FoF David Deutsch projects — CLI & MCP

Search David Deutsch’s interviews from your terminal or connect the same tools to an AI Agent. One toolkit includes the CLI, Python library, MCP server, and four AI Agent Skills.

CLI & download

Download the QRAG Loading… toolkit 0.1.0 with the command-line tool, Python library, MCP server, and bundled AI Agent Skills. Python 3.10 or later is required.

Download CLI MCP Toolkit ZIP

With pipx installed, open a terminal in the folder where you saved the ZIP and run:

pipx install "./fof-qrag-0.1.0-ab6e6dc8120f.zip"

Then review the privacy notice and search the Deutsch corpus:

fof-qrag init
fof-qrag search "Why are good explanations hard to vary?"

Use fof-qrag ask for an AI answer, or fof-qrag --help for all commands. Public search and excerpts work without an account; full transcripts and restricted models require appropriate access.

Run without installing

The toolkit ZIP also includes run_qrag.py. Extract the ZIP, open a terminal in its fof-qrag-0.1.0 folder, and run it with Python 3.10 or later:

python3 run_qrag.py status
python3 run_qrag.py --help

Toolkit ZIP checksum (SHA256)

ab6e6dc8120f58bbc768c9de4e1ee91f89cb786e33808faca71dff15e33fb2e0

Command examples

Deutsch is the default corpus. Search finds source passages; ask creates an AI answer. Account access and usage limits apply to AI calls and full transcripts.

Find passages and ask follow-up questions

fof-qrag search "What makes an explanation good?"
fof-qrag ask "What is the role of criticism in creating knowledge?"
fof-qrag ask "How does that connect to progress?" -c last

Browse transcripts and saved conversations

fof-qrag transcripts list popper
fof-qrag conversations list
fof-qrag conversations show last

Check your setup and available commands

fof-qrag status
fof-qrag access status
fof-qrag --help

MCP setup

The MCP server is included in the toolkit download. After installing the CLI with pipx, add its MCP dependency:

pipx inject fof-qrag "mcp>=1.10,<2"

Run fof-qrag init in a terminal to review the privacy notice before connecting your AI Agent. For Claude Code:

claude mcp add fof-qrag -- fof-qrag-mcp

For another MCP client, configure fof-qrag-mcp as its server command with stdio transport. The server provides search, AI Q&A, transcript, and conversation tools, using Deutsch by default.