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Dwarf Fortress (DFHack) MCP Server

Name: Dwarf Fortress (DFHack) MCP Server
Author: alexanderolvera

MCP server exposing a live Dwarf Fortress fort to an AI agent as curated, semantic tools

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~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "alexanderolvera-dfhack-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "dfhack-mcp@1.4.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DFHACK_HOST": "127.0.0.1",
        "DFHACK_PORT": "5000",
        "DFHACK_MCP_ACTUATORS": ""
      }
    }
  }
}

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Environment

Name	Required	Notes
DFHACK_HOST	No	Host running DFHack's remote RPC server. Defaults to 127.0.0.1.
DFHACK_PORT	No	Port for DFHack's remote RPC server. Defaults to 5000.
DFHACK_MCP_ACTUATORS	No	Set to any value to expose the write tools. Unset, the server is read-only.

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