The High Council MCP

An open-source MCP server that facilitates multi-agent planning through a blind proposal, debate, and review loop. It allows multiple AI models to propose solutions, debate them, and have them reviewed by a panel of judges to produce a refined plan and build instructions.

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What you can do with it

Plan software engineering projects with multi-agent debate
Review and refine code plans through blind proposals
Generate build instructions (HANDOFF.md) for coding agents

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 0.8.3

mcp-registry: io.github.muad-yasin/the-high-council@0.8.3 Source repository Project website

Maintenance checked: Oct 31, 2026, 10:27 PM UTC

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the-high-council 0.8.3

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the-high-council package definition

{
  "version": "0.8.3",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "the-high-council",
  "runtimeHint": "npx",
  "registryType": "npm",
  "registryBaseUrl": "https://registry.npmjs.org",
  "packageArguments": [
    {
      "type": "positional",
      "value": "--mcp"
    }
  ],
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "Your own Anthropic API key. Needed only by chains that seat Anthropic models."
    },
    {
      "name": "OPENAI_API_KEY",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "Your own OpenAI API key. Needed only by chains that seat OpenAI models."
    },
    {
      "name": "GOOGLE_API_KEY",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "Your own Google (Gemini) API key. Needed only by chains that seat Google (Gemini) models."
    },
    {
      "name": "MISTRAL_API_KEY",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "Your own Mistral API key. Needed only by chains that seat Mistral models."
    },
    {
      "name": "DEEPSEEK_API_KEY",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "Your own DeepSeek API key. Needed only by chains that seat DeepSeek models."
    },
    {
      "name": "GROQ_API_KEY",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "Your own Groq API key. Needed only by chains that seat Groq models."
    },
    {
      "name": "TOGETHER_API_KEY",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "Your own Together API key. Needed only by chains that seat Together models."
    },
    {
      "name": "COHERE_API_KEY",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "Your own Cohere API key. Needed only by chains that seat Cohere models."
    },
    {
      "name": "OPENROUTER_API_KEY",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "Your own OpenRouter API key. Needed only by chains that seat OpenRouter models."
    },
    {
      "name": "ZAI_API_KEY",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "Your own Z.ai API key. Needed only by chains that seat Z.ai models."
    },
    {
      "name": "MAX_USD_PER_RUN",
      "format": "number",
      "default": "7",
      "description": "The figure the spending-limit screen suggests for a paid run; the limit is the number the person types. Unset, a command-line run suggests nothing, and when a client sends no max_usd the MCP server suggests the lesser of 7 and COUNCIL_MAX_USD_LIMIT where that is set. For a chain with no paid seat it is the run's ceiling (7 when unset). A run stops before any stage that could pass its limit."
    },
    {
      "name": "COUNCIL_MAX_USD_LIMIT",
      "format": "number",
      "description": "A hard per-run ceiling in US dollars that the MCP client cannot raise or remove (max_usd above it, or \"none\", is refused). Set it to the same value as MAX_USD_PER_RUN so the suggested figure and the ceiling are the same."
    },
    {
      "name": "COUNCIL_WORKDIR",
      "format": "filepath",
      "description": "Folder for task files and run output. Default: the directory the client starts the server in."
    }
  ]
}

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "the-high-council-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "the-high-council@0.8.3",
        "--mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY>",
        "GOOGLE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_GOOGLE_API_KEY>",
        "MISTRAL_API_KEY": "<YOUR_MISTRAL_API_KEY>",
        "DEEPSEEK_API_KEY": "<YOUR_DEEPSEEK_API_KEY>",
        "GROQ_API_KEY": "<YOUR_GROQ_API_KEY>",
        "TOGETHER_API_KEY": "<YOUR_TOGETHER_API_KEY>",
        "COHERE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_COHERE_API_KEY>",
        "OPENROUTER_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OPENROUTER_API_KEY>",
        "ZAI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ZAI_API_KEY>",
        "MAX_USD_PER_RUN": "<YOUR_MAX_USD_PER_RUN>",
        "COUNCIL_MAX_USD_LIMIT": "<YOUR_COUNCIL_MAX_USD_LIMIT>",
        "COUNCIL_WORKDIR": "<YOUR_COUNCIL_WORKDIR>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "the-high-council-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "the-high-council@0.8.3",
        "--mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY>",
        "GOOGLE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_GOOGLE_API_KEY>",
        "MISTRAL_API_KEY": "<YOUR_MISTRAL_API_KEY>",
        "DEEPSEEK_API_KEY": "<YOUR_DEEPSEEK_API_KEY>",
        "GROQ_API_KEY": "<YOUR_GROQ_API_KEY>",
        "TOGETHER_API_KEY": "<YOUR_TOGETHER_API_KEY>",
        "COHERE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_COHERE_API_KEY>",
        "OPENROUTER_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OPENROUTER_API_KEY>",
        "ZAI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ZAI_API_KEY>",
        "MAX_USD_PER_RUN": "<YOUR_MAX_USD_PER_RUN>",
        "COUNCIL_MAX_USD_LIMIT": "<YOUR_COUNCIL_MAX_USD_LIMIT>",
        "COUNCIL_WORKDIR": "<YOUR_COUNCIL_WORKDIR>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "the-high-council-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "the-high-council@0.8.3",
        "--mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY>",
        "GOOGLE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_GOOGLE_API_KEY>",
        "MISTRAL_API_KEY": "<YOUR_MISTRAL_API_KEY>",
        "DEEPSEEK_API_KEY": "<YOUR_DEEPSEEK_API_KEY>",
        "GROQ_API_KEY": "<YOUR_GROQ_API_KEY>",
        "TOGETHER_API_KEY": "<YOUR_TOGETHER_API_KEY>",
        "COHERE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_COHERE_API_KEY>",
        "OPENROUTER_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OPENROUTER_API_KEY>",
        "ZAI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ZAI_API_KEY>",
        "MAX_USD_PER_RUN": "<YOUR_MAX_USD_PER_RUN>",
        "COUNCIL_MAX_USD_LIMIT": "<YOUR_COUNCIL_MAX_USD_LIMIT>",
        "COUNCIL_WORKDIR": "<YOUR_COUNCIL_WORKDIR>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "the-high-council-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "the-high-council@0.8.3",
        "--mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY>",
        "GOOGLE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_GOOGLE_API_KEY>",
        "MISTRAL_API_KEY": "<YOUR_MISTRAL_API_KEY>",
        "DEEPSEEK_API_KEY": "<YOUR_DEEPSEEK_API_KEY>",
        "GROQ_API_KEY": "<YOUR_GROQ_API_KEY>",
        "TOGETHER_API_KEY": "<YOUR_TOGETHER_API_KEY>",
        "COHERE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_COHERE_API_KEY>",
        "OPENROUTER_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OPENROUTER_API_KEY>",
        "ZAI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ZAI_API_KEY>",
        "MAX_USD_PER_RUN": "<YOUR_MAX_USD_PER_RUN>",
        "COUNCIL_MAX_USD_LIMIT": "<YOUR_COUNCIL_MAX_USD_LIMIT>",
        "COUNCIL_WORKDIR": "<YOUR_COUNCIL_WORKDIR>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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