tei-mcp

tei-mcp: TEI P5 for AI Agents

tei-mcp is an open-source MCP server that gives AI coding assistants direct access to the TEI P5 specification. Instead of relying on memorised training data — which often produces plausible but incorrect markup — the AI can query the specification in real time.

Features

The server parses the TEI P5 ODD and exposes 16 tools:

• Lookup any element, class, macro, or module by name with case-insensitive matching and typo suggestions
• Resolve attributes across the full TEI class hierarchy (local + inherited)
• Expand content models into structured trees with class and macro resolution
• Validate nesting — direct parent-child or recursive reachability with path tracking
• Validate documents against TEI P5: content models, attributes, closed value lists, reference integrity, and deprecation warnings
• Validate single elements for incremental editing workflows
• Load ODD customisations to constrain the schema to a project-specific subset
• Search across all entity types with regex patterns

Installation

pip install tei-mcp

Or run directly with:

uvx tei-mcp

Usage

Add to any MCP-compatible client (Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tei": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["tei-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Find the source code and documentation at the GitHub repository.