Deprecated. Deprecated by the publisher: Retired. Read PDF with io.github.SylphxAI/citra, images with io.github.SylphxAI/iris, and video with io.github.SylphxAI/cue.
Smart Reader MCP
Sniff format and delegate to Sylphx Reader siblings for unified media read.
Runs on your machine from its package; the steps are below.
What it does
- Reads
- Writes
- High impact
At most: only reads or looks up information.
What it costs
FreeOdel charges nothing per call. The publisher may charge for its own service.
Runs locally over stdio
This server isn't hosted — your MCP client launches it from a package registry. Use one of the commands below, or drop the config into your client (e.g. Claude Desktop).
Run
npx -y @sylphx/smart-reader-mcp
MCP client config
{
"mcpServers": {
"smart-reader-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@sylphx/smart-reader-mcp"
]
}
}
}RETIRED — Prism / smart-reader-mcp
Status: retired product (hard cut, 2026-08-07)
Prism was a local media router (sniff + spawn Citra/Iris/Cue MCP servers). That composition belongs to the agent host / skills, not a seventh product.
Do not install as a product
- Do not add
smart-reader-mcp/prismas a current MCP server for new agents. - Do not treat this repository as an active Instrument, marketplace listing, or release authority.
- Historical source remains for archaeology only.
What to use instead
| Need | Authority |
|---|---|
| PDF evidence | Citra — @sylphx/citra / SylphxAI/citra |
| Image evidence | Iris — @sylphx/iris / SylphxAI/iris |
| Video timeline | Cue — @sylphx/cue / SylphxAI/cue |
| Unknown media type | Host skill: sniff (magic bytes / extension) then call the matching instrument MCP |
| Family law | SylphxAI/skills → apply-instrument-family + docs/knowledge/instruments/INSTRUMENT-FAMILY-LAW.md |
Why retired
- Multi-server MCP hosts already compose independent servers.
- A router product doubles process tax and couples three release trains.
- Instruments law: host owns composition; products own one evidence domain.
Historical package ids (non-authority)
@sylphx/smart-reader-mcp- bin
prism/smart-reader-mcp - MCP name
io.github.SylphxAI/smart-reader-mcp
If these still resolve on npm, they are legacy artifacts, not the current product model.
Sniff utility (non-product)
Magic-byte sniffing for host skills lives under src/sniff/ as reference code.
Prefer copying a minimal sniff into a host skill rather than depending on this package.
License
MIT — see LICENSE.
