Dwarf Fortress (DFHack) MCP Server

Name: Dwarf Fortress (DFHack) MCP Server
Author: io.github.alexanderolvera

io.github.alexanderolvera/dfhack-mcp

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What is the Dwarf Fortress (DFHack) MCP server?

MCP server exposing a live Dwarf Fortress fort to an AI agent as curated, semantic tools

How to install Dwarf Fortress (DFHack)

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

Environment / auth

DFHACK_HOST
Host running DFHack's remote RPC server. Defaults to 127.0.0.1.
DFHACK_PORT
Port for DFHack's remote RPC server. Defaults to 5000.
DFHACK_MCP_ACTUATORS
Set to any value to expose the write tools. Unset, the server is read-only.

Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dfhack-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "dfhack-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DFHACK_HOST": "<YOUR_DFHACK_HOST>",
        "DFHACK_PORT": "<YOUR_DFHACK_PORT>",
        "DFHACK_MCP_ACTUATORS": "<YOUR_DFHACK_MCP_ACTUATORS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dfhack-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "dfhack-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DFHACK_HOST": "<YOUR_DFHACK_HOST>",
        "DFHACK_PORT": "<YOUR_DFHACK_PORT>",
        "DFHACK_MCP_ACTUATORS": "<YOUR_DFHACK_MCP_ACTUATORS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dfhack-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "dfhack-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DFHACK_HOST": "<YOUR_DFHACK_HOST>",
        "DFHACK_PORT": "<YOUR_DFHACK_PORT>",
        "DFHACK_MCP_ACTUATORS": "<YOUR_DFHACK_MCP_ACTUATORS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "dfhack-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "dfhack-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DFHACK_HOST": "<YOUR_DFHACK_HOST>",
        "DFHACK_PORT": "<YOUR_DFHACK_PORT>",
        "DFHACK_MCP_ACTUATORS": "<YOUR_DFHACK_MCP_ACTUATORS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add dfhack-mcp --env DFHACK_HOST=<YOUR_DFHACK_HOST> --env DFHACK_PORT=<YOUR_DFHACK_PORT> --env DFHACK_MCP_ACTUATORS=<YOUR_DFHACK_MCP_ACTUATORS> -- npx -y dfhack-mcp