classical-strategy-mcp

5,000 years of military strategy, philosophy, and decision science — as AI-accessible tools.

Compatible with claude-sonnet-5 (released 2026-06-30)

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server exposing structured public domain knowledge from history's greatest strategic thinkers. Connect to Claude, GPT, or any MCP-compatible AI assistant and access the complete strategic literature of human civilization.

Commanders and Thinkers

Tools

napoleon_maxims(category="strategy")         # 115 maxims, filterable
sun_tzu(chapter=3)                            # Art of War by chapter
commander_doctrine(commander="hannibal")      # Doctrine deep-dive
apply_strategy(problem="...", lens="competition")  # Apply to modern problem
public_domain_library(domain="military")      # Full bibliography

Quick Start

pip install classical-strategy-mcp

# Claude Code
claude mcp add strategy -- classical-strategy-mcp

# Or run directly
classical-strategy-mcp

What This Is Not

This is a research and analytical tool. Public domain military history for:

• Strategic analysis and decision frameworks
• Historical research and education
• Leadership and organizational thinking
• Competitive strategy and planning

Not for operational military planning.

The Public Domain Opportunity

Every work cited here is in the public domain. The content is free. The value is in:

• Structured access (not raw text scanning)
• AI-native interfaces (not PDFs)
• Synthesis across traditions (not single-source)
• Modern application frameworks (not historical trivia)

This is the model for the next wave of knowledge infrastructure.

All Sources — Public Domain

• Napoleon's Maxims (1831)
• Clausewitz, On War / Vom Kriege (1832)
• Caesar, De Bello Gallico (58-50 BC)
• Arrian, Anabasis of Alexander (~130 AD)
• Polybius, Histories (~150 BC)
• Livy, History of Rome (27 BC-17 AD)
• Sun Tzu, The Art of War (~500 BC)
• Frederick the Great, Instructions for His Generals (1747)
• Vegetius, Epitome Rei Militaris (~390 AD)
• Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War (~400 BC)
• Nathaniel Isaacs, Travels in Eastern Africa (1836) — Shaka Zulu
• Henry Francis Fynn, Diary (1830s)
• Anonymous, The Secret History of the Mongols (~1240)
• Juvaini, History of the World-Conqueror (1260)
• Marcus Aurelius, Meditations (~170-180 AD)
• Machiavelli, The Prince (1532) and Art of War (1521)
• Seneca, Letters from a Stoic (~65 AD)
• Epictetus, Enchiridion (~135 AD)

Part of the East Africa AI coordination infrastructure Public domain as raw material. AI as the refinery. Knowledge as the product.

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

• Install & run: pip install reli-cli && reli list — the MCP servers on the official MCP Registry under io.github.gabrielmahia
• Evaluate any model on Swahili agent tasks: kipimo · dataset · leaderboard
• Coordinate across servers: africa-coord-bus — offline-first event bus with a built-in Kenya routing table
• Datasets: huggingface.co/gmahia · Docs hub: nairobi-stack

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