Civilization V Harness (Linux)

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Play Sid Meier's Civilization V (native Linux) as a human seat, by the game's own rules.

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    "name": "io.github.ty-meador/civ-v-llm-harness",
    "title": "Civilization V Harness (Linux)",
    "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-12-11/server.schema.json",
    "version": "2.14.4",
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      {
        "version": "2.14.4",
        "transport": {
          "type": "stdio"
        },
        "identifier": "civ-v-llm-harness",
        "runtimeHint": "uvx",
        "registryType": "pypi",
        "registryBaseUrl": "https://pypi.org",
        "packageArguments": [
          {
            "name": "--seat",
            "type": "named",
            "default": "auto",
            "description": "The player id this server plays, or 'auto' for the local player. In a hotseat game give each agent its own seat number."
          }
        ],
        "environmentVariables": [
          {
            "name": "CIV5_TUNERD_SOCK",
            "format": "filepath",
            "isRequired": true,
            "description": "Path of the Unix socket of the running tuner daemon (python -m harness.tunerd), usually $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/civ5-tuner.sock. The game and the daemon must be running first; see the install guide."
          },
          {
            "name": "CIV5_TUNERD_TOKEN",
            "isSecret": true,
            "description": "This agent's seat token, when the daemon runs with a seat table (--seats). Not needed for a solo game."
          },
          {
            "name": "CIV5_CALL_LOG",
            "format": "filepath",
            "description": "Optional path of a JSON-lines file that receives one line per tool call. Off when unset."
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
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    },
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    "description": "Play Sid Meier's Civilization V (native Linux) as a human seat, by the game's own rules."
  }
}

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This server only runs locally, from a package. Install it with the instructions on this page to try it.

Install

Pick your client. Values in capitals, like YOUR_TOKEN, are yours to fill in.

One click: Add to Cursor Add to VS Code Add to LM StudioThen replace the YOUR_ values and {placeholders} with your own.

Run in a terminal

claude mcp add civ-v-llm-harness \
  -e CIV5_TUNERD_SOCK=YOUR_CIV5_TUNERD_SOCK \
  -- uvx civ-v-llm-harness==2.14.4

Environment

CIV5_TUNERD_SOCK (required): Path of the Unix socket of the running tuner daemon (python -m harness.tunerd), usually $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/civ5-tuner.sock. The game and the daemon must be running first; see the install guide.
CIV5_TUNERD_TOKEN (optional, not in the config above): This agent's seat token, when the daemon runs with a seat table (--seats). Not needed for a solo game.
CIV5_CALL_LOG (optional, not in the config above): Optional path of a JSON-lines file that receives one line per tool call. Off when unset.

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