The Free Tool That Finally Teaches AI Assistants How India Works
By Veer Solanki · · 495 words
Ask an AI assistant about Indian taxes or paperwork, and it’ll usually give you an answer straight away. Whether you can rely on that answer is a different matter. It might get your tax calculations wrong or cite a law that was replaced years ago. You might only realise the mistake after you’ve acted on it.
MCP India Stack is an attempt to deal with exactly this problem. Developed by Rehan Shashi and open for anyone to use, it’s an add-on that gives AI assistants 76 tools built around India’s systems and regulations. Instead of relying on whatever information the model happens to remember, it can use proper calculators or look up reference data. No accounts, subscriptions or payments involved.
The project also includes reference data for things like bank branch codes, PIN codes, and tax codes. A lot of this information can therefore be accessed locally, without having to look everything up online.
It handles quite a range of things. It can verify the format of PAN, GSTIN, Aadhaar, passport, driving licence and voter ID numbers. It can also mask Aadhaar numbers in its responses, which is useful when dealing with sensitive information.
There are calculators for income tax under both the old and new regimes, HRA, GST late fees, PF, PPF, SIPs, gratuity, home loan EMIs and even the financial trade-off between buying a home and renting one. The developer has also been fixing smaller issues along the way. The project’s update notes, for instance, mention a fix for Bangalore being incorrectly counted as a metro city for HRA calculations. Even a small mistake like that can throw off a calculation, so it’s good to see it being addressed.
And it doesn’t stop at taxes and money. Give it a section from the old Indian Penal Code, and it can find the corresponding section in the new Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. It also handles Right to Information requests, helping calculate fees and deadlines and even draft applications and appeals. A free tool that helps your AI assistant file an RTI is a rather lovely thing to have.
The developer is also clear about what the tool cannot do. An ID passing the format check doesn’t mean it’s been verified against an official database. The tax figures it produces are estimates rather than final calculations. If you’re dealing with an important financial matter, a chartered accountant is still the person to consult. I’d rather have those limitations spelt out than discover them after relying on an incorrect answer.
The project hasn’t received much attention so far. At the time of writing, it has only 85 stars on GitHub. Getting started is fairly simple, requiring just one command and a few lines of configuration.
If you’re already using AI for anything involving Indian paperwork, taxes or government services, MCP India Stack is worth checking out. We’ve spent plenty of time teaching AI assistants about the world. Perhaps it’s time they learnt a little more about India.