What is persuasion-mcp?
persuasion-mcp is a MCP server by Otha-Labs that plan, check and fix marketing copy against the nine questions every reader asks, with 766 persuasion techniques from real ads, copy diagnostics, headline and claim checks, and A/B test. It is listed under Finance & commerce and has 1 GitHub stars.
| Type | Mcp server |
|---|---|
| Author | Otha-Labs |
| Repository | Otha-Labs/persuasion-mcp |
| Popularity | 1 GitHub stars |
| Category | Finance & commerce |
| Security | Low risk (84/100) |
| Rank | #3,472 of 4,418 MCP servers; #469 in Finance & commerce |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-10-05 |
| Runs | Locally and in the cloud |
| Language | TypeScript |
| Platforms | macOS, Windows, Linux |
Is persuasion-mcp safe to install?
persuasion-mcp scores 84/100 on the MCPMods security check: Low risk. Things to review: sends your data to a cloud service. It passed 4 of 6 checks.
MCP server results come from listing signals: who publishes it, where your data goes and what it can do. The code itself is not scanned yet.
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| Published by the service itself | Pass |
| Sends your data to a cloud service | Review |
| Needs an API key or account login | Note |
| Read-only by description | Pass |
| No code execution | Pass |
| Source on GitHub | Pass |
How do I install persuasion-mcp?
- Find the launch command. The README says how the server starts (npx, uvx, docker or a remote URL) and which API keys it needs.
https://github.com/Otha-Labs/persuasion-mcp
- Add it to Claude Code. Replace the part after -- with the command from the README. Remote servers use --transport http with a URL.
claude mcp add persuasion-mcp -- <command from README> claude mcp add --transport http persuasion-mcp <server-url>
- Check it connected. This lists your MCP servers and their status.
claude mcp list
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs persuasion-mcp for you:
Add the "persuasion-mcp" MCP server from https://github.com/Otha-Labs/persuasion-mcp to Claude Code. Read its README for the launch command and any API keys I need, run claude mcp add, then check that it connects.