FamilyLore

What you can do with it

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• Connection: Runs in the cloud
• Transport: Streamable HTTP
• Category: Docs, sheets & office work

Install

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You need

• Runs in the cloudNothing to install; it connects over the internet

Which app do you use?

https://familylore.ai/mcp

claude mcp add --transport http familylore https://familylore.ai/mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "familylore": {
      "url": "https://familylore.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "familylore": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://familylore.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

https://familylore.ai/mcp

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What it can do

Tool names and descriptions exactly as the server reported them on Nov 7, 2026. The maker wrote them, not us; we show them as plain text.

• real_letters

  FamilyLore's shelf of 16 real handwritten letters from 1758 to 1943, each with FamilyLore's reading: the transcription in the original script, an English translation, and notes on what the letter meant at the time. Use this when someone wants to see a real historical letter: one

• script_guide

  FamilyLore's guide to the 137 letters of five old handwriting styles: Russian cursive, German Kurrent, Sütterlin, Hebrew cursive, American cursive. For one letter: how it was written (its forms, with images), what to look for, the letters it is mistaken for and how to tell them a

• read_letter

  Read a photo of an old handwritten letter, postcard or document with FamilyLore: the transcription in its own script, a translation and notes on what it meant then. Use it when the person attaches a photo of a handwritten page and asks what it says. It reads pre-1918 Russian and

• get_reading

  The reading of a page in the person's FamilyLore account: the transcription in its own script with the words FamilyLore was unsure of marked, the translation, notes on what it meant, how sure the reading is, and the page's link. Use it with the page id read_letter answered, to sh

• reading_status

  Where a page's reading is, for FamilyLore's card while the page is read.

• my_letters

  The pages in the person's FamilyLore account, newest first: each letter's title, language, the date it was added, whether it has been read, and its page id. Use it when the person asks about letters they have read on FamilyLore; pass a page id to get_reading for that letter's rea

• ask_letter

  Ask FamilyLore a question about one page in the person's account: what a phrase meant then, who someone was, what the letter says about something. The answer comes with the letter's lines it rests on, or says that the letter doesn't say. Use it with a page id from read_letter, my

• my_allowance

  How many pages the person's FamilyLore account has left to read: today for a free account, this month otherwise, and when more come. Reading a page in the chat uses the same allowance as on the site.

• upload_slot

  A one-time link where the person sends FamilyLore the photo of a page, for FamilyLore's card.

Basic checksi

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• ! Caution

  Maker matches the repo

  The registry lists no source repo, so we cannot match the publisher (familylore.ai) to the code

• … Not checked yet

  Still maintained

  We have not read this repo from GitHub yet

• … Not checked yet

  Has a licence

  We have not read this repo from GitHub yet

• ✓ Pass

  Endpoint responds

  Responded in 139 ms (HTTP 200)

• – Not applicable

  Sign-in with OAuth

  No sign-in needed

• ✓ Pass

  No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

  Read 9 tool descriptions and found no hidden instructions to the AI

Compared with others in Docs, sheets & office worki

• More stars than 0% of the other 2191 servers in this category
• Published to the registry more recently than 76% of the other 2191 servers in this category
• Basic checks equal to or better than 38% of the other 2191 servers in this category

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