recently posted to the site's social feeds. Inputs: context |
get_paraphrased_monologue | Fetch a monologue's full text alongside its modern-English, line-by-line paraphrase. The paraphrase is AI-generated (Claude) and may be null if it hasn't been generated yet — the `url` always has the monologue itself. Inputs: id, monologue_id, context |
get_play_summary | Fetch an AI-generated summary of a play (e.g. 'Hamlet', 'The Tempest'). May be null if not generated yet. Inputs: play, context |
get_scene_summary | Fetch an AI-generated summary of the scene a monologue appears in (context for the speech). May be null if not generated yet. Inputs: id, monologue_id, context |
list_all_monologues_for_a_character | List every monologue spoken by a given character (e.g. 'Hamlet', 'Rosalind'). Matches the character name exactly first, then as a substring. Inputs: character, limit, context |
list_plays | List Shakespeare's plays with their classification (Comedy/History/Tragedy) and monologue counts. Inputs: context |
random_monologue | Return one random monologue, with optional gender/play filters. Useful for a suggestion when the user is undecided. Inputs: gender, play, context |
search_monologues | Search Shakespeare monologues by free text (matches character, play, or first line) plus optional filters. Returns matches, each with a permalink `url`. Inputs: query, gender, play, style, act, limit |
Every block below points at https://mcp.shakespeare-monologues.org/mcp. Pick your client and copy.
claude mcp add --transport http shakespeare-s-monologues https://mcp.shakespeare-monologues.org/mcp
{
"mcpServers": {
"shakespeare-s-monologues": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.shakespeare-monologues.org/mcp"]
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"shakespeare-s-monologues": {
"url": "https://mcp.shakespeare-monologues.org/mcp"
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"shakespeare-s-monologues": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://mcp.shakespeare-monologues.org/mcp"
}
}
}{
"context_servers": {
"shakespeare-s-monologues": {
"url": "https://mcp.shakespeare-monologues.org/mcp"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"shakespeare-s-monologues": {
"serverUrl": "https://mcp.shakespeare-monologues.org/mcp"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"shakespeare-s-monologues": {
"url": "https://mcp.shakespeare-monologues.org/mcp"
}
}
}name: Shakespeare's Monologues
version: 0.0.1
schema: v1
mcpServers:
- name: Shakespeare's Monologues
type: streamable-http
url: https://mcp.shakespeare-monologues.org/mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"shakespeare-s-monologues": {
"httpUrl": "https://mcp.shakespeare-monologues.org/mcp"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"shakespeare-s-monologues": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://mcp.shakespeare-monologues.org/mcp"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"shakespeare-s-monologues": {
"url": "https://mcp.shakespeare-monologues.org/mcp"
}
}
}goose://extension?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmcp.shakespeare-monologues.org%2Fmcp&type=streamable_http&id=shakespeare-s-monologues&name=Shakespeare%27s%20Monologues
It answered our last check on 24 October 2026 in 486 ms. Over 6 checks since 11 September 2026 it answered 6. Status here comes from Neuronto's own probes, not from the publisher.
9, as returned by the server's own tools/list on 21 September 2026: get_monologue, get_monologue_of_the_day, get_paraphrased_monologue, get_play_summary, get_scene_summary, list_all_monologues_for_a_character, list_plays, random_monologue, and 1 more.
It answered our last check on 24 October 2026 in 486 ms. Over 6 checks since 11 September 2026 it answered 6.
Put the server under mcpServers in ~/.cursor/mcp.json with the URL https://mcp.shakespeare-monologues.org/mcp. The exact JSON is above, with the same setup for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, VS Code, Windsurf, Zed, Gemini CLI and the rest.
It listed its tools to an anonymous client, so reading the tool list needs no key. Individual tools can still ask for credentials in their own inputs.
Publisher: io.github.slshults. Endpoint host: mcp.shakespeare-monologues.org. ARD identifier: urn:air:io.github.slshults:mcp:shakespeare-monologues.
First indexed 10 September 2026. The tools are exactly what the server returned; nothing on this page
is inferred from its name. Ranking in Neuronto search is never for sale.