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Gedankenwelten MCP Server

Talk to the knowledge base

Search across 500+ curated notes on philosophy, democracy, psychology, and contemporary discourse — using your own AI assistant.

URL: https://mcp.gedankenwelten.org/mcp

What is this?

The Gedankenwelten MCP Server lets you connect your AI assistant (Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, or any MCP-compatible client) directly to the Gedankenwelten knowledge base.

You ask questions in natural language — the server searches semantically across 12,500+ text chunks from 500+ notes and returns the most relevant passages. Your AI assistant then synthesizes the answer.

Cost model

You use your own AI subscription (e.g. Claude Pro). We provide the knowledge — at no cost.

Setup

Claude Desktop

Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gedankenwelten": {
      "type": "streamable-http",
      "url": "https://mcp.gedankenwelten.org/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Config file location:

  • macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
  • Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

Restart Claude Desktop after saving.

Claude.ai (Web & Mobile)

  1. Go to claude.ai → Settings → Connectors
  2. Click “Add Connector”
  3. Enter URL: https://mcp.gedankenwelten.org/mcp
  4. Follow the OAuth authorization flow (auto-approved)

Other MCP Clients

Any client supporting the Streamable HTTP transport can connect:

URL: https://mcp.gedankenwelten.org/mcp
Auth: OAuth 2.1 (auto-approved, no account needed)

Available Tools

🔍 Semantic Search

Search across all notes with natural language queries. Returns relevant passages with relevance scores.

Example: “What does Hartmut Rosa say about resonance compared to Fromm’s concept of having vs being?”

📖 Read Note

Read the full content of any note by title. Use after searching to get complete context.

Example: “Read the full note on Hannah Arendt — The Banality of Evil”

👤 List Thinkers

Browse all philosopher and thinker profiles with their key topics and cross-references.

Example: “Show me all thinkers in the knowledge base”

🔗 Explore Connections

Discover thematic connections between thinkers, interviews, and concepts.

Example: “How do Rosa’s resonance theory and Buddhist mindfulness connect?”

📎 Find Sources

Get the primary sources, links, books, studies and videos behind a topic — or behind a specific note. The references you can actually share in a discussion. Filter by type (book, study, video, article, …) or ask for the sources of one particular note.

Example: “Find me sources on the rise of authoritarianism in Hungary” · “What sources back the BissenBlaBla note?”

Example Queries

“Welche Interviews behandeln den Aufstieg des Autoritarismus in Europa?”

“Compare Byung-Chul Han’s burnout society with Hartmut Rosa’s acceleration thesis.”

“Was sagt Matthieu Ricard über Altruismus und wie unterscheidet sich das von Fromms Konzept der produktiven Liebe?”

“Which thinkers discuss the relationship between capitalism and democracy?”

Language

The content is primarily in German. Queries work in both German and English — the semantic search understands both.

Technical Details

ComponentDetails
TransportStreamable HTTP
AuthOAuth 2.1 with PKCE (auto-approved)
EmbeddingsBAAI/bge-m3 (1024-dim)
Vector DBQdrant (12,500+ chunks)
Content~500 notes, updated regularly
AccessRead-only, no user data stored

Privacy

The MCP server does not store queries, track users, or collect personal data. OAuth tokens are held in memory only. See Privacy Policy for details.

About Gedankenwelten

Gedankenwelten (“thought worlds”) is a curated knowledge base covering:

  • Denker — In-depth analyses of thinkers: Arendt, Fromm, Rosa, Ricard, Han, and 30+ more
  • Zeitgeist — Analyzed interviews, podcasts, and talks on democracy, capitalism, and media
  • Panorama — Cross-cutting thematic syntheses
  • Vipassana — Notes on contemplative practice

All content is publicly available at gedankenwelten.org.

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