pypi historia-mcpstdioMITupdated 1mo ago
Kenya and East Africa historical archives via MCP โ timeline, leaders, heritage sites, oral history.
What can you do with historia mcp?
historia-mcp
Compatible with claude-sonnet-5 (released 2026-06-30) โ Anthropic's most agentic
Sonnet yet. Runs multi-step tool chains end-to-end without stopping short.
Install: pip install historia-mcp ยท Use with any MCP client.
Kenya and East Africa historical archives via MCP โ timeline, leaders, heritage sites, oral history.
1st world equivalent: Wikipedia + Britannica + National Archives
Install
pip install historia-mcp
Tools (6)
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
kenya_history_timeline |
Kenya historical events from 3000 BCE to 2022 |
independence_leaders |
Jomo Kenyatta, Oginga Odinga, Tom Mboya, Dedan Kimathi, Mekatilili wa Menza |
cultural_heritage_sites |
UNESCO and national heritage sites across Kenya |
ethnic_groups_guide |
Kenya's 44+ ethnic groups โ demographics, language, culture |
oral_history_resources |
Kenya National Archives, NMK, international digital archives |
historical_documents |
Access points for Kenya constitutions, commission reports, colonial records |
License
MIT ยฉ Gabriel Mahia | contact@aikungfu.dev
Part of the East Africa Coordination Stack
This MCP server is one of 32 tools in the Kenya coordination infrastructure.
Connect it to africa-coord-bus โ
the coordination event bus that routes signals between domains automatically.
pip install africa-coord-bus
All 32 servers: pypi.org/user/gmahia Live demo: coord-cascade-demo
IP & Collaboration
MIT licensed. Feedback via GitHub Issues only โ 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 listโ 33 MCP servers on the official MCP Registry underio.github.gabrielmahia - Evaluate any model on Swahili agent tasks: kipimo ยท dataset ยท leaderboard
- Coordinate across servers: africa-coord-bus โ offline-first event bus with a built-in Kenya routing table
- Datasets: huggingface.co/gmahia ยท Docs hub: nairobi-stack
Model-agnostic by design: closed APIs, open-weight models, and small distilled models are all first-class citizens.
Install
Add historia mcp to your client. Pick the one you use.
claude mcp add historia-mcp -- uvx historia-mcpcodex mcp add historia-mcp -- uvx historia-mcpamp mcp add historia-mcp -- uvx historia-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"historia-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"historia-mcp"
]
}
}
}Add to `claude_desktop_config.json`, then restart Claude Desktop.
{
"mcpServers": {
"historia-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"historia-mcp"
]
}
}
}Add to `~/.cursor/mcp.json`, or `.cursor/mcp.json` for a single project.
code --add-mcp '{"name":"historia-mcp","command":"uvx","args":["historia-mcp"]}'Or add the block manually to `.vscode/mcp.json` under `servers`.
{
"mcpServers": {
"historia-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"historia-mcp"
]
}
}
}Add to `~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json`.
{
"mcpServers": {
"historia-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"historia-mcp"
]
}
}
}Add to `cline_mcp_settings.json` via the MCP Servers panel.
{
"mcpServers": {
"historia-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"historia-mcp"
]
}
}
}Add to `~/.gemini/settings.json`.
{
"mcpServers": {
"historia-mcp": {
"type": "local",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"historia-mcp"
],
"tools": [
"*"
]
}
}
}Add to `~/.copilot/mcp-config.json`, or run `/mcp add` inside the CLI.
{
"context_servers": {
"historia-mcp": {
"command": {
"path": "uvx",
"args": [
"historia-mcp"
]
}
}
}
}Add to your Zed `settings.json`.
uvx historia-mcpRun `goose configure`, choose **Add Extension โ Command-line Extension**, and paste this command.
6 tools
historia mcp exposes 6 tools to a connected agent.
- kenya_history_timeline
- Kenya historical events from 3000 BCE to 2022
- independence_leaders
- Jomo Kenyatta, Oginga Odinga, Tom Mboya, Dedan Kimathi, Mekatilili wa Menza
- cultural_heritage_sites
- UNESCO and national heritage sites across Kenya
- ethnic_groups_guide
- Kenya's 44+ ethnic groups โ demographics, language, culture
- oral_history_resources
- Kenya National Archives, NMK, international digital archives
- historical_documents
- Access points for Kenya constitutions, commission reports, colonial records
Score
64 / 100
Good
- Documentation17/25
- Maintenance16/25
- Trust13/20
- Capability6/15
- Install experience12/15
- Documents what it does and how to connect
- Has a resolvable package or endpoint
- Exposes at least one tool, prompt or resource
- README has substantive content
- Includes a code example
- Documents its configuration
- Mentions credentials or security posture
- Last commit 44 days ago
- Has a release history
- Repository is not archived
- Licensed MIT
- Namespace verified in the official MCP registry
- Claimed by its owner
- Published under an organisation
- 6 tool(s) documented
- Provides prompt templates
- Provides resources
- 12 documented install method(s)
- Published to a package registry
- Offers a hosted endpoint โ no local install
Version history
| Versions | Published |
|---|---|
| 0.1.4Latest | Jul 18, 2026 |
| 0.1.3 | Jul 4, 2026 |