gopher-mcp
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
No arguments | |||
Instructions
Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.
This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.
Capabilities
Features and capabilities supported by this server
Protocol revision2025-11-25
| Capability | Details |
|---|---|
| tools | {
"listChanged": true
} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| open_menuB | Open a Gopher menu (directory) and list its items. The default server is gopher.floodgap.com — one of the oldest still-running gopher servers. Pass a selector like '/' for the root, or a path like '/1/floodgap'. |
| read_textfileA | Read a plain-text file from gopherspace (gopher type 0). Useful for the floodgap texts, old FAQ collections, and historical documents. |
| search_veronicaA | Run a Gopher search (type 7) — e.g. a Veronica-2 search on gopher.floodgap.com (selector '/7/v2/vs'). Returns matching items as a menu. |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |
TDQS
Scored across 3 tools
Each tool targets a distinct Gopher operation: browsing menus, reading text files, and searching. There is no overlap in purpose or selector types.
All tool names follow a consistent verb_noun pattern (open_, read_, search_) with descriptive nouns. The convention is uniform and predictable.
Three tools is an appropriate size for a niche protocol like Gopher, covering the core interactions without unnecessary bloat.
Core Gopher workflows (browse, read, search) are covered. A minor gap is the lack of support for binary or other non-text item types, but for a text-focused MCP server this is acceptable.