dbt-mcp

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for debate preparation.

Search a curated database of 85 debate-ready quotes, find counterpoints, build structured Toulmin arguments, format citations in MLA/APA/Chicago, and look up logical fallacies — all through Claude.

Tools

| Tool | Description | |---|---| | search_quotes | Search by keyword, filter by topic or speaker | | find_counterquotes | Find quotes that challenge a given position | | format_citation | Format a quote as simple / MLA / APA / Chicago citation | | build_argument | Build a Toulmin-model argument (Claim → Warrant → Evidence → Impact) | | list_topics | List all available debate topics | | get_fallacies | Look up logical fallacies with Latin names and examples |

Setup (Claude Desktop)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "debate": {
      "command": "dbt-mcp"
    }
  }
}

Install

npm install -g dbt-mcp

Example conversations with Claude

"Find quotes about freedom and democracy for my debate" "What quotes challenge Churchill's view on democracy? Quote ID is 6." "Format quote #21 as an MLA citation" "Build a Toulmin argument for universal healthcare using quote #79" "List all logical fallacies related to authority" "What topics do you have quotes for?"

Quote database

85 curated quotes spanning:

ai · capitalism · change · civil rights · climate · community · corruption · courage · critical thinking · democracy · economics · education · environment · equality · ethics · freedom · globalization · government · history · human rights · humanity · immigration · justice · knowledge · labor · law · leadership · media · morality · nationalism · nuclear · peace · philosophy · politics · power · reason · rebellion · religion · responsibility · rights · safety · science · skepticism · socialism · society · strategy · sustainability · technology · truth · war

Speakers include: Aristotle · Plato · Rousseau · Kant · Adam Smith · Karl Marx · John Stuart Mill · Voltaire · Benjamin Franklin · Thomas Jefferson · Abraham Lincoln · Mahatma Gandhi · Winston Churchill · Albert Einstein · Carl Sagan · Martin Luther King Jr. · Nelson Mandela · and 30+ more.

Logical fallacies included

Ad Hominem · Straw Man · False Dichotomy · Slippery Slope · Appeal to Authority · Circular Reasoning · Hasty Generalisation · Red Herring · Post Hoc · Bandwagon · Appeal to Nature · Whataboutism · False Equivalence · Appeal to Emotion · Burden Shifting · No True Scotsman

API (library usage)

import {
  searchQuotes, findCounterquotes, formatCitation,
  buildArgument, listTopics, searchFallacies,
  QUOTES, FALLACIES,
} from 'dbt-mcp';

// Search quotes
const hits = searchQuotes(QUOTES, 'freedom democracy', { limit: 5 });

// Filter by topic
const warQuotes = searchQuotes(QUOTES, '', { topic: 'war' });

// Find counterpoints to quote #6 (Churchill on democracy)
const counters = findCounterquotes(QUOTES, 6, 3);

// Format citation
const quote = QUOTES.find(q => q.id === 21); // MLK — injustice
const mla   = formatCitation(quote, 'mla');
const apa   = formatCitation(quote, 'apa');

// Build Toulmin argument
const arg = buildArgument({
  claim:    'Capital punishment should be abolished.',
  warrant:  'The state should not hold the power to take a human life.',
  evidence: '"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." — MLK (1963)',
  impact:   'Wrongful executions are irreversible; 185 death-row exonerations since 1973.',
  rebuttal: 'Opponents cite deterrence, but studies find no significant effect on murder rates.',
});
console.log(arg.formatted);

// List topics
const topics = listTopics(QUOTES);

// Look up fallacies
const authority = searchFallacies(FALLACIES, 'authority');

CommonJS

const { searchQuotes, buildArgument, FALLACIES } = require('dbt-mcp');

License

MIT