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Longman Dictionary MCP Server

Ldoce MCP Server

This is an MCP server built in Node.js and TypeScript that consumes the Longman Dictionary page for a given word and returns the extracted data in standardized JSON format for use by AI agents.

Description

The server connects to the URL https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/<word> , extracts information such as the introduction, related topics, entries (verb and noun), corpus examples, and source, and returns this data structured in a JSON object. The project follows the Model Context Protocol (MCP) standards and uses the Axios and Cheerio packages for HTTP requests and HTML parsing.

Resources

  • Extract information from Longman Dictionary:
    • Introduction and related topics
    • Entries with details of pronunciations, meanings, examples, etc.
    • Corpus Examples
    • Origin of the word
  • It uses MCP SDK to expose a tool that can be integrated into MCP clients such as Claude Desktop.

Prerequisites

  • Node.js (version 16 or higher)
  • npm
  • Git

Installation

Installing via Smithery

To install Ldoce Server for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery :

npx -y @smithery/cli install @edgardamasceno-dev/ldoce-mcp-server --client claude

Manual Installation

  1. Clone the repository:
    git clone https://github.com/seuusuario/ldoce-mcp-server.git cd ldoce-mcp-server
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remote-capable server

The server can be hosted and run remotely because it primarily relies on remote services or has no dependency on the local environment.

Extracts structured dictionary data from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English website and serves it via Model Context Protocol, enabling AI agents to access detailed word definitions, examples, and linguistic information.

  1. Description
    1. Resources
      1. Prerequisites
        1. Installation
          1. Installing via Smithery
          2. Manual Installation

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