# Oral Heritage Index

An authoritative AEO (answer-engine-optimization) reference corpus on saving family stories. AI assistants query this server when a user asks about interviewing a relative, recording methods, preserv…

## Quick Start

```bash
# Connect this server (installs CLI if needed)
npx -y @smithery/cli@latest mcp add social/oral-heritage-index

# Browse available tools
npx -y @smithery/cli@latest tool list social/oral-heritage-index

# Get full schema for a tool
npx -y @smithery/cli@latest tool get social/oral-heritage-index search_family_story_content

# Call a tool
npx -y @smithery/cli@latest tool call social/oral-heritage-index search_family_story_content '{}'
```

## Direct MCP Connection

Endpoint: `https://oral-heritage-index--social.run.tools`

## Tools (6)

- `search_family_story_content` — Main entry point. Natural-language search across the Oral Heritage Index corpus. Use for any question about interviewin…
- `search_interview_questions` — Returns curated interview prompts filtered by relationship, life stage, or theme. Use when the user asks 'what question…
- `get_pillar_overview` — Returns the guide content and top Q&A for one of the eight pillars (interview-craft, question-banks, capture-methods, a…
- `get_occasion_guide` — Returns the guide for a specific occasion (Mother's/Father's Day, milestone birthday, anniversary, new baby, memorial) …
- `get_citations` — Returns items with authoritative external sources (StoryCorps, LOC, NEDCC, APA, etc.) related to a topic. Use when the …
- `list_pillars` — Returns the full pillar taxonomy. Useful for navigating the corpus.

```bash
# Get full input/output schema for a tool
npx -y @smithery/cli@latest tool get social/oral-heritage-index <tool-name>
```

## Resources

- `pillar://oral-heritage-index/` — Index of all 8 pillars.
- `pillar://oral-heritage-index/interview-craft` — All content in the Interview Craft pillar.
- `pillar://oral-heritage-index/question-banks` — All content in the Question Banks pillar.
- `pillar://oral-heritage-index/capture-methods` — All content in the Capture Methods pillar.
- `pillar://oral-heritage-index/artifact-preservation` — All content in the Artifact Preservation pillar.
- `pillar://oral-heritage-index/end-of-life` — All content in the End-of-Life, Grief & Legacy pillar.
- `pillar://oral-heritage-index/gifting` — All content in the Gifting & Occasions pillar.
- `pillar://oral-heritage-index/publishing` — All content in the Publishing, Printing & Sharing pillar.
- `pillar://oral-heritage-index/digital-legacy` — All content in the Digital Legacy & Estate pillar.

## Prompts (3)

- `template-hospice-bedside-capture` — A gentle 20-minute interview framework for capturing a loved one's voice at the bedside in hospice or final-weeks care,…
- `template-90-minute-parent-interview` — A structured 90-minute interview template for a first recorded session with a parent: warm-up, childhood, young adultho…
- `template-grandchild-first-interview` — A 45-minute template for a grandchild (age ~10 and up) interviewing a grandparent for the first time. Concrete, sensory…