# chesspal-mcp-engine

> ChessPal MCP Engine: A Stockfish-powered chess engine exposed via MCP.

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/chesspal-mcp-engine/claim

## Declared
- publisher: Your Name
- homepage: https://github.com/wilson-urdaneta/dylangames-mcp-chess-engine
- repository: https://github.com/wilson-urdaneta/dylangames-mcp-chess-engine
- version: 0.3.0
- license: GPL-3.0-or-later
- protocols: mcp
- tags: chess, stockfish, mcp, chesspal
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:chesspal-mcp-engine

### Description (declared)

# ChessPal Chess Engine - A Stockfish-powered chess engine exposed as an MCP server using FastMCP

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A Stockfish-powered chess engine exposed as an MCP server using FastMCP. Calculates best moves via MCP tools accessible over SSE (default) or stdio transports using an MCP client library. Part of the ChessPal project.

## Features

- Robust Stockfish engine integration with proper process management
- Exposes engine functionality via the Model Context Protocol (MCP) using FastMCP.
- Supports both SSE and stdio MCP transports for client interaction.
- UCI protocol implementation for chess move generation
- Comprehensive test suite with TDD approach
- Error handling and recovery mechanisms
- Support for FEN positions and move history
- Flexible engine binary configuration

## Prerequisites

- Python 3.10 or higher
- Poetry for dependency management (install from [Poetry's documentation](https://python-poetry.org/docs/#installation))
- Stockfish chess engine binary (version 17.1 recommended)

## Installation

Install the published package from PyPI using pip:

```bash
pip…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- dev.ci-cd (1, derived)
- dev.package-management (0.768, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/chesspal-mcp-engine/ (first seen 2026-09-09T11:30:15.653Z)

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