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Edition Intelligence Platform

EDITION Intelligence Platform

Glama Score npm License: MIT

Japan Knowledge Gateway for autonomous AI agents.

20 knowledge domains · 43 MCP tools · 7 Skills Packs · 100+ REST endpoints Verified ground truth for operating in the Japanese market. Quality score: 97.8/100.

Production API: api.edition.sh — Free beta, no registration required.

Interactive Demo: Tourist Agent Demo — Watch 6 domains work together in real-time.


Why EDITION?

AI agents working in Japan hit walls that generic LLMs can't solve:

Challenge

What goes wrong

Keigo (敬語)

「お持ちすれば喜ばれるかと存じます」 — hidden subject, layered honorifics, uncertainty expression. Generic NLP treats this as noise.

Implicit agreements

Japanese business communication rarely states things directly. Agents need cultural decoding.

Regulatory maze

10+ industries with overlapping national/prefectural regulations, most documentation only in Japanese.

Procedural complexity

Company incorporation, visa, banking — each requires 5-8 steps with specific documents, deadlines, and costs.

EDITION provides verified, structured intelligence that agents can use as ground truth instead of hallucinating cultural nuances, legal requirements, and procedural details.


Related MCP server: Torify — Japanese Locale APIs for AI Agents

20 Knowledge Domains

#

Domain

Tools

What it covers

1

Memory

memory_store memory_recall memory_facts memory_context memory_extract

Three-layer persistent memory (Episode/Fact/Context) with Japanese keigo analysis and social hierarchy detection

2

Regulation

regulation_check regulation_industries regulation_tourist

10 industries (food, real estate, finance, healthcare, construction, education, transport, retail, IT, manufacturing) + tourist compliance

3

Protocol

protocol_check protocol_list

Nemawashi, ringi, hourensou, meishi koukan, sekijun, zoutou — step-by-step procedures with cultural context

4

Calendar

calendar_check calendar_list

Fiscal year (April start), Golden Week, Obon, year-end, gift seasons, administrative deadlines

5

Regional

regional_check regional_list

Tokyo vs Osaka negotiation styles, local subsidies, prefectural regulations, dialect considerations

6

Organization

organization_check organization_list

Keiretsu networks, corporate hierarchy (bucho/kacho), payment customs (net-60), contract practices

7

Foreign Entry

foreign_entry_check foreign_entry_list

6 categories: company incorporation (KK/GK), management visa, bank account, real estate, tax registration, employee hiring

8

Travel

travel_search travel_list

Shinkansen, IC cards, ryokan etiquette, onsen rules, restaurant ordering, tipping customs

9

Entertainment

entertainment_search entertainment_list

Oshi-katsu fan culture, anime pilgrimage, live event manners, seasonal festivals

10

Daily Life

daily_life_search daily_life_list

Postal/address systems, garbage sorting by municipality, utilities (electricity/gas/water/NHK), healthcare navigation

11

Language

language_search language_list

Keigo honorific system, counter words (josushi), name/address structure, business Japanese templates

12

Food Culture

food_search food_list

Dining etiquette, cuisine classification, restaurant navigation (shokkenki, izakaya, sushi counter), dietary restrictions (halal, vegetarian, allergies)

13

Disaster & Safety

disaster_search disaster_list

Earthquake shindo scale & EEW, typhoon warning levels, emergency contacts (110/119/118), preparedness checklists

14

Healthcare

healthcare_search healthcare_list

National health insurance, hospital navigation, prescription system, medical Japanese terminology

15

Education

education_search education_list

School system (6-3-3-4), entrance exams, international schools, university admission for foreigners

16

Real Estate

real_estate_search real_estate_list

Rental process (shikikin/reikin/hoshoukin), property types, foreigner-friendly agencies, contract terms

17

Tax

tax_search tax_list

Income tax, consumption tax, withholding, year-end adjustment, tax filing for foreigners and businesses

18

Banking & Finance

banking_search banking_list

Bank account types, remittance, fintech services, corporate banking, payment systems

19

Visa & Immigration

visa_search visa_list

Visa categories, status of residence, renewal procedures, permanent residency, naturalization

20

Cross-Domain

search

Search all 20 domains simultaneously with a single query


Skills Packs (MCP Skills Primitive)

Pre-built knowledge packs that bundle domain expertise, SOPs, and tool orchestration instructions. Skills-aware agents can load these to gain structured Japan operational knowledge.

Skill Pack

Domains

Use Case

japan-market-entry

regulation, foreign_entry, organization

Company incorporation, visa, banking

japan-business-ops

protocol, calendar, regional, language

Meetings, nemawashi, business Japanese

japan-travel-guide

travel, food, entertainment, disaster

Tourist assistance, dining, safety

japan-daily-living

daily_life, food, language

Utilities, garbage, healthcare

japan-cultural-context

protocol, organization, language

Implicit communication, hierarchy

japan-safety-compliance

disaster, regulation

Earthquake response, regulatory compliance

japan-governance-compliance

regulation, governance

Audit trails, compliance reporting, AI Act readiness

→ Full Skills Pack documentation


Governance Intelligence

EDITION includes built-in compliance audit trail tools for agents operating under governance requirements. Available in both Progressive Discovery and Legacy modes.

regulation_check → compliance_log → compliance_report
      ↓                   ↓                  ↓
  Check rules      Record audit       Generate report

Tool

Purpose

compliance_log

Create immutable, timestamped audit record after any regulatory check

compliance_report

Generate governance reports (summary / detailed / JSON) from audit trail

Designed for EU AI Act (Aug 2026) and upcoming Japan AI governance compliance.


Quick Start

npx -y edition-mcp-server

Add to claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "edition": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "edition-mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "EDITION_API_URL": "https://api.edition.sh",
        "EDITION_API_KEY": "edition_dev_key_for_testing"
      }
    }
  }
}

Option 2: Smithery

npx -y smithery mcp add hiroshi-c9/edition

Option 3: REST API (Direct)

# Cross-domain search
curl -X POST https://api.edition.sh/api/v1/search \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query": "How do I start a tech company in Tokyo?"}'

# Regulation check
curl -X POST https://api.edition.sh/api/v1/regulation/check \
  -d '{"action": "open restaurant", "industry": "food_service"}'

# Business protocol
curl -X POST https://api.edition.sh/api/v1/protocol/check \
  -d '{"query": "nemawashi consensus building"}'

Memory API — Japanese-aware Persistent Memory

Store episodes, auto-extract structured facts with keigo analysis, social hierarchy detection, and confidence scoring.

Input:  "佐藤部長にはワインをお持ちすれば喜ばれるかと存じます"

Output:
  Subject:    佐藤 (役職: 部長)
  Predicate:  好む
  Object:     ワイン
  Keigo:      Level 2 (尊敬語)
  Hierarchy:  superior
  Confidence: 0.7 (推測 — not stated as fact)
  Tense:      present

Three-layer architecture:

  • Episodes — raw conversation logs

  • Facts — structured knowledge (subject→predicate→object triples)

  • Context — aggregated session summaries per entity/topic

MCP Capabilities

Category

Count

Details

Tools

43

All with annotations (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint)

Resources

2

edition://domains (domain catalog), edition://quality (trust scores)

Prompts

2

japan_business_briefing (by industry), japan_travel_guide (by destination)

API Endpoints

Memory

Method

Endpoint

Description

POST

/api/v1/memory/episodes

Store episode (auto_extract=true for auto fact extraction)

POST

/api/v1/memory/recall

Semantic search across episodes

GET

/api/v1/memory/facts

List structured facts

GET

/api/v1/memory/context

Session context summary

POST

/api/v1/memory/extract

Extract facts from text (store=true to persist)

Regulation & Compliance

Method

Endpoint

Description

POST

/api/v1/regulation/check

Check regulations (10 industries + tourist)

GET

/api/v1/regulation/industries

List all regulated industries

GET

/api/v1/regulation/tourist

Tourist regulation categories

Business Intelligence

Method

Endpoint

Description

POST

/api/v1/protocol/check

Search business protocols

GET

/api/v1/protocol/list

List all protocols

POST

/api/v1/calendar/check

Search business calendar

GET

/api/v1/calendar/list

List calendar categories

POST

/api/v1/regional/check

Search regional differences

GET

/api/v1/regional/list

List regional categories

POST

/api/v1/organization/check

Search organizational structures

GET

/api/v1/organization/list

List organization categories

Market Entry

Method

Endpoint

Description

POST

/api/v1/foreign-entry/check

Foreign market entry guides

GET

/api/v1/foreign-entry/list

List entry categories (6 total)

Lifestyle & Culture

Method

Endpoint

Description

POST

/api/v1/travel/search

Travel intelligence

POST

/api/v1/entertainment/search

Entertainment & pop culture

POST

/api/v1/daily-life/search

Daily life knowledge

POST

/api/v1/language/search

Japanese language

POST

/api/v1/food/search

Food culture

POST

/api/v1/disaster/search

Disaster & safety

POST

/api/v1/healthcare/search

Healthcare system

POST

/api/v1/education/search

Education system

POST

/api/v1/real-estate/search

Real estate

POST

/api/v1/tax/search

Tax system

POST

/api/v1/banking/search

Banking & finance

POST

/api/v1/visa/search

Visa & immigration

Cross-Domain

Method

Endpoint

Description

POST

/api/v1/search

Search all 20 domains simultaneously


Data Quality

All knowledge entries include:

  • source_url — Link to authoritative source (government websites, official organizations)

  • last_verified — Date of last verification

  • confidence — Verification status (verified / estimated)

  • version — Entry version with changelog

Sources include: 厚生労働省 (MHLW), 国税庁 (NTA), 法務省 (MOJ), 国土交通省 (MLIT), 経済産業省 (METI), 日本経団連 (Keidanren), JETRO, 入管庁 (ISA).

Tech Stack

Layer

Technology

API

FastAPI (Python)

Memory Store

SQLite + ChromaDB (vector search)

MCP Server

TypeScript (MCP SDK v1.12+)

LLM

Gemini / Claude / GPT (fact extraction)

Hosting

Render (api.edition.sh)

Agent Discovery

Protocol

Endpoint

MCP (Streamable HTTP)

POST https://api.edition.sh/mcp

A2A Agent Card

GET https://api.edition.sh/.well-known/agent.json

MCP Server Card

GET https://api.edition.sh/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json

OpenAPI / Swagger

GET https://api.edition.sh/docs

Agent Harness Compatible

EDITION is designed as a Tool Registry / Japan Knowledge Layer for agent harnesses. All 43 tools include MCP annotations (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint), usage guidelines, and behavioral transparency metadata — enabling harness frameworks to auto-discover, evaluate, and integrate EDITION tools without manual configuration.

Freemium Access

Tier

Domains

Rate Limit

Price

Free

8 core domains

100 req/day

Free

Pro

All 20 domains (incl. tax, banking, healthcare, visa)

10,000 req/day

¥2,980/mo

Enterprise

All domains + priority support

Unlimited

Contact

Anonymous access defaults to Free tier. Register for an API key at POST /api/v1/auth/register.

Registries

Registry

Status

npm

✅ Published (v0.4.0)

Smithery

✅ Listed (43 tools)

Glama

✅ Grade A Coherence

Why Not Mem0 / Letta / Zep?

Those are excellent general-purpose memory tools. But they don't:

  • Parse Japanese keigo levels (丁寧語 / 尊敬語 / 謙譲語)

  • Detect implicit social hierarchy from honorific patterns

  • Score confidence based on Japanese speech patterns (断定 vs 推測 vs 伝聞)

  • Include a Japanese regulatory database with 20 knowledge domains

Japanese business context is structurally different. Agents need purpose-built infrastructure to navigate it.

License

MIT

Available Tools

31 tools
calendar_checkA
Read-onlyIdempotent

日本のビジネスカレンダー情報を検索します。祝日、決算期、贈答シーズン、行政締切、季節性ビジネスの5カテゴリ。

Inputs: query (required).

calendar_listA
Read-onlyIdempotent

日本のビジネスカレンダーの全カテゴリ一覧を取得します。

Inputs: no named parameters.

daily_life_listA
Read-onlyIdempotent

日本の日常生活知識のトピック一覧を取得します。

Inputs: no named parameters.

disaster_listA
Read-onlyIdempotent

日本の災害・安全知識のトピック一覧を取得します。

Inputs: no named parameters.

entertainment_listA
Read-onlyIdempotent

日本のエンタメ知識のトピック一覧を取得します。

Inputs: no named parameters.

food_listA
Read-onlyIdempotent

日本の食文化知識のトピック一覧を取得します。

Inputs: no named parameters.

foreign_entry_checkB
Read-onlyIdempotent

外国企業・外国人の日本進出に必要な基盤知識を検索します。法人設立、経営管理ビザ、銀行口座開設、物件探し、税務届出、従業員雇用(労働法・解雇規制・社会保険)の6カテゴリ。

Inputs: query (required).

foreign_entry_listA
Read-onlyIdempotent

外国企業・外国人の日本進出に関する知識カテゴリの一覧を取得します。

Inputs: no named parameters.

language_listB
Read-onlyIdempotent

日本語知識のトピック一覧を取得します。

Inputs: no named parameters.

memory_contextA
Read-onlyIdempotent

現在のセッション状態(有効な事実・合意事項のサマリー)を取得します。エージェントのプロンプトに注入して文脈を維持するために使います。

Inputs: session_id.

memory_extractA
Idempotent

テキストからファクト(主語→述語→目的語の三つ組)を自動抽出します。日本語の敬語・主語省略・社会的階層を分析して構造化します。store=trueにすると抽出結果をメモリに永続保存します(書き込み発生)。store=false(デフォルト)なら読み取り専用で、保存せずに抽出結果のみ返します。memory_storeとの違い: memory_storeはエピソード全体を保存、memory_extractはテキストからファクトのみを抽出。

Inputs: text (required), store, context_hint.

memory_factsA
Read-onlyIdempotent

現在有効なファクト(構造化された事実)の一覧を取得します。ファクトは「主語→述語→目的語」の三つ組で、確度と有効期限を持ちます。

Inputs: valid_only.

memory_recallA
Read-onlyIdempotent

過去の記憶をセマンティック検索で呼び出します。「前回の会議で○○部長が仰った件」のような曖昧な日本語クエリにも対応します。

Inputs: query (required), limit.

memory_storeA

会話やイベントのエピソードを永続記憶に保存します。日本語の文脈(敬語レベル、主語省略、暗黙の了解)も構造化して保持します。auto_extract=trueにすると、テキストからファクト(主語→述語→目的語の三つ組)を自動抽出します。

Inputs: content (required), role, session_id, auto_extract.

organization_checkA
Read-onlyIdempotent

日本の組織構造・商慣行を検索します。役職体系、系列、支払慣行、契約慣行、業界団体。

Inputs: query (required).

organization_listA
Read-onlyIdempotent

日本の組織構造・商慣行の全カテゴリ一覧を取得します。

Inputs: no named parameters.

protocol_checkA
Read-onlyIdempotent

日本のビジネスプロトコル(根回し、稟議、報連相、名刺交換、席順、贈答)を検索します。

Inputs: query (required).

protocol_listA
Read-onlyIdempotent

日本のビジネスプロトコルの一覧を取得します。

Inputs: no named parameters.

regional_checkA
Read-onlyIdempotent

日本の地域別ビジネス情報を検索します。主要都市の特性、自治体の助成金・補助金、地域条例、商慣習の違い。

Inputs: query (required).

regional_listA
Read-onlyIdempotent

日本の地域別ビジネス情報の全カテゴリ一覧を取得します。

Inputs: no named parameters.

regulation_checkA
Read-onlyIdempotent

特定のビジネスアクションに必要な日本の規制・許認可情報を回答します。10業種の詳細データベース + 訪日旅行者向け規制に対応。

Inputs: action (required), industry, entity_type.

regulation_industriesA
Read-onlyIdempotent

日本の規制データベースに登録されている業種の一覧を取得します。

Inputs: no named parameters.

regulation_touristA
Read-onlyIdempotent

訪日旅行者向けの規制・マナー情報のカテゴリ一覧を取得します。ビザ、免税、交通、宿泊、医療、マナーの6カテゴリ。

Inputs: no named parameters.

travel_listA
Read-onlyIdempotent

日本の旅行知識のトピック一覧を取得します。

Inputs: no named parameters.

Tool Schema Changelog

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    TDQS

    A3.7/5.0

    Scored across 31 tools

    Disambiguation5/5

    Each tool targets a distinct domain or function, with clear boundaries between categories like calendar, disaster, food, and memory. Even the general search tool is explicitly for cross-domain queries, avoiding ambiguity with domain-specific searches.

    Naming Consistency4/5

    Most tools follow a consistent domain_action pattern (e.g., calendar_check, daily_life_search). Memory tools use a different but internally consistent memory_ prefix, and the single 'search' tool stands out. Overall, the pattern is mostly predictable.

    Tool Count3/5

    With 31 tools, the server is on the heavier side for a single platform. While the breadth of Japanese business and cultural knowledge justifies many tools, the count still feels slightly bloated, especially with many list/search pairs.

    Completeness4/5

    The tool surface covers a wide range of domains relevant to Japanese business and culture, including memory management. However, it lacks update or delete operations for any domain, limiting write functionality beyond memory storage.

    Maintenance

    ActivityMaintained
    ResponsivenessOutdated data

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