What is MCP?

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard that lets AI assistants (such as Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible host) connect to external tools and data sources. Instead of copying and pasting birth chart data into a chat window, the AI assistant can query AskVedicGuru directly — with your permission.

What the AskVedicGuru MCP server does

Once configured, any MCP host can:

• Look up a user's saved birth profiles
• Fetch a full birth chart (planets, houses, ascendant, nakshatra)
• Get horoscope for all 12 zodiac signs at once (no profile needed)
• Pull Rashifal forecasts for any period (daily, weekly, monthly, yearly)
• Get the current dasha period and sub-periods
• Check active doshas (Mangal, Kaal Sarp, etc.) and Sade Sati status
• Check yogas and planetary transits
• Ask the AI Guru questions with full chart context

All requests are authenticated through your developer API key. You choose which profiles (if any) the assistant can access.

How it works

AI assistant (e.g. Claude Desktop)
        │  MCP protocol (JSON-RPC over stdio or HTTP)
        ▼
AskVedicGuru MCP server
        │  HTTPS + X-API-Key
        ▼
AskVedicGuru REST API

The MCP server acts as a thin adapter — it translates MCP tool calls into AskVedicGuru API requests and returns structured results the AI can reason about.

Authentication

The MCP server uses your developer API key (avg_…). Credits are deducted per tool call, at the same rates as the REST API.

See Authentication and Credits & Plans for details.

Next steps

• Setup — install and configure the MCP server
• Tools Reference — full list of available MCP tools and their parameters