Habari MCP Server

habari-mcp

Local serverstdio

What is the Habari MCP server?

habari-mcp. Exposed over MCP by the habari mcp server, that capability becomes something an assistant can invoke while it works, not something you go and do afterwards.

What it actually does

MCP server for Kenya civic information — Kenya Gazette, government tenders, open data, parliament tracker, citizen feedback channels. 5 tools.

Adding it to your client

habari-mcp on PyPI is all you need. Most clients run it directly, so configuration is a few lines and a restart.

Its toolset

Everything the assistant can do here goes through one of these:

Caveats

  • It runs with your machine's permissions. That is convenient and also the reason to think about what you point it at before you approve a tool call.
  • MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the habari mcp server does with a few real requests.

When to reach for it

Plenty of AI and media services servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. Habari's toolset — Datasets — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by gabrielmahia; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
Datasets** [huggingface.co/gmahia](https://huggingface.co/gmahia) · **Docs hub:** [nairobi-stack](https://github.com/gabrielmahia/nairobi-stack)

How to install the Habari MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "habari": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["habari-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.

Example prompts to try

  • Use Habari to Datasets.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Habari to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 1 tool (Datasets) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Habari directly.