Cafe MCP Server

Korean Saju (Four Pillars) MCP server with 5 free birth-chart analysis tools.

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What is the Cafe MCP server?

Cafe MCP server is a hosted integration for AI assistants that speak the Model Context Protocol. Korean Saju (Four Pillars) MCP server with 5 free birth-chart analysis tools.

What you get

A formal W3C OWL 2 ontology for Korean Saju (사주명리학), grounded in classical Myeongli theory and six canonical treatises. Released under CC BY 4.0 for academic use, system integration, and downstream development.

Setting it up

Being a remote server, there is no local install. You register the endpoint with your client, authorise it once, and the tools appear.

What the assistant can call

Once Cafe is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:

  • saju_chart — Four Pillars chart — stems/branches, Ten Gods, Spirit Stars
  • ohaeng_balance — Five Elements (五行) distribution
  • gyeokguk — Chart structure/pattern (格局)
  • eumyang_johu — Yin-Yang & Climate (陰陽·調候) balance
  • yongshin_candidates — Classical 5-type Yongshin (用神) candidates

Configuration and credentials

You will need one environment variable: CAFE_MCP_API_URL. The server will not start without them, which is usually why the tools fail to appear on a first run. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.

Before you rely on it

  • Your data travels to the provider's service, so the usual questions apply about what you send and what they retain.
  • Missing credentials fail quietly in some clients — if no tools show up, check the environment block first.
  • MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the cafe mcp server does with a few real requests.

Choosing this one

This sits in the developer tooling group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. Cafe's toolset — saju_chart, ohaeng_balance, gyeokguk and 2 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by dangamsoft; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

This entry was verified against Cafe's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
saju_chartFour Pillars chart — stems/branches, Ten Gods, Spirit Stars
ohaeng_balanceFive Elements (五行) distribution
gyeokgukChart structure/pattern (格局)
eumyang_johuYin-Yang & Climate (陰陽·調候) balance
yongshin_candidatesClassical 5-type Yongshin (用神) candidates

How to install the Cafe MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cafe-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@dangamsoft/cafe-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
CAFE_MCP_API_URLEndpoint or connection string the server talks to.Yes

Example prompts to try

  • Use Cafe to saju chart.
  • Use Cafe to ohaeng balance.
  • Use Cafe to gyeokguk.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Cafe to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 5 tools (saju_chart, ohaeng_balance, gyeokguk, and more) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Cafe directly.