# MCP issues with illustrations

**URL:** <https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/mcp-issues-with-illustrations/4372>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [October 17, 2026, 3:24am UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/mcp-issues-with-illustrations/4372 "2026-10-17T03:24:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![SwiftCrisis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@SwiftCrisis](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/SwiftCrisis)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2026, 3:24am UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/mcp-issues-with-illustrations/4372/1 "2026-10-17T03:24:36Z")

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Hi Jim,

Just a heads up that the MCP connector doesn’t seem to have access to the illustrations for the MC/IC Pivotal Elements. It knows what they are through the Narrative Elements assignments, but it can’t read/write the Summary/Storytelling in the illustration section.

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**Author:** ![jhull](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/discuss.dramatica.com/jhull/32/3_2.png) [@jhull](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/jhull)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2026, 4:04am UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/mcp-issues-with-illustrations/4372/2 "2026-10-17T04:04:37Z")

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Let me look into it.

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**Author:** ![SwiftCrisis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@SwiftCrisis](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/SwiftCrisis)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2026, 3:09pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/mcp-issues-with-illustrations/4372/3 "2026-10-17T15:09:54Z")

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Also can’t reach IC Domain and Unique Ability, and RS Domain and Benchmark.

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**Author:** ![jhull](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/discuss.dramatica.com/jhull/32/3_2.png) [@jhull](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/jhull)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2026, 5:58pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/mcp-issues-with-illustrations/4372/4 "2026-10-19T17:58:41Z")

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Did a bunch of work over the weekend to extend capabilities of Dramatica MCP - let me know if the latest addresses these issues for you – thanks!

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**Author:** ![SwiftCrisis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@SwiftCrisis](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/SwiftCrisis)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2026, 11:41pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/mcp-issues-with-illustrations/4372/5 "2026-10-19T23:41:30Z")

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These are all working now, and I was able to access signposts and progressions without any problems. The Narrova issues I emailed about are still there though.

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**Author:** ![SwiftCrisis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@SwiftCrisis](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/SwiftCrisis)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 12:03am UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/mcp-issues-with-illustrations/4372/6 "2026-10-20T00:03:32Z")

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Looks like I spoke too soon. I used MCP to write progressions but then, in a new chat, wasn’t able to read them. It could only find S1 P1-4 until I insisted they were present and told it to look harder. It said it was going to try to work backwards from the parent signpost and see if it could figure out the child relationships, and found them all. I don’t know how MCP connectors are written, but Claude sometimes struggles with figuring out the best function to use and, apparently, how to use it correctly.