About Humanmcp
Humanmcp is a personal content server and framework for creators who want to publish work with access rules, license terms, and cryptographic authorship proofs. MCP clients can browse content, interact with its author, and access related services.
Key features
- 01Publish and search content
- 02Set access gates and license terms
- 03Verify signatures and IP certificates
- 04Exchange comments and private questions
- 05Manage skills and personas
- 06Discover peer servers
Use cases
- 01Share licensed creative work with agents
- 02Restrict access to selected content
- 03Verify authorship and content integrity
- 04Ask an author about a published work
MCP support
The MCP server exposes tools for content discovery and access, signature verification, licensing, author interaction, skills, personas, listings, and federation. Clients connect to the server over HTTP.
Configuration
Remote servers need no local install. Pick your client, then copy the config or install in one click.
https://kapoost.humanmcp.net/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http humanmcp-go https://kapoost.humanmcp.net/mcp{"mcpServers":{"humanmcp-go":{"type":"http","url":"https://kapoost.humanmcp.net/mcp"}}}Open in Cursor{"servers":{"humanmcp-go":{"type":"http","url":"https://kapoost.humanmcp.net/mcp"}}}Open in VS Code{"mcpServers":{"humanmcp-go":{"type":"http","url":"https://kapoost.humanmcp.net/mcp"}}}{"mcpServers":{"humanmcp-go":{"serverUrl":"https://kapoost.humanmcp.net/mcp"}}}Run commands in a terminal; paste JSON into the client’s MCP config and restart. Servers that need sign-in will prompt on first connect.
Tools
41This tool takes no parameters.
Details
From the project READMEhumanMCP
A personal content server speaking Model Context Protocol (MCP/JSON-RPC 2.0).
Live: https://kapoost.humanmcp.net Landing page: https://humanmcp.net Marketplace: https://marketplace.humanmcp.net Network explorer: https://humanmcp.net/humannetwork.html Author: kapoost (Łukasz Kapuśniak) — poet, builder, sailor. Warsaw / Malta.
What it is
humanMCP lets any human publish content and services with cryptographic proof of authorship, explicit license terms, and full control over access. Writers, artists, consultants, craftspeople, galleries, freelancers — anyone who creates valuable work. AI agents connect via MCP and interact with your content natively.
Every human can run their own instance. One server, one person, their rules.
MCP Tools (37+)
Content & Discovery
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
get_author_profile | Who is kapoost — bio, content overview, how to browse |
list_content | Browse all pieces with metadata, filter by type or tag |
read_content | Read a piece — respects all access gates |
search_content | Full-text search across all pieces |
request_access | Get gate details for locked content |
submit_answer | Unlock challenge-gated content |
list_blobs | Browse typed data artifacts |
read_blob | Read image, contact, dataset, vector (respects audience) |
IP & Verification
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
verify_content | Verify Ed25519 signature |
get_certificate | Full IP certificate: license, price, originality index, hash, signature |
upgrade_timestamp | Upgrade OTS proof to Bitcoin-anchored |
Interaction
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
request_license | Declare intended use, get terms, logged for audit |
leave_comment | Leave a reaction — visible in author dashboard |
leave_message | Send a direct note (max 2000 chars, URLs welcome) |
ask_human | Ask the author a question (private, async — returns question_id) |
get_answer | Check if the author answered your question (by question_id) |
Session & Context
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
bootstrap_session | Unlock private context with session code |
recall | Retrieve saved memories |
remember | Save observations |
query_vault | Search personal knowledge vault |
list_vault | List vault documents |
Skills
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
list_skills / get_skill | Agent instruction catalog |
upsert_skill / delete_skill | Manage skills (agent token) |
Personas
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
list_personas / get_persona | Your expert team (requires session code or VAULT_URL) |
upsert_persona / delete_persona | Manage personas (agent token) |
Personas & skills: where they live
humanmcp-go is a framework. Persona prompts and skill bodies are yours — they don't ship in this repo. Two ways to supply them:
-
Owner API / mounted volume — POST
upsert_persona/upsert_skillwith theEDIT_TOKEN, or drop JSON files into${CONTENT_DIR}/personas/and${CONTENT_DIR}/skills/on the host volume. -
External vault (recommended) — set
VAULT_URLenv to a server you control (e.g. a private FastAPI on your tailnet). SkillStore fetchesGET ${VAULT_URL}/persona/{id}andGET ${VAULT_URL}/skill/{slug}on demand with a 5min in-memory cache. Lets your sensitive prompts stay on your machine while the public framework serves them.
Persona JSON shape (vault response):
{"id":"hermes","name":"Hermes","role":"Process Optimizer","prompt":"<full system prompt>"}
Skill JSON shape (vault response):
{"slug":"system-diagram","title":"...","description":"...","persona_id":"mira","tags":[...],"instructions":"<full playbook>"}
When VAULT_URL is unreachable, bootstrap_session loudly reports the downgrade (won't silently fall back). See internal/content/skill.go for the fetch/cache implementation.
Listings
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
list_listings / read_listing | Browse classified ads |
respond_to_listing | Send response to listing |
subscribe_listings / unsubscribe_listings | Webhook subscriptions |
Federation
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
list_peers | List known humanMCP servers in the network |
announce_peer | Announce your server to join the network |
Meta
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
about_humanmcp | Open-source project info |
Connect
{
"mcpServers": {
"kapoost": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://kapoost.humanmcp.net/mcp"
}
}
}
Content types
Pieces (Markdown files):
- Types:
poem,essay,note,artwork,image,contact - Access:
public/members/locked - Gates:
challenge(Q&A),time,manual,trade - Licenses:
free,cc-by,cc-by-nc,commercial,exclusive,all-rights - Price: free-form string (e.g. "500 PLN", "$200", "trade")
Blobs (typed data artifacts):
- Types:
image,contact,vector,document,dataset,capsule,provenance - Audience:
[agent:claude, human:alice, agent:*] - Auto-signed on save if SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY is set
- Provenance documents link to artwork pieces (certificate, sale, opinion, appraisal)
Ecosystem
- humanMCP Marketplace — federated search across all humanMCP servers. Find listings, offers, trades by humans. MCP endpoint · Source
- humanNetwork — wall-style aggregator showing chronological content from your followed humanMCP servers (stream.json preferred, MCP fallback)
Contact
Public links: read_blob slug:"kapoost-contact" — name, handle, github, instagram, facebook, landing page.
Private email: read_content slug:"kapoost-contact-private" — gated. Answer the challenge to access.
Intellectual property
Every piece is signed with Ed25519. get_certificate returns:
- SHA-256 content hash
- Ed25519 signature + public key
- Originality Index (0.0–1.0): burstiness (Fano Factor), lexical density (CTTR), Shannon entropy, structural signature — grades S/A/B/C/D
- License terms and price in sats (for commercial licenses)
Discovery & REST API
Agent discovery:
/.well-known/agent.json— agent profile card/.well-known/mcp-server.json— MCP server discovery/openapi.json— OpenAPI 3.1 spec (ChatGPT, Gemini)/llms.txt— LLM preferences (signed)/for-agents— agent onboarding page/connect— connection methods page
REST API (for agents without MCP):
GET /api/content— list all piecesGET /api/content/{slug}— read pieceGET /api/search?q=...— full-text searchGET /api/profile— author name, bio, tagsGET /api/blobs— list data artifactsGET /listings/feed.json— listings feedGET /content/stream.json— unified content stream (pieces + listings, for humanNetwork)
SEO:
robots.txt,sitemap.xml,humans.txt
Limits
| Field | Limit |
|---|---|
| Message / comment text | 2000 chars |
| Blob inline text | 512 KB |
| File upload | 50 MB |
| Slug | 64 chars |
| Title | 256 chars |
Features
- i18n — PL/EN language toggle on main page (EN default, stored in localStorage)
- License wizard — per-piece usage rules: what humans may do, what AI agents may do
- Artworks — photo upload, medium, dimensions, year, provenance documents
- Provenance — attach certificates, sale records, expert opinions to artworks (signed)
- ask_human — agents can ask the author questions privately (async Q&A, invisible to public)
- Federation — peer discovery via
list_peers/announce_peerMCP tools and/api/peersREST - Dynamic sections — main page shows only sections with published content
- Free-form pricing — any currency, any format ("500 PLN", "$200", "trade only")
Stack
- Go 1.22, zero external dependencies
- Fly.io (region: waw), persistent volume at
/data - Ed25519 signing (stdlib crypto)
- Plain Markdown files as database
- No JS except 8-line drag-drop on
/newpage
1-click deploy
git clone https://github.com/kapoost/humanmcp-go.git
cd humanmcp-go
bash setup.sh
The script asks for your name and bio, then:
- Creates a Fly.io app (free tier)
- Generates Ed25519 signing keys
- Sets secrets and deploys
- Prints your login token and 1-click follow link
Done in ~2 minutes. You get:
https://yourname.humanmcp.net— your serverhttps://yourname.humanmcp.net/connect— share with friendshttps://humanmcp.net/humannetwork.html?add=https://yourname.humanmcp.net— 1-click follow
Run locally
go build ./cmd/server/
EDIT_TOKEN=secret AUTHOR_NAME=yourname ./server
Manual deploy
fly launch --name yourname-humanmcp
fly secrets set EDIT_TOKEN=secret AUTHOR_NAME=yourname
fly deploy
Signing keys (optional but recommended)
go run ./cmd/keygen/
fly secrets set SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY="..." SIGNING_PUBLIC_KEY="..."
Future
- C2PA manifest embedding for blob files (when CA trust chain opens to individuals)
- Lightning Network payment gate for commercial licenses
- Scored conversational gate (agent brings API key, Claude evaluates answers)
- IP rate limiting + engagement tokens for anti-spam
Tests
136 tests across content, MCP, and upload/signature/license suites.
go test ./...
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