molsen.ca-mcp

MCP server for accessing molsen.ca essay content. Exposes Mike Olsen's essays on AI governance, professional accountability, and the future of technical work to LLMs via the Model Context Protocol.

Installation

Standalone Binary (no Node required)

Download the latest binary for your platform from GitHub Releases:

• Windows: molsen-mcp-vX.X.X-win.exe

• macOS: molsen-mcp-vX.X.X-macos

• Linux: molsen-mcp-vX.X.X-linux

Via npm

npm install -g @molsen.ca/mcp

Or run directly with npx:

npx @molsen.ca/mcp

Related MCP server: MIST - Model Intelligence System for Tasks

Usage with Claude Desktop

With standalone binary (Windows example)

Add to your Claude Desktop configuration (%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "molsen-essays": {
      "command": "C:\\path\\to\\molsen-mcp.exe"
    }
  }
}

With npx

Add to your Claude Desktop configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "molsen-essays": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@molsen.ca/mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Usage with Claude Code

Add to your Claude Code MCP settings or use the included skill.

Available Tools

list_essays

List essays from molsen.ca with optional filtering.

Parameters:

• type (optional): Filter by type - hub, foundational, core, theoretical, applied, empirical, practice, or all

• tags (optional): Filter by tags array

• frameworkOnly (optional): Return only framework essays in reading order

• includeContent (optional): Include full essay content

get_essay

Retrieve a specific essay by slug.

Parameters:

• slug (required): Essay slug (e.g., "executable-knowledge-architecture")

• format (optional): full, summary, or markdown

search_essays

Search essays by keyword.

Parameters:

• query (required): Search query

• tags (optional): Filter by tags

• type (optional): Filter by type

• limit (optional): Max results (default 10)

get_framework_overview

Get an overview of the "Making AI Make Sense" framework.

Parameters:

• depth (optional): overview, detailed, or full

get_knowledge_graph

Get relationships between essays.

Parameters:

• essay (optional): Get connections for a specific essay (use short ID like "eka")

• connectionType (optional): core, soft, or all

Development

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Run in development mode
npm run dev

# Build
npm run build

# Run built version
npm start

License

MIT