# Dyslexia Steps (remote · mcp.dyslexiasteps.com)

Phonics word lists and reading-game catalogue for dyslexia support. Read-only.

- Trust score: 74/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `mcp.dyslexiasteps.com`: 74/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-dyslexiasteps-dyslexia-steps/mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-dyslexiasteps-dyslexia-steps/mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://mcp.dyslexiasteps.com/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `0.1.0`

## Trust breakdown

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. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-11-05.

- **Endpoint Security**: 74/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - 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.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 71/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 604 tokens (~100/item across 6 items; 6 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 33/100
  - Stability observed for 10 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 87/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 62% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 6 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 6 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### 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.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http com-dyslexiasteps-dyslexia-steps 'https://mcp.dyslexiasteps.com/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-dyslexiasteps-dyslexia-steps": {
      "url": "https://mcp.dyslexiasteps.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "com-dyslexiasteps-dyslexia-steps": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.dyslexiasteps.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-dyslexiasteps-dyslexia-steps]
url = "https://mcp.dyslexiasteps.com/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "com-dyslexiasteps-dyslexia-steps": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://mcp.dyslexiasteps.com/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-dyslexiasteps-dyslexia-steps --url 'https://mcp.dyslexiasteps.com/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-dyslexiasteps-dyslexia-steps:
    url: "https://mcp.dyslexiasteps.com/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "com-dyslexiasteps-dyslexia-steps": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://mcp.dyslexiasteps.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add com-dyslexiasteps-dyslexia-steps -t streamable-http -u 'https://mcp.dyslexiasteps.com/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-dyslexiasteps-dyslexia-steps": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.dyslexiasteps.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-11-04 (score 74, +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.

### 2026-11-02 (score 73, +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.

### 2026-10-31 (score 72, +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.

### 2026-10-29 (score 71, +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.

### 2026-10-27 (score 70, +1)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-10-26 (score 69)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (6)

### `list_word_lists` (~163 tokens)

List word lists

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.

Input parameters:

- `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).

### `get_word_list` (~93 tokens)

Get one word list

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.

Input parameters:

- `id` (string, required): List id, e.g. short-a, kindergarten, vowel-teams, or es:palabras-con-m

### `get_words_for_grade` (~141 tokens)

Words for a grade

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.

Input parameters:

- `grade` (string, required): pre-k, kindergarten, grade-1, grade-2 or grade-3
- `limit` (integer): Maximum words to return. Default 300.
- `section` (string)

### `find_words` (~109 tokens)

Find words by pattern

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.

Input parameters:

- `contains` (string)
- `ends_with` (string)
- `grade` (string): Only English lists covering this grade.
- `language` (string)
- `limit` (integer): Default 60.
- `starts_with` (string)

### `get_placement_basis` (~58 tokens)

How grades were assigned

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.

### `get_citation` (~40 tokens)

How to cite and reuse the word lists

License (CC BY 4.0 for the compilation; the Dolch words are public domain), the citation text and the CSV and JSON download addresses.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-dyslexiasteps-dyslexia-steps/mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 74
- 2026-11-04: 74
- 2026-11-03: 73
- 2026-11-02: 73
- 2026-11-01: 72
- 2026-10-31: 72
- 2026-10-30: 71
- 2026-10-29: 71
- 2026-10-28: 70
- 2026-10-27: 70
- 2026-10-26: 69

## Common questions

### 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.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://mcp.dyslexiasteps.com/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/Dyslexia-Steps/dyslexiasteps-mcp
- Website: https://dyslexiasteps.com/mcp
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-dyslexiasteps-dyslexia-steps/mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-dyslexiasteps-dyslexia-steps/mcp/changelog.json
- Trust report (JSON): https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-dyslexiasteps-dyslexia-steps/mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-dyslexiasteps-dyslexia-steps/mcp