# socratic-mcp

> MCP server exposing a Socratic sidecar (kb_search, chapters, review) to any agent host

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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/socratic-mcp/claim

## Declared
- publisher: socratic-tutor contributors
- homepage: https://github.com/Icefox12138/socratic-tutor/tree/main/packages/socratic-mcp
- repository: https://github.com/Icefox12138/socratic-tutor/tree/main/packages/socratic-mcp
- version: 0.1.2
- license: MIT
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp, model-context-protocol, rag, citations, tutor
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:socratic-mcp

### Description (declared)

# socratic-mcp 
 
把 Socratic sidecar 包成 **MCP server**：任何支持 MCP 的 agent host（DSH、Claude Desktop、Cursor…）都能直接调用，不需要为每个 host 写插件。 
 
```bash 
SOCRATIC_SIDECAR_URL=http://127.0.0.1:8765 python -m socratic_mcp.server 
``` 
 
## 工具 
 
| 工具 | 作用 | 
|---|---| 
| `kb_search` | 检索；返回 citation 与页图 URL；可带 `book`+`chapter` 收窄到章回 | 
| `kb_read` | 按 chunk_id 读取 | 
| `chapter_lookup` | 「卷3」「第7回」或标题片段 → 页码范围与页图；给 `page` 则反查所在章回 | 
| `review_session` | 复盘一个教学会话 | 
| `socratic_state` | 读教学状态机 | 
| `socratic_health` | sidecar 是否可达 + 索引统计 | 
 
## 前置：一个符合契约的数据库 
 
sidecar 读的库不属于本仓库，需按 
[`docs/RAG-DB-SCHEMA.md`](https://github.com/Icefox12138/socratic-tutor/blob/main/docs/RAG-DB-SCHEMA.md) 
自行构建（或取得）。没有库时服务仍能启动，`/health` 返回 
`{"ok": false, "reason": "no_index"}`，工具会得到 `no_index` 而不是崩掉。 
 
## 配置 
 
| 环境变量 | 默认 | 说明 | 
|---|---|---| 
| `SOCRATIC_SIDECAR_URL` | `http://127.0.0.1:8765` | sidecar 地址 | 
| `SOCRATIC_TOKEN` | 空 | 非空时以 `Authorization: Bearer` 发送 | 
 
sidecar 未启动时，工具返回 `{"error":"sidecar_unreachable",...}` 且 `isError: true`，连接不断。 
 
## 挂到 DSH 
 
`~/.dsh/dsh-mcp-plus/servers.json` 加一条： 
 
```json 
{ 
  "mcpServers": { 
    "socratic": { 
      "command": "python", 
      "args": ["-m", "socratic_mcp.server"], 
      "env": { "SOCRATIC_SIDECAR_URL": "http://127.0.0.1:8765" } 
    } 
  } 
} 
``` 
 
## 协议实现范围 
 
`initialize`、`ping`、`tools/list`、`tools/call`，stdio + newline-delimited JSON-RPC 2.0。没有 SDK 依赖（6 条测试，含一次真实 stdio 往返）。

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- data.vector-search (1, declared)
- research.academic (1, declared)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/socratic-mcp/ (first seen 2026-11-05T22:25:35.658Z)

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