Engine MCP

The same 390+ calculators accessible as MCP tools.

The Engine MCP surface exposes the same 390+ calculators as MCP tools. Connect the endpoint to any MCP-aware AI assistant and it can discover all available calculators via tools/list and invoke them via tools/call.

MCP endpoint

MCP endpoint
https://engine.astrocodex.ai/v1/mcp
OAuth scope
rest_mcp

How it works

  1. 1

    Obtain an Engine API key (or use OAuth scope rest_mcp) from your account settings.

  2. 2

    Register the MCP endpoint (https://engine.astrocodex.ai/v1/mcp) in your AI client and send your API key in an X-API-Key header (an OAuth Bearer token with the rest_mcp scope also works).

  3. 3

    The AI calls tools/list to discover all available calculators and their input schemas.

  4. 4

    The AI calls tools/call with the chosen calculator name and birth-data inputs to compute results.

  5. 5

    Results are returned in structured JSON with localised name fields (pass lang in the request body if needed).

Good to know

1

MCP tools are addressed by their tool name from tools/list (e.g. calculate_yoga_engine), not by the dotted REST calculator name.

2

Plain-text output: add a top-level "format": "text" to the tools/call params (alongside name and arguments) to receive a ready-to-read text rendering instead of structured JSON.

3

Tradition tags: every tool description starts with a tag such as [VEDIC · sidereal zodiac] or [WESTERN · tropical zodiac], and _meta.system carries the same value — clients must never mix traditions in one reading.

Rate limits & quotas

Rate limits and monthly quotas apply per-plan, the same as the Engine REST API. The AI reasoning runs on your assistant's side and does not consume AstroCodex tokens.