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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. --- ## 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 | --- ## 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 ``` --- ## 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); }; ``` --- ## 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 --- ## 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. --- ## 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 ---