# The MCP Manifesto
**The Constitution of the Move Compete Play League.**

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### 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.

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### 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.

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### 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.

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*Infrastructure sponsored by **Ekarna Interactive**.*