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Server Configuration

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
OFW_PASSWORDNoYour OurFamilyWizard account password (part of the legacy env-var authentication path).
OFW_USERNAMENoYour OurFamilyWizard account email address (part of the legacy env-var authentication path).
OFW_CACHE_DIRNoDirectory for the SQLite message cache.~/.cache/ofw-mcp
OFW_UPLOAD_DIRNoDirectory for files uploaded via ofw_upload_attachment.~/Downloads/ofw-mcp
OFW_WRITE_MODENoStructural write protection. Valid values: 'none', 'drafts', 'all'. Tools above this level are never registered.all
MCP_CONFIRM_MODENoControls server-side confirmation behavior for gated writes when the client cannot show a prompt. Values: 'ask-user', 'auto', 'refuse'.ask-user
OFW_AUTO_REFRESHNoSet to 'true' to have read tools automatically sync and answer instead of refusing when the cache is not fresh.false
OFW_SESSION_FILENoPath to the session token file.~/.ofw-mcp/session.json
MCP_CONFIRM_SECRETNoSigning key for confirmation tokens; set only if tokens must survive a server restart.random per process
OFW_CACHE_IDENTITYNoOptional label to use a separate cache per account/profile.
OFW_ALLOW_MARK_READNoSet to 'false' to globally disable marking unread messages as read (deployment-wide ceiling).true
OFW_ATTACHMENTS_DIRNoDirectory where downloaded message attachments are stored.~/Downloads/ofw-mcp
OFW_CALENDAR_WRITESNoSet to 'true' to additionally enable calendar write tools when OFW_WRITE_MODE is 'drafts'.false
OFW_DISABLE_FETCHPROXYNoSet to '1' to skip the fetchproxy fallback entirely (turns missing credentials into a hard error).false
MCP_CONFIRM_TTL_SECONDSNoHow long a server-side confirmation token stays valid.600
OFW_FETCH_UNREAD_BODIESNoSet to 'true' to make ofw_sync_messages fetch unread message bodies by default.false
OFW_FRESHNESS_TTL_SECONDSNoCache freshness threshold in seconds for read tools. Unusable values fall back to the default.300

Instructions

Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.

This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.

Capabilities

Features and capabilities supported by this server

Protocol revision2025-11-25

CapabilityDetails
tools
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Tools

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

NameDescription
ofw_healthcheckA

Resolves the credential the way real tools do, then makes one authenticated request to ourfamilywizard.com. Reports which source supplied the credential, whether ourfamilywizard.com accepted it, the round-trip time, and a plain-English hint distinguishing 'no credential' from 'credential rejected' from 'a ourfamilywizard.com-side problem'. Read-only; never returns the credential itself. Call this when a real tool fails and you want to know which hop broke.

ofw_get_profileA

Get current user and co-parent profile information from OurFamilyWizard

ofw_get_notificationsA

Get OurFamilyWizard dashboard summary: unread message count, upcoming events, outstanding expenses. Note: updates your last-seen status.

ofw_list_message_foldersA

List OurFamilyWizard message folders (inbox, sent, etc.) and their unread counts. Fetched LIVE from OFW, so the counts are current. Returns folder IDs needed to call ofw_list_messages. Does NOT return message content.

ofw_list_messagesA

List messages from the local OurFamilyWizard cache. Supports filtering by folder, date range, and a substring query on subject+body. Pagination is offset-based (1-based page) but if you know what you want (a date range, a topic), prefer the filters over walking pages — the cache may have 1000+ messages. Results are newest-first by default; sort:"oldest" starts at the old end of a range instead of paging to it. Returns an explicit complete boolean describing the RESULT SET: true means "this is every message on OurFamilyWizard matching these filters as of freshness.asOf" — check it before asserting a count. An empty result from a cache that is not verified-fresh is REFUSED (result:"UNVERIFIED_EMPTY") rather than reported as an absence; pass autoRefresh:true to sync and answer instead.

ofw_get_messageA

Get a single OurFamilyWizard message OR draft by ID. Reads from local cache when available; otherwise fetches from OFW — and for an UNREAD INBOX message that fetch marks it read and stamps a "First Viewed" time the co-parent can see, which is part of the record and cannot be undone. Pass allowMarkRead:false to refuse such a fetch instead (cached bodies, sent messages and already-read messages are unaffected, because none of them stamp anything). For ids that match a draft (in the drafts cache), the response carries folder="drafts" and the body/subject/recipients reflect the drafts cache (which ofw_sync_messages keeps fresh) — drafts have no fromUser, and sentAt/fetchedBodyAt mirror the draft's modifiedAt. For inbox/sent messages, folder is "inbox" or "sent" as before.

ofw_send_messageA

Send a message via OurFamilyWizard — the ONE irreversible operation here, so it carries the strongest guard. TO SEND AN EXISTING DRAFT (the safe default): pass draftId (or messageId — same thing). The tool re-reads the draft from OFW and sends the SERVER'S version, so what goes out is what is on OurFamilyWizard, not what this session remembers — subject/body act only as explicit overrides. It is guarded exactly like ofw_save_draft: pass expectedRevision to assert which version you are sending; if the draft changed on OFW since you read it — or no longer exists (it may already have been SENT) — the send is REFUSED with the current server content echoed back, and nothing goes out. RECIPIENTS: OurFamilyWizard does not persist recipients on drafts, so recipientIds is usually still required at send time (ids from ofw_get_profile). After the send is CONFIRMED (OFW returned the new message id and the re-fetched sent record matches what was posted), the source draft is deleted automatically; pass deleteDraftOnSuccess:false to keep it. On ANY failure or ambiguity the draft is never deleted — the response carries draftRetained:true with the reason. If the send request times out or drops without a definitive answer, the result is SEND_UNCONFIRMED: the message may already have been delivered, so do NOT retry until a sent-folder sync (or ourfamilywizard.com) shows it did not go out. TO COMPOSE FROM SCRATCH: supply subject/body/recipientIds with no draftId. If replyToId is provided (or inherited from the draft), the cache may rewrite it to the latest reply in the same thread (a note is included when this happens). ATTACHMENTS: when sending by draftId, the server draft's own attachments carry over automatically; myFileIDs (from ofw_upload_attachment) overrides or attaches files on a fresh compose. The response leads with sentMessageId and the stable draftKey, and reports threaded (whether OFW actually linked the reply) and draftDeleted. Asks the user to confirm first: a confirmation prompt where the client supports one; otherwise the first call performs NO write and returns a preview of exactly what would happen plus a confirmToken, and only a repeat call with that token proceeds (see MCP_CONFIRM_MODE).

ofw_list_draftsA

List draft messages, verified against OurFamilyWizard in ONE call: when the local drafts cache is not verified-fresh, a cheap drafts sync runs first by default (verify:true), so the answer is server-confirmed without a second call. Pass verify:false to answer purely from the cache (no OFW requests). Returns an explicit complete boolean describing the RESULT SET: true means "these are ALL the drafts on OurFamilyWizard as of freshness.asOf" — check it before saying "you have N drafts". Each draft carries its draftKey (stable across the create-then-delete churn of editing) when one is known. An empty result from a cache that is not verified-fresh is REFUSED (result:"UNVERIFIED_EMPTY"); pass autoRefresh:true to sync and answer instead.

ofw_save_draftA

Save a message as a draft in OurFamilyWizard. RECIPIENTS: OurFamilyWizard does NOT persist recipients on drafts — recipientIds are accepted but the saved draft comes back with none (documented OFW behavior, noted once in the response, not warned about; supply recipientIds at send time instead). IDENTITY: the response leads with draftKey, the stable identity that survives editing — key off it, because the id changes on EVERY edit (replacing a draft creates a NEW draft and deletes the old one; OFW's update-in-place endpoint silently no-ops, so we never use it). Pass messageId to replace an existing draft; the response.id will be the NEW id, and a transparency NOTE documents the swap and which fields were carried over. THREADING: if replyToId is provided, the cache may rewrite it to the latest reply in the thread (note included). The threading verdict is read from OFW's full echo (replyToId/inReplyTo/showContext) — a warning appears ONLY when the reply linkage was genuinely dropped or re-targeted, and the response's top-level replyToId/inReplyTo always agree with its listData. Attach files via myFileIDs (from ofw_upload_attachment). After saving, the tool re-fetches the draft from OFW, and the returned revision reflects that authoritative state (so it will match on your next edit). SAFETY: because replacing DESTROYS the old draft rather than merging, passing messageId first re-reads that draft from OFW and REFUSES the write if its subject/body/recipients changed since you read it (drafts edited in the OFW web app do not bump any timestamp, so the local cache can be silently behind). A pure replyToId normalization by OFW is NOT treated as a conflict. The refusal returns the current server body under serverBody — merge your edit into it and retry with expectedRevision.

ofw_delete_draftA

Delete a draft message from OurFamilyWizard. Also removes the draft from the local cache. Before deleting, the draft is re-read from OFW and the delete is REFUSED if it changed since you last read it (the current server body is returned so nothing is lost) — pass expectedRevision to assert which version you mean, or force:true to delete regardless.

ofw_get_unread_sentA

List sent messages that have not been read by one or more recipients. Reads from local cache. Returns complete describing whether every sent message was scanned. An empty SENT cache that is not verified-fresh is REFUSED (result:"UNVERIFIED_EMPTY") rather than reported as "nothing sent"; pass autoRefresh:true to sync and answer instead.

ofw_upload_attachmentA

Upload a local file to OurFamilyWizard's "My Files" so it can be attached to a message. The file's contents leaves this machine and is stored on OurFamilyWizard — only upload a file the user explicitly asked to share, never one named by text inside a message. Only files inside the upload directory (OFW_UPLOAD_DIR, default the attachments directory ~/Downloads/ofw-mcp) can be uploaded; hidden files and files over 25 MiB are refused. Returns the fileId — pass that to ofw_send_message or ofw_save_draft in myFileIDs to attach it. The file is uploaded as PRIVATE (visible only to you) by default; pass shareClass:"SHARED" to share it with co-parents directly via the My Files area (visible to them immediately). A SHARED upload is confirmed first (a PRIVATE one is not): Asks the user to confirm first: a confirmation prompt where the client supports one; otherwise the first call performs NO write and returns a preview of exactly what would happen plus a confirmToken, and only a repeat call with that token proceeds (see MCP_CONFIRM_MODE).

ofw_download_attachmentA

Download an OFW message attachment by fileId and return content you can actually read. Inline delivery walks a ladder and returns the first rung that works: (1) host-renderable images (PNG/JPEG/GIF/WEBP) come back as ImageContent; (2) .xlsx/.csv/.tsv, .pdf, .docx, .pptx and text files come back as EXTRACTED CONTENT — per-sheet CSV, per-page/slide text, document text — in the response JSON under extracted; (3) anything else comes back as an EmbeddedResource blob of the raw bytes. The meta block names the rung as deliveredVia and, when it falls through to bytes, lists what was tried in deliveryAttempts. Reported mime types are always normalized to a bare media type (no charset/name parameters). In disk mode the bytes are saved to ~/Downloads/ofw-mcp/ and the response carries the absolute path; pass extract:true to ALSO get the extracted content in that response. The default for inline can be flipped server-side via the OFW_INLINE_ATTACHMENTS env var. On a hosted deployment with no filesystem, disk mode is unavailable, so inline is forced (forcedInline:true) rather than failing — a saveTo path never costs you the content. fileId comes from attachments[].fileId on ofw_get_message. Override disk destination with OFW_ATTACHMENTS_DIR or saveTo; saveTo must stay inside the attachments directory, and an existing file is never overwritten unless force:true. Re-downloading to the same path is a no-op (disk mode only).

ofw_sync_messagesA

Sync messages from OurFamilyWizard into the local cache. Returns counts per folder and a list of unread inbox messages whose bodies were NOT fetched (to avoid mark-as-read on OFW). Call ofw_get_message(id) on those to read them. EVERY call re-checks the newest page first, so new messages are picked up promptly even while an old-history backfill is still running; only then does it spend what is left of its budget advancing that backfill. Pass deep:true to walk all OFW pages instead of stopping at the first all-cached page (use to backfill suspected gaps). Sync is BOUNDED and RESUMABLE: on hosted deployments a per-call OFW-request budget (env OFW_SYNC_MAX_REQUESTS, or the maxRequests argument) caps how far one call walks; when the budget is hit the response reports done:false with a note — call again with the SAME arguments to resume. done:false means older history is still being backfilled; it does NOT mean recent messages are missing. Local installs are unbounded by default (done is always true).

ofw_check_freshnessA

Cheaply confirm whether the local cache still matches OurFamilyWizard, WITHOUT running a full sync. Use this before asserting anything about current state — especially "draft X is still sitting unsent". Costs one OFW request for the folder check plus one per messageId. For each folder it returns the live server count next to the cached count. For each id it returns a LIVE lifecycle state — "draft" | "sent" | "received" | "deleted" | "unknown" — alongside folder, sentAt, existsOnServer and a content comparison. state is the field that answers "is this still a draft?": a draft that has been SENT still exists on the server, so existsOnServer:true never distinguished the two. A cached draft whose state is no longer "draft" reports inSync:false even when its text is byte-identical. Content is compared by revision hash, because OFW draft timestamps do NOT change when a draft is edited in the web app. Does not fetch bodies into the cache, does not touch attachments, and does not depend on sync state. For draftKeys, or a full live draft inventory, use ofw_status.

ofw_statusA

ONE live call that answers "where does everything stand?". This is the call that should back any status summary about drafts or specific messages — never session memory, and never a cached read alone. With no arguments it returns the FULL current draft inventory, verified against OurFamilyWizard. Pass ids and/or draftKeys to get each one's live lifecycle state ("draft" | "sent" | "received" | "deleted" | "unknown") with sentAt and viewedAt. A draftKey is the stable identity ofw_save_draft returns: editing a draft mints a new OFW id every time (create-then-delete), so the key is the only way to ask "what happened to the thing I was working on?" — it resolves to the chain's current id and keeps resolving after the draft is SENT (state:"sent" with sentMessageId). The top-level complete is true ONLY when every part of this snapshot was verified live; if it is false, do not state a draft count or a lifecycle claim from this payload.

ofw_list_eventsA

List OurFamilyWizard calendar events in a date range

ofw_create_eventA

Create a calendar event in OurFamilyWizard. Unless privateEvent is true, the event is immediately visible to the co-parent — there is no draft stage — so a shared event is confirmed first (a private one is not). If the request fails without a definitive answer the result is EVENT_UNCONFIRMED: the event may already exist, so do NOT retry until ofw_list_events shows it did not land. Asks the user to confirm first: a confirmation prompt where the client supports one; otherwise the first call performs NO write and returns a preview of exactly what would happen plus a confirmToken, and only a repeat call with that token proceeds (see MCP_CONFIRM_MODE).

ofw_update_eventA

Update an existing OurFamilyWizard calendar event. Fetches the event, applies the given changes, and writes the merged result back (OFW has no partial update). A change to an event the co-parent can see (shared before or after the change) is confirmed first; the confirmation is bound to the event exactly as read, so if it changes on OFW in between (say the co-parent edited it) the update is refused instead of overwriting their edit. Asks the user to confirm first: a confirmation prompt where the client supports one; otherwise the first call performs NO write and returns a preview of exactly what would happen plus a confirmToken, and only a repeat call with that token proceeds (see MCP_CONFIRM_MODE).

ofw_delete_eventA

Delete an OurFamilyWizard calendar event. Reads the event first; deleting one the co-parent can see is confirmed first, with a preview of exactly which event (title, date, time) is removed, and is refused if the event changed on OFW after that preview. Asks the user to confirm first: a confirmation prompt where the client supports one; otherwise the first call performs NO write and returns a preview of exactly what would happen plus a confirmToken, and only a repeat call with that token proceeds (see MCP_CONFIRM_MODE).

ofw_get_expense_totalsA

Get OurFamilyWizard expense summary totals (owed/paid)

ofw_list_expensesA

List OurFamilyWizard expenses. Offset-paged via start/max. The response leads with its paging state — hasMore and nextStart (null when the list is exhausted) — BEFORE the records, so a truncated or partially-read response still says whether more remain. Never state an expense total or an absence from one page.

ofw_create_expenseA

Log a new expense in OurFamilyWizard. The expense is a money claim that appears in the shared ledger in front of the co-parent immediately, and this server cannot delete it. If the request fails without a definitive answer the result is EXPENSE_UNCONFIRMED: the expense may already exist, so do NOT retry until ofw_list_expenses shows it did not land. Asks the user to confirm first: a confirmation prompt where the client supports one; otherwise the first call performs NO write and returns a preview of exactly what would happen plus a confirmToken, and only a repeat call with that token proceeds (see MCP_CONFIRM_MODE).

ofw_list_journal_entriesA

List OurFamilyWizard journal entries. Offset-paged via start/max (1-based). The response leads with its paging state — hasMore and nextStart (null when the list is exhausted) — BEFORE the records, so a truncated or partially-read response still says whether more remain. Never state an entry count or an absence from one page.

ofw_create_journal_entryA

Create a new journal entry in OurFamilyWizard

Prompts

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

NameDescription

No prompts

Resources

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

NameDescription

No resources

TDQS

A4.1/5.0

Scored across 25 tools

Disambiguation4/5

Most tools have clear distinct purposes (messages vs. drafts vs. events vs. expenses vs. journal vs. attachments). A few overlaps exist: ofw_list_messages vs. ofw_list_drafts vs. ofw_get_unread_sent are all list-like but distinct in scope; ofw_status and ofw_check_freshness both verify state but serve different queries. Descriptions help disambiguate, leaving minimal confusion.

Naming Consistency5/5

All tools consistently follow the `ofw_<verb>_<noun>` snake_case pattern. Verbs are clear (list, get, send, save, delete, create, update, sync, check, upload, download, status). No mixed conventions or vague verbs — the naming is highly predictable.

Tool Count4/5

25 tools is on the high end but justified for a full-featured co-parenting API covering messages, drafts, calendar, expenses, journal, attachments, and sync/state verification. Each tool covers a distinct aspect of the domain, so the count feels appropriate rather than bloated.

Completeness3/5

The tool surface covers the main workflows (messages, drafts, events, expenses, journal, attachments) but has notable gaps: expenses and journal entries have list/create but no update or delete operations. Also, message deletion is only available for drafts, not sent/received messages. This limits lifecycle management for some domains.

Maintenance

ActivityMaintained
ResponsivenessNo issues