Word Orb — English vocabulary for reader glossaries MCP Server

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Word Orb — English vocabulary for reader glossaries is answering right now. Last checked 9 min ago. It exposes 13 tools. Last commit 23 Sep 2026.

AI-assisted English lexical records. Stored-only batch lookup; coverage and quality vary.

Uptime history 91 days of history · worst day 92%

91 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

182 of 182 checks

Tools

read from the server

855 ms

Response time

average over 24h

Stars

last commit 23 Sep 2026

What changed 28

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 24 September 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

27 Oct 13 tool descriptions were rewritten check_compliance, define_term, explore_graph and 10 more

27 Oct a tool disappeared lookup_words

24 Sep 13 tool descriptions were rewritten check_compliance, define_term, explore_graph and 10 more

24 Sep a tool appeared lookup_words

Word Orb — English vocabulary for reader glossaries missed 3 checks this week

Everything else answered, so this is steady rather than shaky. We check every 15 minutes, which is how a one-off gets told apart from the start of a pattern, and how you hear about the next one within the hour instead of from your users.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 9 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add orb-platform --transport http https://mcp.thedailylesson.com/mcp

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address

https://mcp.thedailylesson.com/mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.orb-platform]
url = "https://mcp.thedailylesson.com/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "orb-platform": {
      "url": "https://mcp.thedailylesson.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "orb-platform": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.thedailylesson.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

This server publishes 1 more address. The block above uses the one we reach during checks; the full list is under Endpoints below, and the author may intend a particular one for your client.

Available tools 13

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

word

get_word_image

Get all available images for a word - universal, culture-specific, and age-specific variants.

word_of_the_day

Get the deterministic word of the day. Same word for all users on a given date. No auth required.

compliance

check_compliance

Check text for PII, profanity, reading level (Flesch-Kincaid), brand voice violations, GDPR/COPPA markers.

define

define_term

Get an age-calibrated definition for any term. Known words use dictionary data; unknown terms use AI.

explore

explore_graph

Trace a word through the knowledge graph to find connected lessons, themes, and related words.

generate

generate_text

Write, summarize, compliance-check, retrieve, negotiate, translate, or define text with policy enforcement.

lesson

get_lesson

Structured 5-phase lesson (hook->story->wonder->action->wisdom). 365 days x 4 tracks x 3 age groups.

lookup

lookup_word

Look up any English word - returns IPA, definition, etymology, and translations in 47 dictionary languages for verified agent output.

meaning

search_by_meaning

Find an English word given a description of its meaning. Use when the user describes a concept but doesn't know the word. Returns words ranked by semantic similarity across 162,000 English words.

quiz

get_quiz

Assessment questions from lesson content. 6 question types for formative evaluation.

get_related_words

Find semantic neighbors, rhymes, same-root words, and knowledge graph connections for any word.

translate

translate_word

Translate a word or phrase. Single words use 47-language dictionary (instant). Sentences use AI translation.

words

search_words

Search the dictionary by prefix, fuzzy match, or definition content. Find words matching a pattern or meaning.

Tools removed

Tools this server used to expose. Anything built against them stopped working on the day they went.

lookup_words

removed 28 Oct 2026

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://mcp.thedailylesson.com/mcp	streamable-http	answering	675 ms	9 min ago
https://wordorb.ai/mcp	streamable-http	answering	770 ms	9 min ago

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Word Orb — English vocabulary for reader glossaries — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Word Orb — English vocabulary for reader glossaries do?

It exposes 13 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: check_compliance, define_term, explore_graph, generate_text, get_lesson, get_quiz and 7 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →

Is Word Orb — English vocabulary for reader glossaries working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 182 of 182 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 855 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

Did Word Orb — English vocabulary for reader glossaries ever remove tools?

Yes. lookup_words is no longer exposed — we recorded the date each one disappeared. A tool vanishing usually means a breaking change for anything that depended on it.

How do I connect Word Orb — English vocabulary for reader glossaries?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.

Does Word Orb — English vocabulary for reader glossaries need an API key?

No. Word Orb — English vocabulary for reader glossaries completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 13 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is Word Orb — English vocabulary for reader glossaries?

It answers our handshake in 855 ms on average, which is faster than 9% of all working MCP servers we measure. That is on the slow side — worth knowing if the tool sits inside an interactive loop. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.

Is Word Orb — English vocabulary for reader glossaries open source?

The code is open source: it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript and 1 stars on GitHub. The licence covers the code in the repository, not the hosted service at mcp.thedailylesson.com, which runs on its operator's own terms.