Cultural Intelligence Infrastructure for AI Agents
The multimodal cultural intelligence layer every AI agent and global company needs.
Analyze text, images, and video across 200+ markets before you ship, post, or launch.
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## Why Kultur.dev?
Every AI agent operating globally is flying blind without cultural intelligence. A thumbs-up gesture that's offensive in the Middle East. A color palette that signals death in East Asia. A marketing slogan that's a slur in Brazil. These aren't edge cases. They're the daily reality of operating globally without cultural awareness.
**Kultur.dev is the world's first multimodal cultural intelligence infrastructure.** It gives AI agents and global enterprises the ability to analyze text, images, and video for cultural risks, sensitivity, and localization across 200+ markets, before content goes live.
### What Makes It Different
Kultur.dev goes beyond text. It analyzes images for visual taboos (colors, symbols, gestures) and video content for cultural compliance across regions. It covers 200+ markets with deep, verified cultural intelligence, not surface-level summaries.
Localization comes with 15 tone styles (formal, humble, celebratory, diplomatic, marketing, medical, legal, and more). Reports are branded, boardroom-ready PDF documents, not raw JSON. Risk scoring is real-time with actionable recommendations before content ships.
The platform includes Hofstede cultural dimensions with business implications and cross-country comparison, plus geopolitical risk analysis with adaptive EWA scoring across 12 risk categories.
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## Overview
Kultur.dev provides cultural intelligence as an API, enabling AI agents, LLMs, and enterprise software to understand cultural context, avoid sensitivity violations, and communicate effectively across 200+ markets and 50+ languages.
The MCP (Model Context Protocol) server exposes **9 specialized tools** plus **multimodal and streaming endpoints** that any MCP-compatible client can use:
### MCP Tools
| Tool | Description |
|------|-------------|
| `analyze_cultural_context` | Deep cultural analysis for any country including values, taboos, business etiquette, communication norms |
| `check_cultural_sensitivity` | Scan text for cultural sensitivity issues with severity scoring and fix suggestions |
| `get_localization_guidance` | Localization recommendations across 15 tones (formal, humble, celebratory, respectful, casual, neutral, professional, friendly, humorous, marketing, legal, medical, technical, academic, diplomatic) |
| `compare_cultures` | Side-by-side cultural comparison between any two countries |
| `get_communication_style` | Communication preferences, negotiation styles, and business protocol for any culture |
| `get_holiday_calendar` | Cultural and religious holidays, observances, and scheduling considerations |
| `analyze_hofstede` | Hofstede's 6 cultural dimensions analysis with scores and business implications |
| `compare_hofstede` | Compare Hofstede dimension scores between two countries |
| `get_geopolitical_heatmap` | Geopolitical risk analysis with adaptive EWA scoring across 12 risk categories |
### Multimodal & Streaming Endpoints
| Endpoint | Description |
|----------|-------------|
| `WSS /api/v1/streaming/analyze` | **Real-time Streaming:** Analyze video frames in real-time via WebSocket connection for live broadcasts and conferencing |
| `POST /api/v1/analyze/image` | Analyze images for cultural sensitivity including visual taboos, symbols, colors, and gestures |
| `POST /api/v1/analyze/video` | Analyze video content for cultural compliance across target markets |
| `POST /api/v1/upload/image` | Upload images for cultural analysis |
| `POST /api/v1/upload/video` | Upload video for cultural analysis |
### Report Generation
| Endpoint | Description |
|----------|-------------|
| `POST /api/v1/reports/generate` | Generate branded, boardroom-ready PDF cultural audit reports |
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## Quick Start
### Option 1: SSE Transport (Recommended)
Connect any MCP client to the Kultur.dev SSE endpoint:
```
https://kultur.dev/api/mcp-sse/sse
```
Authentication via Bearer token in the `Authorization` header.
### Option 2: Claude Desktop
Add to your `claude_desktop_config.json`:
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"kultur-dev": {
"url": "https://kultur.dev/api/mcp-sse/sse",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
}
}
}
}
```
### Option 3: Cursor IDE
Add to your Cursor MCP settings (`.cursor/mcp.json`):
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"kultur-dev": {
"url": "https://kultur.dev/api/mcp-sse/sse",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
}
}
}
}
```
### Option 4: Windsurf IDE
Add to your Windsurf MCP configuration:
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"kultur-dev": {
"serverUrl": "https://kultur.dev/api/mcp-sse/sse",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
}
}
}
}
```
### Option 5: VS Code / GitHub Copilot
Add to your VS Code `settings.json`:
```json
{
"mcp": {
"servers": {
"kultur-dev": {
"type": "sse",
"url": "https://kultur.dev/api/mcp-sse/sse",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
}
}
}
}
}
```
### Option 6: Cline
Add to your Cline MCP settings:
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"kultur-dev": {
"url": "https://kultur.dev/api/mcp-sse/sse",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
}
}
}
}
```
### Option 7: npm
```bash
npx @kultur-dev/mcp-server
```
### Option 8: pip
```bash
pip install kultur-mcp
```
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## REST & Streaming API
For non-MCP integrations, Kultur.dev provides a comprehensive REST and WebSocket API:
### Text Analysis
| Endpoint | Method | Description |
|----------|--------|-------------|
| `/api/v1/analyze/text` | POST | Cultural context analysis |
| `/api/v1/analyze/hofstede` | POST | Hofstede dimensions analysis |
| `/api/v1/analyze/hofstede/compare` | POST | Compare Hofstede scores between countries |
| `/api/v1/rewrite` | POST | Culturally-aware text rewriting |
| `/api/v1/sensitivity/check` | POST | Cultural sensitivity scanning |
| `/api/v1/localization/guidance` | POST | Localization recommendations |
| `/api/v1/geopolitical/heatmap` | POST | Geopolitical risk scoring |
### Multimodal & Streaming Analysis
| Endpoint | Method | Description |
|----------|--------|-------------|
| `/api/v1/streaming/analyze` | WSS | **Real-time video frame analysis via WebSocket** |
| `/api/v1/analyze/image` | POST | Analyze images for cultural sensitivity |
| `/api/v1/analyze/video` | POST | Analyze video for cultural compliance |
| `/api/v1/upload/image` | POST | Upload image for analysis |
| `/api/v1/upload/video` | POST | Upload video for analysis |
### Reports
| Endpoint | Method | Description |
|----------|--------|-------------|
| `/api/v1/reports/generate` | POST | Generate branded PDF cultural audit reports |
### Example: Real-time Streaming (WebSocket)
```javascript
const socket = new WebSocket('wss://kultur.dev/api/v1/streaming/analyze');
socket.onopen = () => {
socket.send(JSON.stringify({
"auth_token": "YOUR_API_KEY",
"target_country": "SA",
"frame_data": "base64_encoded_frame"
}));
};
socket.onmessage = (event) => {
const analysis = JSON.parse(event.data);
console.log('Real-time Cultural Risk:', analysis.risk_score);
};
```
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## Authentication
All requests require a valid API key passed as a Bearer token:
```
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY
```
### Get Your API Key
1. Visit [kultur.dev](https://kultur.dev)
2. Sign up for a plan
3. Copy your API key from the dashboard
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## Pricing
| Plan | Credits | Markets | Price |
|------|---------|---------|-------|
| **Free** | 1,000/month | 3 countries | $0 |
| **Pro** | 10,000/month | All 200+ markets | $49/month |
| **Enterprise** | Unlimited | All + custom models | Contact us |
Free tier includes full access to all tools including multimodal analysis. Pro and Enterprise tiers provide clean, production-ready responses and access to **Real-time Streaming** endpoints.
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## Use Cases
**For Podcasters & Broadcasters:** Real-time cultural monitoring of live video feeds to ensure global brand safety. Instant alerts for visual taboos or sensitive gestures during live streaming.
**For AI Agents & LLMs:** Cultural context injection before generating responses about specific countries. Real-time sensitivity checking on AI-generated content (text, images, and video). Localization guidance for multi-market content generation. Visual content screening before publishing to international audiences.
**For Global Enterprises:** CRM systems that adapt communication style per market. Marketing teams launching campa
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