# Winston AI — how to use (mcp.ai)

Connect your Winston AI account and use 3 tools for AI safety and compliance straight from your AI agent. Connect with your own API key. Winston AI provides a comprehensive content verification and management platform, offering tools for AI-generated text detection, plagiarism detection, and AI image detection.

## Option A — via MCP (recommended)
Remote MCP endpoint (HTTP, streamable): `https://api.mcp.ai/p_winston_ai?ms=1787296080000`
Add it as a custom/remote MCP connector in your client (Claude, Cursor, VS Code…), then authenticate when prompted. Once connected, ask the agent to use the server's tools (e.g. `winston_ai_ai_text_detection`).

## Option B — via direct REST API
Base URL: `https://api.mcp.ai/api/winston_ai`
Auth: `Authorization: Bearer sk_live_…` — create a workspace API key at https://mcp.ai/settings/api-keys
Discover endpoints: `GET https://api.mcp.ai/api/winston_ai/_endpoints`

### Endpoints
- `POST https://api.mcp.ai/api/winston_ai/ai/text/detection` — Tool to detect AI-generated text. Use when you need to assess whether a given text is AI-generated. Each call consumes credits based on word count.
  - body: { content: string, version?: string, language?: string, includeSentences?: boolean }
- `POST https://api.mcp.ai/api/winston_ai/plagiarism/detection` — Tool to detect plagiarism. Use after preparing text to verify originality against online sources.
  - body: { text: string, country?: string, language?: string, excluded_sources?: string[] }
- `POST https://api.mcp.ai/api/winston_ai/text/compare` — Tool to compare two texts. Use when you need to measure similarity between two final texts.
  - body: { text_1: string, text_2: string }

## Example prompts
- "What can I do in Winston AI?"
- "Show me a summary of my Winston AI account"

## More
- Page: https://mcp.ai/winston_ai
- Agent spec (llms.txt): https://mcp.ai/winston_ai/llms.txt
- Postman collection: https://mcp.ai/winston_ai/postman.json