FamilyLore

Connect it to your AI

Claude Code

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

Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other apps

Add it as a custom connector with this URL (Streamable HTTP):

https://familylore.ai/mcp

Cursor, VS Code and other apps (mcp.json)

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

Tools it offers

9 tools, as the server itself reported during our check on Oct 31, 2026.

• real_lettersFamilyLore'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 t
• script_guideFamilyLore'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 loo
• read_letterRead 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 handwritte
• get_readingThe 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
• reading_statusWhere a page's reading is, for FamilyLore's card while the page is read.
• my_lettersThe 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 Fam
• ask_letterAsk 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 le
• my_allowanceHow 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_slotA one-time link where the person sends FamilyLore the photo of a page, for FamilyLore's card.

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