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Ferengi Rules of Acquisition

The Ferengi Rules of Acquisition as a queryable resource — by number, by theme, or at random.

by SterlingChin ↗Games, Entertainment & FandomCommunity

LABSCO SUMMARY

A small, complete example of resource plus tools.

Beyond the joke, it is a tidy demonstration of the shape most content servers want: a resource holding the corpus, and tools that index into it by key, by theme and at random. If it fails to start, the usual cause is the data file not sitting beside the built server.

What it is

An MCP server that serves the Ferengi Rules of Acquisition. The full collection is exposed as a resource, with four tools for getting at it: one rule by number, a themed search, a random pick, and the list of themes.

What you get

  • A specific rule by its number — get-rule
  • Rules matching a theme, such as profit, business or money — search-by-theme
  • A random rule from the collection — random-rule
  • Every available theme, so the search has something to aim at — list-themes
  • The complete collection as an MCP resource, not just tool output

Requirements

Node.js 18+, with npm install and npm run build, then the built build/index.js given to the client by absolute path. One requirement is easy to miss: ferengi_rules_mcp.json — the rules data — must sit in the same directory as the built server, or it will not start. Nothing to authorize.

Setup effort

Build from source

See installation options