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Get tarot card by id - Tarot card meaning API

get_tarot_cards_id
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Retrieve comprehensive details for a specific tarot card from the traditional Rider-Waite-Smith deck including complete upright meanings (card drawn normally) and reversed meanings (inverted/upside down interpretations for nuanced guidance). Each card provides keywords for quick reference, full editorial interpretations for both upright and reversed orientations, and guidance across life domains: love and relationships, career and professional growth, finances and material success, health and wellbeing, spirituality and personal development. Major Arcana cards (0-21) reveal deep spiritual lessons and life-changing themes. Minor Arcana cards (Ace through King in Cups, Wands, Swords, Pentacles) address practical daily situations and specific challenges. Use card ID in kebab-case format: Major Arcana like "fool", "magician", "death", "tower", or Minor Arcana like "ace-of-cups", "seven-of-wands", "queen-of-swords", "king-of-pentacles". Major Arcana IDs carry no leading article, though one is accepted, so "the-star" and "star" both return The Star. Essential for detailed tarot study, reading interpretations, divination apps, fortune-telling platforms, spiritual guidance tools, and professional tarot learning applications.

Example tool call

This call uses example arguments supplied in the tool’s input schema.

{
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "arguments": {
      "id": "fool"
    },
    "name": "get_tarot_cards_id"
  }
}

Input Schema

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
idYesCard identifier. Major arcana: "fool", "magician", "death". Minor arcana: "ace-of-cups", "seven-of-wands", "queen-of-swords", "king-of-pentacles". Casing and separators are flexible, so "Fool" and "ACE_OF_CUPS" both resolve, and a leading definite article is optional, so "the-star" resolves to "star". The canonical form, and the one every response echoes, is kebab-case with no article.
langNoResponse language (BCP 47). Supported: en, tr, de, es, hi, pt, fr, ru, zh-Hans, zh-Hant. Defaults to en. Coverage varies by domain, and a field with no translation in the requested language returns English.en
compactNoSet true for the same data in a compact shape: arrays of same-shaped objects arrive columnar as {"__cols":[names],"__rows":[[values]]}. Lossless, typically 40 to 52 percent fewer tokens.

Output Schema

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
idYes
nameYes
suitNo
arcanaYes
numberYes
uprightYes
imageUrlYes
keywordsYes
reversedYes

Schema Changelog

Changes observed during successful MCP inspections.

  1. Changed1 schema field changed
    • changedOutput schema / (root)
      Previous value: -nullNew value: +{
      +  "properties": {
      +    "arcana": {
      +      "enum": [
      +        "major",
      +        "minor"
      +      ],
      +      "type": "string"
      +    },
      +    "id": {
      +      "type": "string"
      +    },
      +    "imageUrl": {
      +      "type": "string"
      +    },
      +    "keywords": {
      +      "properties": {
      +        "reversed": {
      +          "items": {
      +            "type": "string"
      +          },
      +          "type": "array"
      +        },
      +        "upright": {
      +          "items": {
      +            "type": "string"
      +          },
      +          "type": "array"
      +        }
      +      },
      +      "required": [
      +        "upright",
      +        "reversed"
      +      ],
      +      "type": "object"
      +    },
      +    "name": {
      +      "type": "string"
      +    },
      +    "number": {
      +      "type": "number"
      +    },
      +    "reversed": {
      +      "properties": {
      +        "career": {
      +          "type": "string"
      +        },
      +        "description": {
      +          "type": "string"
      +        },
      +        "finances": {
      +          "type": "string"
      +        },
      +        "health": {
      +          "type": "string"
      +        },
      +        "keywords": {
      +          "items": {
      +            "type": "string"
      +          },
      +          "type": "array"
      +        },
      +        "love": {
      +          "type": "string"
      +        },
      +        "spirituality": {
      +          "type": "string"
      +        }
      +      },
      +      "required": [
      +        "keywords",
      +        "description"
      +      ],
      +      "type": "object"
      +    },
      +    "suit": {
      +      "enum": [
      +        "cups",
      +        "wands",
      +        "swords",
      +        "pentacles"
      +      ],
      +      "type": "string"
      +    },
      +    "upright": {
      +      "properties": {
      +        "career": {
      +          "type": "string"
      +        },
      +        "description": {
      +          "type": "string"
      +        },
      +        "finances": {
      +          "type": "string"
      +        },
      +        "health": {
      +          "type": "string"
      +        },
      +        "keywords": {
      +          "items": {
      +            "type": "string"
      +          },
      +          "type": "array"
      +        },
      +        "love": {
      +          "type": "string"
      +        },
      +        "spirituality": {
      +          "type": "string"
      +        }
      +      },
      +      "required": [
      +        "keywords",
      +        "description"
      +      ],
      +      "type": "object"
      +    }
      +  },
      +  "required": [
      +    "id",
      +    "name",
      +    "arcana",
      +    "number",
      +    "keywords",
      +    "upright",
      +    "reversed",
      +    "imageUrl"
      +  ],
      +  "type": "object"
      +}
  2. Changed2 schema fields changed
    • changedInput schema / properties / lang / description
      Previous value: -"Response language (ISO 639-1). Supported: en, tr, de, es, hi, pt, fr, ru. Defaults to en. Languages without translations yet return English."New value: +"Response language (BCP 47). Supported: en, tr, de, es, hi, pt, fr, ru, zh-Hans, zh-Hant. Defaults to en. Coverage varies by domain, and a field with no translation in the requested language returns English."
    • changedInput schema / properties / lang / enum
      Previous value: -[
      -  "en",
      -  "tr",
      -  "de",
      -  "es",
      -  "hi",
      -  "pt",
      -  "fr",
      -  "ru"
      -]New value: +[
      +  "en",
      +  "tr",
      +  "de",
      +  "es",
      +  "hi",
      +  "pt",
      +  "fr",
      +  "ru",
      +  "zh-Hans",
      +  "zh-Hant"
      +]
  3. Changed1 schema field changed
    • changedInput schema / properties / id / description
      Previous value: -"Unique card identifier in kebab-case. Major arcana: \"fool\", \"magician\", \"death\", etc. Minor arcana: \"ace-of-cups\", \"seven-of-wands\", \"queen-of-swords\", \"king-of-pentacles\", etc."New value: +"Card identifier. Major arcana: \"fool\", \"magician\", \"death\". Minor arcana: \"ace-of-cups\", \"seven-of-wands\", \"queen-of-swords\", \"king-of-pentacles\". Casing and separators are flexible, so \"Fool\" and \"ACE_OF_CUPS\" both resolve, and a leading definite article is optional, so \"the-star\" resolves to \"star\". The canonical form, and the one every response echoes, is kebab-case with no article."
  4. Changed2 schema fields changed
    • addedInput schema / examples
      Added value: +[
      +  {
      +    "id": "fool"
      +  }
      +]
    • changedInput schema / properties / compact / description
      Previous value: -"Set true to receive the exact same data in a token-optimized shape that is cheaper for you to read: whitespace is stripped and every array of same-shaped objects is encoded columnar as {\"__cols\":[field names],\"__rows\":[[values]]}, so each field name is sent once instead of once per row. Fully lossless (no field or value is dropped or changed) and typically 40 to 52 percent fewer tokens on large results. Prefer true whenever token or inference cost matters. Default false returns standard indented JSON."New value: +"Set true for the same data in a compact shape: arrays of same-shaped objects arrive columnar as {\"__cols\":[names],\"__rows\":[[values]]}. Lossless, typically 40 to 52 percent fewer tokens."
  5. Changed1 schema field changed
    • changedInput schema / properties / compact / description
      Previous value: -"Return the same data in a token-optimized compact shape (minified, with same-shaped arrays encoded columnar) to reduce LLM token cost. Lossless: no fields are dropped. Default false."New value: +"Set true to receive the exact same data in a token-optimized shape that is cheaper for you to read: whitespace is stripped and every array of same-shaped objects is encoded columnar as {\"__cols\":[field names],\"__rows\":[[values]]}, so each field name is sent once instead of once per row. Fully lossless (no field or value is dropped or changed) and typically 40 to 52 percent fewer tokens on large results. Prefer true whenever token or inference cost matters. Default false returns standard indented JSON."
  6. Changed1 schema field changed
    • addedInput schema / properties / compact
      Added value: +{
      +  "default": false,
      +  "description": "Return the same data in a token-optimized compact shape (minified, with same-shaped arrays encoded columnar) to reduce LLM token cost. Lossless: no fields are dropped. Default false.",
      +  "type": "boolean"
      +}
  7. First observed

TDQS

B3.4/5.0
Behavior3/5

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Annotations already declare readOnlyHint=true and destructiveHint=false, so the safety profile is covered. The description adds useful behavioral context by enumerating what the response contains (keywords, full interpretations per orientation, coverage across love/career/finance/health/spirituality) and the Major vs. Minor Arcana distinction. It omits fallback behavior for missing translations and the compact-format tradeoff, both of which live only in the schema.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Conciseness3/5

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

The core purpose is front-loaded and readable, but the middle section duplicates the schema's casing/article rules and the closing sentence ("Essential for detailed tarot study, reading interpretations, divination apps, fortune-telling platforms...") is promotional filler that does not help an agent decide or call correctly.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Completeness4/5

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

An output schema exists and annotations cover safety, so the description only needs to convey scope and input expectations. It does that, covering deck identity, card classes, ID format, and response content; only optional-parameter behavior (lang fallback, compact mode) is left to the schema, which is acceptable.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Parameters3/5

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema description coverage is 100%, so the baseline is 3. The description's ID guidance (kebab-case examples, optional leading article, "the-star" vs "star") largely restates what the id parameter field already says verbatim, and it says nothing about the lang or compact parameters.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Purpose4/5

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

The description opens with a specific verb and resource: "Retrieve comprehensive details for a specific tarot card from the traditional Rider-Waite-Smith deck." It even scopes the payload (upright/reversed meanings, keywords, life domains). It never names the sibling get_tarot_cards (the listing tool), so the single-card vs. list distinction is left implicit rather than explicit.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Usage Guidelines3/5

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

Usage is implied through the ID format guidance (kebab-case, Major vs. Minor examples) and a closing list of downstream applications, but there is no explicit "use this when / not when" and no routing to alternatives. An agent can infer this is the single-card detail lookup, but it has to infer it.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

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