I Stopped Rebuilding the Telescope and Built a Lens Instead.....

In my previous work translating the Surya Siddhanta (an ancient Indian astronomical text), I spent months doing something I eventually realized was a mistake. I was manually calculating planetary positions to verify Sanskrit verses against modern ephemerides. It was a tedious, repetitive process of building bespoke simulations for a single cultural context. When I moved on to my Final Year Project focusing on Mayan and Chinese astronomy, I almost fell into the same trap. I started coding a new simulation for the Mayan calendar. Then, I planned to write another one for the Han Dynasty. I realized I was rebuilding the "telescope" every time I wanted to look at a different star. That’s when I pivoted to build Sky Culture MCP : a computational microservice that abstracts the orbital mechanics, allowing AI agents to focus on cultural interpretation. The Lens..... The core philosophy of this project is simple: Change the lens, not the telescope. In this architecture, the "Telescope" is the p