Tablestakes

Tablestakes is an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that allows AI assistants, such as Claude, Cursor, and Windsurf, to read and edit tables in documents synchronized with GitBook. It addresses the common issue where tables from CMS and documentation platforms are collapsed into unreadable HTML when exported, making them difficult for both humans and language models to manipulate. Tablestakes exposes a suite of tools for table discovery, reading (converting HTML tables to clean pipe/Markdown format), and granular editing (cell, row, column operations) while preserving version history, formatting, and compatibility with the source platform. It is essential for developers, technical writers, and teams that leverage AI to automate or accelerate document curation, QA, or collaborative editing workflows in Markdown/HTML-rich projects.