FamilyLore MCP server

• Registry nameai.familylore/familyloreverified in the MCP registry

The registry name sits under familylore.ai. The registry only lets a publisher use that namespace after proving control of the domain through DNS or HTTP.

• Stateanswerschecked 2026-10-29
• Tools9
• Server calls itselfai.familylore/familylore
• Server version1.7.0
• Protocol version2025-06-18

On 2026-10-29 the server answered initialize and tools/list without a sign-in. First answer in 95 ms.

• Its tools do every use case we checked: Read old handwritten letters and diary pages; Translate scanned family documents into English.

Said by rules from the measurements above. The likely first call is a model's pick from the tool list; read its description before relying on it.

• INITE MCP score80 of 100answers 100 · does the job 100 · definitions 100 · context 100 · connects 100 · lowered by the warning signs below
• What an agent can do with it2 of 2 use cases
• Answered100% of days7 of 7 daily checks
• Median first answer145 ms
• Space in an agent's context≈ 2,283 tokensthe definitions of all its tools (9), which an agent carries on every turn
• Tool definitionsA · 100 of 100
• Typed results9 of 9 toolsdeclared outputSchema: results come typed, read once

• Every tool passes all six checks.

A program checks the server once a day: initialize and tools/list, no model. Tokens are the definitions' length at about four characters a token. The grade averages six checks of every tool's name, description, schema and annotations; it says how well the tools are described, not whether they work. The score weighs what was measured and nothing else: answering (25%), doing the product's job (25%), definitions (20%), context (10%), use (10%) and how readily a client connects (10%). A part that was not measured is left out, and a hidden instruction caps the score at 40. The state of vendors' MCP servers: method and numbers →

• 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…

• 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…

• 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…

• 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…

• 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…

• 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…

• 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.