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+# The MCP Manifesto
+**The Constitution of the Move Compete Play League.**
+
+---
+
+### 1. The Great Filter
+We are entering the age of Infinite Intelligence. The barrier to entry for coding has collapsed. This is not the end of the developer; it is the beginning of the **Architect**.
+
+The "Tutorial Loop" is dead. Watching someone else code does not make you a builder. In the MCP League, we do not consume content. We ship products.
+
+### 2. The Trinity
+Our philosophy is built on three pillars that balance chaos and order.
+
+#### 🟢 MOVE (Velocity)
+* **Ship or Die.** A rough prototype today is worth more than a perfect idea tomorrow.
+* **Bias for Action.** We don't spend weeks debating stacks. We pick tools, we build, we deploy.
+* **The AI Acceleration.** We do not fear AI; we ride it. We use AI code assistants (Cursor, Windsurf), rapid prototyping tools (v0, Lovable), and LLMs to skip the boilerplate and focus on the logic.
+
+#### 🔴 COMPETE (Excellence)
+* **Iron Sharpens Iron.** Competition is not toxic; it is necessary for growth.
+* **The Leaderboard.** We track shipping streaks, bounty clears, and code quality.
+* **Meritocracy.** Your rank is determined by what you ship, not who you know.
+
+#### 🔵 PLAY (Creativity)
+* **Code is Art.** We respect the craft.
+* **Weird is Good.** We encourage experimental UI, game dev, and "useless" fun projects.
+* **Joy of Building.** The best way to learn is to build something ridiculous just to see if you can. If you aren't having fun, you're doing it wrong.
+
+---
+
+### 3. The Methodology: "Squad Mode"
+Software is a team sport. In the real world, you never build alone.
+* **The Squad:** Builders are grouped into squads of 4-6 members.
+* **The Mission:** Every Season has a clear objective (e.g., "Build an MCP Agent").
+* **The Stack:** We standardize on modern, open protocols.
+
+### 4. Software Philosophy
+We are builders, not just consumers. The tools we use to run this community are chosen based on three principles:
+
+**I. Sovereign & Self-Hosted**
+We own our data. Whenever possible, we choose software we can host ourselves (Gitea, Matrix, Flarum) over walled gardens. This ensures that the MCP League cannot be de-platformed or monetized against our will.
+
+**II. The "Powered By" Protocol**
+We are proud of our stack. We do not white-label or hide the open-source tools that power our community.
+* **Co-Branding:** We display the Gitea, Matrix, and Linux logos alongside our own.
+* **Respect:** We stand on the shoulders of giants. We acknowledge the creators who built the engines we use.
+* **Contribution:** If we find a bug, we fix it and push it upstream.
+
+**III. Modular by Design (The Unix Way)**
+We reject "All-in-One" bloatware. We choose tools that do *one thing perfectly*.
+* **The API Requirement:** Every tool we use must have a robust API.
+* **The MCP Layer:** We don't just connect tools manually. We build **MCP Servers** on top of these APIs, allowing our AI Agents to interact with our infrastructure seamlessly.
+* **Example:** Gitea manages code. Matrix manages chat. An MCP Agent bridges them to update your team when you ship.
+
+---
+
+### 5. Code of Conduct
+* **No Gatekeeping.** Whether you are a student, Junior or a Principal Engineer, you are here to build.
+* **Open Source Default.** Unless it involves sensitive business logic, we build in public.
+* **Respect the Squad.** If you commit to a Sprint, you deliver. Your squad depends on you.
+
+---
+
+*Infrastructure sponsored by **Ekarna Interactive**.*
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