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historia-mcp

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github.com/gabrielmahiaScience & Education0Updated 2d ago
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About historia-mcp

historia-mcp is an MCP server for querying reference material on Kenya and East African history, from timelines and independence leaders to heritage sites and historical documents. It structures public-source material for research and notes that oral-history interpretations may be contested.

Key features

  1. 01Kenya history timeline by year range
  2. 02Independence-era leaders reference
  3. 03Cultural heritage sites by region
  4. 04Ethnic groups cultural and historical guide
  5. 05Oral history resource references
  6. 06Historical document references

Use cases

  1. 01Explore events within a selected historical period
  2. 02Research independence-era figures
  3. 03Find heritage sites by region
  4. 04Locate references to treaties or constitutional texts

MCP support

Exposes six history-reference tools to MCP clients, covering timelines, leaders, heritage sites, ethnic groups, oral-history resources, and documents. Responses include source information; DEMO entries are illustrative references, not a live feed.

Configuration

Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.

mcp.json · Universal config
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gabrielmahia-historia": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "historia-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
Run commanduvx historia-mcp

Local servers need a runtime on your machine (e.g. Node.js 18+). Config file locations differ by client; see your client’s docs.

Packages
pypihistoria-mcp0.1.9

Tools

6

Saved tool list · updated 6d ago

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
end_yearanyNoFilter events up to this year e.g. 2010, 2024. Leave empty for no end limit.
start_yearanyNoFilter events from this year e.g. 1900, 1963 (independence). Leave empty for full timeline.

Details

From the project README

historia-mcp

Why This Exists

East African history is well documented but poorly structured for machines — timelines, independence-era figures, heritage sites and oral history sit in prose across archives. Making it queryable is what lets it be taught, cited and built on.

Install

pip install historia-mcp

Tools (6)

  • kenya_history_timeline —
    args: start_year, end_year
  • independence_leaders —
    args: no arguments
  • cultural_heritage_sites — Return UNESCO and national cultural heritage sites and landmarks in Kenya.
    args: region
  • ethnic_groups_guide — Return cultural, linguistic, and historical information about Kenya ethnic groups.
    args: group
  • oral_history_resources —
    args: no arguments
  • historical_documents — Return references to historical documents, treaties, and constitutional texts relevant to Kenya.
    args: document_type

Example

from historia_mcp.server import kenya_timeline

result = kenya_timeline()
# period, events, significance, further reading

Claude Desktop Integration

Add to claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "historia-mcp": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["-m", "historia_mcp.server"]
    }
  }
}

Data & Disclaimers

Historical reference material compiled from public sources. Oral history in particular carries contested interpretations; treat entries as a starting point for research, not a settled account.

Every tool response carries a source field. Responses labelled DEMO are illustrative reference data, not a live feed — verify against the authority named in the response before acting on it.

Part of the East Africa Coordination Stack

This MCP server is part of the Kenya coordination infrastructure. Connect it to africa-coord-bus — the coordination event bus that routes signals between domains automatically.

pip install africa-coord-bus

All servers: pypi.org/user/gmahia Live demo: coord-cascade-demo

IP & Collaboration

MIT licensed. Feedback via GitHub Issues only — pull requests are not accepted. Demo data is labeled DEMO and is not suitable for operational decisions. Full policy: docs/architecture/IP_POLICY.md. Security reports: see SECURITY.md.

Part of the East Africa coordination stack

Model-agnostic by design: closed APIs, open-weight models, and small distilled models are all first-class citizens.

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