livonian

An MCP server and JSON API over the real https://livonian.tech dictionary — so LLMs translate to and from Livonian with attested words and grammatical forms…

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What it can do

  • Search Livonian: Look a word up in the real Livonian–Estonian–Latvian dictionary and return only attested content, so translations are grounded, not invented. Search the meaning you want (in English/L
  • Get Inflections: Fetch the full declension (nouns) or conjugation (verbs) table for a word identified by a search result's inflection handle. This keeps the correct grammatical FORM — the right case,
  • Romanize Livonian: Strip Livonian orthography down to clean, pronounceable ASCII. Strips macrons, diacritics and capitals, maps each special letter to an English-readable spelling (ā→aa, š→sh, õ→u), s

What data it sees

Do you need an account

No: the server works without sign-in

An MCP server and JSON API over the real https://livonian.tech dictionary — so LLMs translate to and from Livonian with attested words and grammatical forms, not invented ones. Read-only.

How to connect

How to connect livonian to Claude

The server address to paste into Claude settings:

https://livonian--valksor.run.tools

  1. Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
  2. Go to Settings → Connectors.
  3. Click Add custom connector.
  4. Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
  5. In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.

Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.

Authorization

After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.

How to connect livonian to ChatGPT

The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:

https://livonian--valksor.run.tools

  1. Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
  2. Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
  3. Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
  4. Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
  5. Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
  6. In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.

OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.

Authorization

On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.

How to connect livonian to Cursor

The server address to paste into Cursor settings:

https://livonian--valksor.run.tools

Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.

Manually:

  1. In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
  2. Paste the JSON copied below into ~/.cursor/mcp.json (per project: .cursor/mcp.json in the repo root).
  3. Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.

Authorization

If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.

Server tool list (3)

Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.

search_livonianLook a word up in the real Livonian–Estonian–Latvian dictionary and return only attested content, so translations are grounded, not invented. Search the meaning you want (in English/Latvian/Estonian) to find the Livonian headword, or search a Livonian word to confirm it exists and check its sense, part of speech and usage examples. `search_language` selects the language your QUERY is in (default 'eng'); leave it at 'eng' for English→Livonian. By default this also returns each match's full INFLECTION TABLE inline, so you get the correct cases/tenses for writing (lyrics, verse, prose) in a single call — no separate get_inflections round-trip. For a broad query that matches many words, only the first N tables are expanded (a note says how many were left out); narrow the query or set `max_forms`. Returns Markdown: the handles table, the inline inflection tables, and the entries.
get_inflectionsFetch the full declension (nouns) or conjugation (verbs) table for a word identified by a search result's inflection handle. This keeps the correct grammatical FORM — the right case, number, tense — instead of a guessed ending. Returns a Markdown table, or a clean not-found message.
romanize_livonianStrip Livonian orthography down to clean, pronounceable ASCII. Strips macrons, diacritics and capitals, maps each special letter to an English-readable spelling (ā→aa, š→sh, õ→u), softens a palatalized consonant (ņ ļ ŗ ţ ḑ) only before a vowel (ņ+a→nya, else plain so ikšiggiņ→ikshiggin, since a word-edge "ny" would be mis-sung as a diphthong), and inserts a hyphen where an English voice would otherwise blur two sounds into one: the broken tone (stød), splitting a doubled consonant the way the syllable breaks (si'zzõl→siz-zul), and a long vowel before another vowel so a diphthong keeps its glide (kīen→kee-en). An English-trained downstream — a voice/TTS, a search box — then approximates the word instead of choking on the orthography. Pure transform: no dictionary lookup, no network, and the output is always ASCII.