An MCP server that provides rfc editing capabilities
MCP MCP server exists for a simple reason — assistants are far more useful when they can act on MCP directly instead of describing what you should do. An MCP server that provides rfc editing capabilities.
An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for editing RFC TXT documents using the rfc-editor Python library.
Installation goes through your MCP client rather than a global install: point it at mcp-rfc-editor on PyPI and it is fetched when the client starts. The copy-paste blocks for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are further down this page.
Once MCP is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:
load_rfc — Load and parse an RFC TXT file (creates session)download_rfc — Download an RFC from rfc-editor by ID (creates session)create_rfc — Create a new empty RFC document (creates session)get_document — Get the current document from session contextsave_rfc — Save an RFC document to TXT formatset_title — Set the document titleset_abstract — Set the document abstractadd_section — Add a new sectionupdate_section — Update an existing sectiondelete_section — Delete a sectionlist_sections — List all sections in the documentset_copyright — Set copyright noticeAmong the developer tooling options, the useful question is rarely "what can it do" but "what does it cost you to run" — permissions, credentials, and how much of your context its toolset consumes. MCP's toolset — load_rfc, download_rfc, create_rfc and 11 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by daedalus; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| load_rfc | Load and parse an RFC TXT file (creates session) |
| download_rfc | Download an RFC from rfc-editor by ID (creates session) |
| create_rfc | Create a new empty RFC document (creates session) |
| get_document | Get the current document from session context |
| save_rfc | Save an RFC document to TXT format |
| set_title | Set the document title |
| set_abstract | Set the document abstract |
| add_section | Add a new section |
| update_section | Update an existing section |
| delete_section | Delete a section |
| list_sections | List all sections in the document |
| set_copyright | Set copyright notice |
| set_authors | Set document authors |
| to_dict | Convert document to dictionary |
{
"mcpServers": {
"rfc-editor": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["mcp-rfc-editor"]
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
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