Wisdom MCP Server
Add Wisdom to any MCP-compatible AI assistant and give it instant access to the full pan-African archive, the Agenda 2063 data layer, and thematic exploration tools. One command. No API key required.
npx wisdom-mcp
Or install globally: npm install -g wisdom-mcp
Installation
Add to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"wisdom": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "wisdom-mcp"]
}
}
}Restart Claude Desktop to connect.
What Wisdom gives your AI
Wisdom is structured as three layers — the same temporal system as the product. Each gives your AI a different kind of access to African knowledge.
Literature, philosophy, poetry, speeches, oral traditions — full-text searchable, filterable by region, genre, era, and theme.
Agenda 2063 indicators across 55 AU member states — queryable development data, not a static PDF.
Trend projections on AU indicators. Where is Africa heading on infrastructure, growth, education, and governance?
Tool Reference
7 tools ship with v0.1, all scoped to the Past layer (the archive). Present and Future tools ship with v0.2.
search_worksFull-text search across the entire archive
Parameters
querystringKeyword, phrase, author name, title, or topiclimitnumber?Max results to return (default: 10)Returns
Array of works with id, title, author, year, region, genre, era, description, themes, and source URL.
Example trigger
"What should I read to understand Negritude?"
get_workFull record for a single work by ID
Parameters
idstringWork ID returned by search_works or list_worksReturns
Complete work record including full description, all themes, related works, and Goodreads/access links.
Example trigger
"Tell me more about Things Fall Apart"
list_worksBrowse the archive with structured filters
Parameters
regionstring?e.g. West Africa, East Africa, Caribbean, Diasporaerastring?e.g. Colonial, Post-colonial, Contemporary, Harlem Renaissancegenrestring?e.g. Fiction, Poetry, Political Philosophy, Science Fictionthemestring?e.g. decolonization, identity, land, diasporalimitnumber?Max results (default: 20)offsetnumber?Pagination offset (default: 0)Returns
Filtered list of works with metadata. All filters are optional and combinable.
Example trigger
"Find novels by East African women writers from the post-colonial era"
list_themesAll thematic categories in the archive with work counts
No parameters required.
Returns
Array of theme objects: { name, slug, description, workCount }. 21 themes total.
Example trigger
"What themes are covered in the archive?"
get_themeAll works tagged with a specific theme
Parameters
slugstringTheme slug from list_themesReturns
Theme details plus ordered list of all works tagged with it.
Example trigger
"Which works explore Afrofuturism?"
Example prompts
“What should I read to understand Negritude?”
“Find novels by East African women writers”
“What connects Fanon, Cabral, and Biko?”
“List all Arabic-language works in the archive”
“Which works explore Afrofuturism?”
“Find political philosophy from West Africa, post-1960”
“Which authors wrote about land and dispossession?”
REST API
The MCP server calls Wisdom's public REST API. You can query it directly — all endpoints are open, no authentication required.
| Method | Endpoint |
|---|---|
| GET | /api/search?q=decolonization |
| GET | /api/works?region=East+Africa&genre=Fiction |
| GET | /api/works/[id] |
| GET | /api/themes |
| GET | /api/themes/[slug] |
Roadmap
- Archive: full-text search + structured browse across African and diaspora literature
- Dashboard: Agenda 2063 indicators across 55 AU member states
- Forecast: trend projections on AU development data
- 5 MCP tools covering search, browse, and thematic exploration
- REST API with open, auth-free endpoints
- Vector embeddings + semantic retrieval — conceptual queries beyond keyword matching
- Institutional ingestion pipeline — direct contribution from archives, universities, and libraries
- Expanded corpus: oral histories, indigenous-language manuscripts, institutional records
- Author graph: explore connections between thinkers across works and eras
- Africa Eval Suite — public benchmark for frontier model African knowledge coverage
- Evaluation across history, philosophy, economics, culture, and governance
- Leaderboard and scoring methodology published as open standard
- Integration with major model evaluation frameworks