# openconstraint-mcp

> Local-first MCP server for constraint solving with MiniZinc and OR-Tools CP-SAT

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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/openconstraint-mcp/claim

## Declared
- publisher: Openconstraint
- homepage: https://openconstraint.com
- repository: https://github.com/Openconstraint/openconstraint-mcp/issues
- version: 0.3.1
- protocols: mcp
- tags: constraint-programming, mcp, minizinc, optimization, solver
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:openconstraint-mcp

### Description (declared)

# openconstraint-mcp

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[OpenConstraint website](https://openconstraint.com/) · [Worked case studies](https://openconstraint.com/cases/)

A local-first [Model Context Protocol](https://modelcontextprotocol.io) server for
constraint programming and optimization. `openconstraint-mcp` gives an MCP client a
deterministic way to compile-check and solve [MiniZinc](https://www.minizinc.org/)
models on a **managed** solver runtime, exposing open-source solvers (OR-Tools CP-SAT
by default, Chuffed as an optional verifier) over MCP stdio.

Constraint problems — scheduling, rostering, assignment, routing, production
planning, inventory — are exactly where a language model is most likely to produce an
answer that looks right but is subtly infeasible. The division of labor here is
**LLM proposes, server verifies**: the client's LLM drafts a MiniZinc model, and the
local runtime compiles and solves it to produce a checked result. The server runs the
solver; it never drafts a model of its own and never calls an LLM.

Everything runs on your machine. No telemetry, no background network calls, and
nothing leaves your machine unless you opt in — the only network access in the entire
package is the runtime download you trigger explicitly with `install-runtime`.

## Design principles

- **Local-first.** Solving, validation, and result inspection all run on your machine.
  There are no remote solving backends and no upload of your models or data.
- **Managed runtime.** Solver execution always goes through a MiniZinc runtime this
  project resolves and controls, never an arbitrary `$PATH` binary — so a run does not
  depend on whatever MiniZinc happens to be installed on the host.
- **LLM proposes, server verif…

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

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/openconstraint-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-10T08:26:39.448Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/openconstraint-mcp/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/openconstraint-mcp · ARD identifier urn:air::server:openconstraint-mcp