What can you do with tafsiri mcp?

tafsiri-mcp

Compatible with claude-sonnet-5 (released 2026-06-30) — Anthropic's most agentic Sonnet yet. Runs multi-step tool chains end-to-end without stopping short. Install: pip install tafsiri-mcp · Use with any MCP client.

Kenya translation infrastructure via MCP — Swahili/English glossary, Kikuyu guide, Luo guide, official document terms, language detection, civic terminology. 6 tools.

1st world equivalent: DeepL, Google Translate API, Masakhane

Install

pip install tafsiri-mcp

Tools (6)

Tool	Description
`swahili_english_glossary`	Swahili-English civic and government glossary
`kikuyu_language_guide`	Kikuyu (Gĩkũyũ) language basics and resources
`luo_language_guide`	Luo (Dholuo) language basics and resources
`official_document_glossary`	Kenya official document terminology and costs
`language_detection_guide`	Language detection and translation resources for Kenya
`civic_terminology_swahili`	Swahili translations of Kenya civic and legal processes

→ The Nairobi Stack

License

MIT © 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 — 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 — 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 — 33 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.

Install

Add tafsiri mcp to your client. Pick the one you use.

claude mcp add tafsiri-mcp -- uvx tafsiri-mcp

codex mcp add tafsiri-mcp -- uvx tafsiri-mcp

amp mcp add tafsiri-mcp -- uvx tafsiri-mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tafsiri-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "tafsiri-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Add to `claude_desktop_config.json`, then restart Claude Desktop.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tafsiri-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "tafsiri-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Add to `~/.cursor/mcp.json`, or `.cursor/mcp.json` for a single project.

code --add-mcp '{"name":"tafsiri-mcp","command":"uvx","args":["tafsiri-mcp"]}'

Or add the block manually to `.vscode/mcp.json` under `servers`.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tafsiri-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "tafsiri-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Add to `~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json`.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tafsiri-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "tafsiri-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Add to `cline_mcp_settings.json` via the MCP Servers panel.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tafsiri-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "tafsiri-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Add to `~/.gemini/settings.json`.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tafsiri-mcp": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "tafsiri-mcp"
      ],
      "tools": [
        "*"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Add to `~/.copilot/mcp-config.json`, or run `/mcp add` inside the CLI.

{
  "context_servers": {
    "tafsiri-mcp": {
      "command": {
        "path": "uvx",
        "args": [
          "tafsiri-mcp"
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

Add to your Zed `settings.json`.

uvx tafsiri-mcp

Run `goose configure`, choose **Add Extension → Command-line Extension**, and paste this command.

6 tools

tafsiri mcp exposes 6 tools to a connected agent.

swahili_english_glossary: Swahili-English civic and government glossary
kikuyu_language_guide: Kikuyu (Gĩkũyũ) language basics and resources
luo_language_guide: Luo (Dholuo) language basics and resources
official_document_glossary: Kenya official document terminology and costs
language_detection_guide: Language detection and translation resources for Kenya
civic_terminology_swahili: Swahili translations of Kenya civic and legal processes

Score

67 / 100

Good

Documentation17/25
Maintenance19/25
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 25 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 — no local install

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Version history

Versions	Published
0.1.4Latest	Jul 18, 2026
0.1.3	Jul 4, 2026