activate_prompt_book
Set a prompt book as active
LABSCO SUMMARY
Listing the tags and types that exist is what stops a search from failing silently on a category nobody uses.
Filtering by tag is only useful if you know which tags are real, and a model guessing at one gets an empty result that reads as 'no such prompts'. Enumerating them turns the filter into a choice. Separate books with an active one is the other structural decision worth having — it means a personal scratch collection and a team's curated set can coexist without merging, and copy_prompt is the bridge when something in the first deserves to be in the second.
What it is
A prompt library manager with two layers: prompt books as configurable databases you activate and switch between, and the prompts inside them with tags, types and search.
What you get
- Books are first-class — create a database, add or remove a configuration, rename one, list them, and set which is active.
- copy_prompt moves a prompt between books, which is how a personal experiment graduates into a shared collection.
- Prompts found three ways: by title search, by tag, or by type — and list_all_tags and list_all_types enumerate what actually exists so a filter matches something.
- read_prompt returns the content, with add_prompt and update_prompt covering the write side.
Requirements
Nothing to supply — the books are databases it manages.
Setup effort
One command — npx -y @piccollage/prompt-book-mcp-server
USE CASES
01
Finding a prompt you wrote before
Search by title, or filter by a tag or type that you have confirmed exists rather than guessed at.
02
Keeping personal and shared collections apart
Configure separate books, activate the one you are working in, and copy a prompt across when it is ready to be shared.
03
Adding to the library
Add the prompt with its tags and type, and update it as it improves rather than accumulating variants.
04
Reorganising
Rename a book or remove a configuration you no longer use.
16 tools
Counted once with only startup setup. Other versions, modes or optional credentials may expose a different list.
add_prompt
Add a new prompt to the database
copy_prompt
Copy a prompt from one book to another
create_prompt_book_config
Add a new prompt book configuration
create_prompt_database
Create a new prompt database and add it to the configuration
get_prompts_by_tag
Get prompts by tag
get_prompts_by_type
Get prompts by type
list_all_tags
List all unique tags used in the database
list_all_types
List all unique prompt types in the database
list_prompt_books
List all configured prompt books
list_prompts
List all prompts in the database
read_prompt
Read the content of a specific prompt
remove_prompt_book_config
Remove a prompt book configuration
rename_prompt_book
Rename a prompt book configuration
search_prompts_by_title
Search prompts by title
update_prompt
Update an existing prompt in the database
BEFORE YOU INSTALL
What to know first
Tools you get
16 tools when we connected.
Requires
- npx on PATH
- Node.js 16+
CONTEXT COST
Light Standing cost
Rated by the size of the 16 tool definitions that ride along on every turn, not by how many there are
INSTALLATION
Connect your client
Add the block to your client, or run the command directly.
Server setup
Configuration file
JSON
{
"mcpServers": {
"prompt-book-mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@piccollage/prompt-book-mcp-server"
]
}
}
}npx
TERMINAL
npx -y @piccollage/prompt-book-mcp-server
