Alchemy runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 47 installs a week from npm. Last commit 5 Jul 2026.
Serves the Alchemy writing ruleset to any agent, so its prose loses the usual LLM tells.
Nothing serious here today
Today is the operative word: we check Alchemy every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.
Connect this server
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add alchemy -- npx -y @fernforge/alchemy-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"alchemy": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@fernforge/alchemy-mcp"
]
}
}
}[mcp_servers.alchemy]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@fernforge/alchemy-mcp"]{
"mcpServers": {
"alchemy": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@fernforge/alchemy-mcp"
]
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"alchemy": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@fernforge/alchemy-mcp"
]
}
}
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