# casual-mcp-server-words

> Dictionary and thesaurus utilities as an MCP server

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/casual-mcp-server-words/claim

## Declared
- publisher: Alex Stansfield
- homepage: https://github.com/casualgenius/mcp-servers
- repository: https://github.com/casualgenius/mcp-servers
- version: 1.0.1
- license: MIT
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:casual-mcp-server-words

### Description (declared)

# Words MCP Server

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> An MCP server providing dictionary and thesaurus tools for LLMs using the Free Dictionary API.

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## Overview

The Words MCP Server provides natural language utilities for language models and AI assistants. It allows tools like `define`, `synonyms`, and `example_usage` to be called programmatically via FastMCP.

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## 🔧 Tools

- **define** – Retrieve definitions of an English word.
- **example_usage** – Get example usage sentences for a word.
- **synonyms** – Get synonyms for a word.

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## 🛠️ Installation

### Local Development (via `uv`)

From this directory:

```bash
uv sync --locked
uv tool install .
```

### Docker Build

From the root of the repository:

```bash
docker build -f servers/words/Dockerfile -t casual-mcp-server-words .
```

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## ▶️ Running the Server

### ➤ Stdio Mode

#### From Source

Install for local development and then configure:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "words": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": ["tool", "run", "casual-mcp-server-words"]
    }
  }
}
```

#### Using `uvx`

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "words": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["casual-mcp-server-words"]
    }
  }
}
```

#### Docker

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "words": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": ["run", "--rm", "casual-mcp-server-words"]
    }
  }
}
```

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### ➤ Streamable HTTP Mode

#### From Source

```bash
uv run casual-mcp-server-words --transport streamable-http
```

With port/host overrides:

```bash
uv run casual-mcp-server-words --transport streamable-http --port 9000 --ho…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- dev.version-control (0.825, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/casual-mcp-server-words/ (first seen 2026-09-09T11:29:47.197Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/casual-mcp-server-words/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/casual-mcp-server-words · ARD identifier urn:air::server:casual-mcp-server-words