council-mcp

An MCP server that gives Claude a review council — other LLMs that fact-check Claude's responses before you see them.

Every review is saved as a Markdown file so you can read, share, or audit the verification trail.

1. You ask Claude a question
2. Claude drafts its answer
3. Claude calls the council_review tool, sending its draft to Gemini
4. Gemini extracts every factual claim and verifies each one
5. Gemini flags disputed claims, unverifiable info, and things needing manual check
6. Gemini identifies resources Claude missed
7. The full verification report is shown to you alongside Claude's corrected answer
8. A .md file with the complete review is saved to reviews/ for your records

Go to Google AI Studio and create a key. The free tier is sufficient to get started.

git clone https://github.com/alterego-987/council-mcp.git
cd council-mcp
uv sync

> Don't have uv? Install it: curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

Add the following to your ~/.claude.json under mcpServers:

{
  "council": {
    "command": "uv",
    "args": ["run", "--directory", "/path/to/council-mcp", "python", "-m", "council_mcp.server"],
    "env": {
      "GEMINI_API_KEY": "your-key-here"
    },
    "type": "stdio"
  }
}

Replace /path/to/council-mcp with the actual path where you cloned the repo.

Start a new session. Claude will now have access to council_review and council_status tools. For complex or technical responses, Claude will automatically send its draft through Gemini for verification.

> Note: The council currently works in the Code tab of the Claude desktop app. Chat and Cowork tabs only support cloud-based MCP integrations and do not load local stdio servers.

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