ainu-mcp
Model Context Protocol server

The Ainu-language toolchain,
for your AI.

Corpus, dictionaries, grammar, script conversion, and the イタㇰ Itak-uoeroskip glossary — one MCP endpoint your assistant can search and edit.

https://mcp.aynu.org/mcp

Connect in a minute

Add the endpoint as a custom MCP connector; your client opens a GitHub sign-in once.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http \
  ainu https://mcp.aynu.org/mcp

Then run /mcp and authenticate in the browser.

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom
URL: https://mcp.aynu.org/mcp

Approve the GitHub sign-in popup; tools appear automatically.

ChatGPT & others

Add an MCP / custom connector
URL: https://mcp.aynu.org/mcp

Any MCP client that speaks Streamable HTTP + OAuth works.

What it can do

31 tools across eight families, served from one place.

Corpus

corpus_search · corpus_stats · word_frequency

Search ~195k aligned Ainu/Japanese sentences and rank token frequencies (with stopwords from ainu-stopwords).

Dictionaries

dictionary_lookup · reverse_lookup · list

Look up words across 80+ dictionaries (Kayano, Tamura, Chiri, Nakagawa, Ota…).

Grammar

grammar_search · grammar_list

Search the grammar bibliography and full text of transcribed sources.

Morphemes

morpheme_decompose · morpheme_search · lexeme_search

Decompose words into morphemes and search the morpheme/lexeme banks (mdb.aynu.org).

Scripts

convert_script · detect_script · script_all

Convert Ainu between Latin, Katakana, and Cyrillic (ainconv).

Glossary

glossary_search · add · update · audit

Read and edit the Itak-uoeroskip glossary (itak.aynu.org) at its source.

Sources

sources_search · source_get · add · update

Search and edit the textual-sources catalogue (db.aynu.org).

Research

entry_research

One call composing scripts + glossary + dictionaries + corpus for a word.

Anyone with GitHub

Sign in and you get the full read/reference surface — corpus, dictionaries, grammar, script conversion, glossary lookup, and entry_research.

aynumosir members

Members of the aynumosir organization additionally get the glossary write and maintenance tools — edit entries at the source, safely.