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Oblique Strategies MCP Server

by lmorchard

search_strategies

Find creative problem-solving strategies by searching keywords across Brian Eno's Oblique Strategies card deck to overcome creative blocks.

Instructions

Search for strategies containing the specified keywords.

Args: query: Keywords to search for (case-insensitive). edition: Optional edition to limit search to. If not specified, searches all editions.

Returns: A dictionary containing matching strategies and their editions.

Input Schema

TableJSON Schema
NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
queryYes
editionNo

Implementation Reference

  • The actual business logic for the search_strategies tool, which filters strategies by query and edition.
    def search_strategies(
        self, query: str, edition: Optional[str] = None
    ) -> Dict[str, Any]:
        """Search for strategies containing the specified keywords."""
        query_lower = query.lower()
        results = []
    
        # Determine which editions to search
        editions_to_search = (
            [edition] if edition and edition in self.EDITIONS else self.EDITIONS.keys()
        )
    
        for ed in editions_to_search:
            try:
                strategies = self.load_strategies(ed)
                for strategy in strategies:
                    if query_lower in strategy.lower():
                        results.append({"strategy": strategy, "edition": ed})
            except (FileNotFoundError, Exception):
                # Skip editions that can't be loaded
                continue
    
        return {
            "query": query,
  • MCP tool registration and entry point for search_strategies.
    @mcp.tool()
    def search_strategies(query: str, edition: Optional[str] = None) -> Dict[str, Any]:
        """
        Search for strategies containing the specified keywords.
    
        Args:
            query: Keywords to search for (case-insensitive).
            edition: Optional edition to limit search to. If not specified,
                    searches all editions.
    
        Returns:
            A dictionary containing matching strategies and their editions.
        """
        return manager.search_strategies(query, edition)
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