Dyslexia Steps
REMOTE · MCP.DYSLEXIASTEPS.COM
Phonics word lists and reading-game catalogue for dyslexia support. Read-only.
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Last scanned (10 hours ago)
Scores higher than 62% of remote servers
Reachable. Last reached 5 Nov 2026.
Category Education and Research
How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. How we score → Why this is hard to score →
Endpoint Security74
- The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key. View diagnostics → Pass
- No authorisation is required to call this server. Nothing on it is marked destructive, but we can't show that an anonymous caller can only read: full credit needs the server to list at least one tool and every tool to be verifiably read-only. We use a best-effort check of tool names and descriptions to tell read-only tools from tools that change things, so some genuinely read-only tools may not get full credit. Names that start with a read verb (get, list, read, search and similar) and accurate readOnlyHint annotations help. Meet that to earn full credit, or require authorisation. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Partial
- HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path. View diagnostics → Pass
- HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
- DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
Transport & Reachability100
- Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake. View diagnostics → Pass
Schema Quality & AI Usability71
- AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
- Tool/resource definitions use about 604 tokens (~100/item across 6 items; 6 tools + 0 resources), lean.Pass
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management33
- Stability observed for 10 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial
Tool Coverage87
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 62% of tool parameters carry a description.Partial
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- We read all 6 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 6 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
- Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.Pass
Checks we ran (13)
- TLS certificate
- Authorization
- HTTPS
- HSTS header
- DNSSEC
- Transport
- Schema quality
- Stability
- Tool coverage
- Injection markers
- Destructive annotations
- Judged manipulation
- MCP protocol
Does not apply to this hosted endpoint (2)
- Supply Chain SecurityScored on package channels only. This is a hosted endpoint, so there is nothing to install or inspect.
- Provenance & TransparencyScored on package channels only. This is a hosted endpoint, so there is nothing to install or inspect.
The score does not measure everything. What the score does not measure →
Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.
- 4 Nov 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 27 to 30. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 8 days of observed history at the previous scan, 9 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 2 Nov 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 20 to 23. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 6 days of observed history at the previous scan, 7 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 31 Oct 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 13 to 17. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 4 days of observed history at the previous scan, 5 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 29 Oct 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 7 to 10. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 2 days of observed history at the previous scan, 3 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 27 Oct 26 +1
- Stability: unverified → 0.03 ▲ functional
- 26 Oct 26 69
First indexed and scored.
Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.
Captured 5 Nov 2026 · Probed https://mcp.dyslexiasteps.com/mcp
TLS valid
Negotiated TLS 1.3 with TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 .
| Subject | Issuer | Valid from | Valid until | Key | Signature | Serial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN=dyslexiasteps.com | CN=YE2,O=Let's Encrypt,C=US | 2 Oct 2026 | 31 Dec 2026 | ECDSA 256 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 6d53041f89d00f5d0bb438e09c90406fced |
| SANs: *.dyslexiasteps.com, dyslexiasteps.com | ||||||
| CN=YE2,O=Let's Encrypt,C=US (CA) | CN=Root YE,O=ISRG,C=US | 3 Sept 2025 | 2 Sept 2028 | ECDSA 384 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 4df3b15dd6c0784c507cd37b58e6f115 |
| CN=Root YE,O=ISRG,C=US (CA) | CN=ISRG Root X2,O=Internet Security Research Group,C=US | 13 May 2026 | 2 Sept 2032 | ECDSA 384 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 872165fc34b6e5fba8add5b3705fb53a |
| CN=ISRG Root X2,O=Internet Security Research Group,C=US (CA) | CN=ISRG Root X1,O=Internet Security Research Group,C=US | 13 May 2026 | 2 Sept 2032 | ECDSA 384 | SHA256-RSA | 6c8f1dc727c7117f7baf853ac980f9cd |
Background: What to check on a remote MCP endpoint →
DNSSEC insecure
Validation of mcp.dyslexiasteps.com. — Not signed
| Zone | DS | Keys | Algorithms | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | Trust anchor | 20326, 38696 | 8, 8 | Verified |
| com. | DS published | 19718 | 13 | Verified |
| dyslexiasteps.com. | No DS | Unsigned (proven) parent-signed NSEC/NSEC3 proves an unsigned delegation |
Authentication No authorisation required
The endpoint answered without asking for a token. Anyone who knows the URL can reach it.
| Result | No authorisation required |
|---|---|
| HTTP status | 200 |
Background: How OAuth 2.1 works in the 2026 MCP spec →
Transports 2 probes
| Transport | URL | Outcome | Status | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| streamable-http | https://mcp.dyslexiasteps.com/mcp | Verified | 200 | |
| http (plaintext) | http://mcp.dyslexiasteps.com/mcp | HTTPS enforced | 301 | https://mcp.dyslexiasteps.com/mcp |
The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →
find_words Find words by pattern ~109
Finds words in the lists that start with, end with or contain a letter pattern, for example 'sh', 'ck', '-ight' or 'ai'. Returns each match with its list, grade range and page. Case-insensitive.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| contains | string | – | – |
| ends_with | string | – | – |
| grade | string | – | Only English lists covering this grade. |
| language | string | – | – |
| limit | integer | – | Default 60. |
| starts_with | string | – | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_citation How to cite and reuse the word lists ~40
License (CC BY 4.0 for the compilation; the Dolch words are public domain), the citation text and the CSV and JSON download addresses.
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_placement_basis How grades were assigned ~58
Explains the source of each grade placement: Dolch's own grade levels (1936, public domain), the Common Core Foundational Skills item that names the skill, or a typical sequence when no standard names it. Includes the limits.
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_word_list Get one word list ~93
The full list: every word, its groups (for example -at, -an, -ap families), the grade range, the placement basis, the page URL and the license. Use an id from list_word_lists, e.g. short-a, kindergarten, sh.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string | yes | List id, e.g. short-a, kindergarten, vowel-teams, or es:palabras-con-m |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_words_for_grade Words for a grade ~141
Every different English word from the lists that cover a grade, deduplicated, with the lists each word comes from. Optional section filter (for example only sight words or only cvc). A grade is a typical guide, not a rule: programs and standards differ, and it is not an assessment of any child. English lists are placed by grade; lists in other languages follow each language's own curriculum and have no grade.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| grade | string | yes | pre-k, kindergarten, grade-1, grade-2 or grade-3 |
| limit | integer | – | Maximum words to return. Default 300. |
| section | string | – | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
list_word_lists List word lists ~163
Lists the available word lists with id, title, language, section, grade range, the source of the grade placement and word count. Filter by language, grade (English lists whose grade range includes it) or section. A grade is a typical guide, not a rule: programs and standards differ, and it is not an assessment of any child. English lists are placed by grade; lists in other languages follow each language's own curriculum and have no grade.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| grade | string | – | English lists that cover this grade. |
| language | string | – | en, de, es, fr, nl or pt-br. Omit for all. |
| section | string | – | cvc, families, sight, digraphs, patterns or wordlist (other languages). |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
How do I install the Dyslexia Steps MCP server?
Dyslexia Steps is a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.dyslexiasteps.com/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.
remote · mcp.dyslexiasteps.com
claude mcp add --transport http com-dyslexiasteps-dyslexia-steps 'https://mcp.dyslexiasteps.com/mcp'
What is the Dyslexia Steps MCP server?
Dyslexia Steps is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.dyslexiasteps/dyslexia-steps. Phonics word lists and reading-game catalogue for dyslexia support. Read-only. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://mcp.dyslexiasteps.com/mcp).
Is the Dyslexia Steps MCP server safe to use?
Dyslexia Steps scores 74 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.
What tools does the Dyslexia Steps MCP server expose?
Dyslexia Steps exposes 6 tools: list_word_lists, get_word_list, get_words_for_grade, find_words, get_placement_basis, get_citation. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 604 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Does the Dyslexia Steps MCP server require authentication?
No. We connected to Dyslexia Steps without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.
Is the Dyslexia Steps MCP server still maintained?
Dyslexia Steps is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.
What did VerifyMCP test on the Dyslexia Steps MCP server?
VerifyMCP ran 13 checks on Dyslexia Steps, covering TLS certificate, Authorization, HTTPS, HSTS header and 9 more. Supply Chain Security and Provenance & Transparency do not apply to a hosted endpoint, so they were not tested. The score does not measure everything, and the scoring documentation lists what it leaves out.