# manicule

> manicule — mgd43b-manicule. Use this tool when you need to create a self-hosted retrieval infrastructure for AI assistants, providing grounded answers with citations from a private corpus. It solves problems of data privacy and accuracy by allowing AI assistants to search and retrieve information from a controlled environment. Ideal for use cases requiring secure and reliable information retrieval, with inputs from a private corpus and outputs including precise citations and references.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/mgd43b-manicule  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/mgd43b-manicule

## Description

Self-hosted retrieval infrastructure for AI assistants. MCP-first search and grounded answers over a private corpus, with citations that resolve to a real location in a real document — a page, a heading, a line, a cell.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.59
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-28

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** container
- **Runtime environment:** vm
- **Updated:** 2026-09-28

## Source

- **Source listing:** [GitHub](https://github.com/mgd43b/manicule)

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "mgd43b-manicule"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/mgd43b-manicule` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/mgd43b-manicule/pull`

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