# com.valksor/norse (remote · norse.valksor.com)

Grounds LLMs in real Old Norse: lemmas, mediopassive paradigms, English→Old Norse lookup.

- Trust score: 77/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +7
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-08-03

## Components

- remote · `norse.valksor.com`: 77/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-valksor-norse/norse.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-valksor-norse/norse)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://norse.valksor.com/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `2.1.0`

## 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 2026-08-03.

- **Endpoint Security**: 83/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - No authorisation is required to call this server. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present.
  - DNSSEC is configured correctly; the domain's records validate against the full chain to the root.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 74/100
  - 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1318 tokens (~329/item across 4 items; 2 tools + 2 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 27/100
  - Stability observed for 8 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
  - Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http com-valksor-norse https://norse.valksor.com/mcp
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-valksor-norse]
url = "https://norse.valksor.com/mcp"
```

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-valksor-norse --url https://norse.valksor.com/mcp --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-valksor-norse:
    url: "https://norse.valksor.com/mcp"
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-valksor-norse": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://norse.valksor.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.

### 2026-08-03 (score 77, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 23 to 27. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 7 days of observed history at the previous scan, 8 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-07-31 (score 76, +4)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-07-30 (score 72, +1)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-07-28 (score 71, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 3 to 7. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 1 days of observed history at the previous scan, 2 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-07-27 (score 70, +1)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-07-26 (score 69)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (2)

### `norse_search` (~552 tokens)

Look an Old Norse word up

Look an Old Norse word up on Wiktionary and return its senses plus full
declension/conjugation tables — attested content (including the verbs'
mediopassive voice), not invented. Any form of the word works; an
inflected query is resolved to its lemma automatically via previously
cached paradigms and the result notes the resolution. With
search_language='eng' the query is an English word instead: the result
lists its per-sense Old Norse equivalents (the translations block) plus
their expanded entries. Returns Markdown plus the same result as
structuredContent matching the declared outputSchema.

Results are cached server-side; first-time queries reach the live upstream
politely and calls are rate limited — on a rate-limit error, wait a few
seconds and retry. Content is from en.wiktionary.org (CC BY-SA 4.0 —
attribute and share alike if republished).

Input parameters:

- `include_forms` (boolean): When true (default), each match's full declension/conjugation table is returned INLINE — usable cases/tenses (and the verbs' mediopassive voice) in ONE call, no follow-up norse_get_inflections. Set f…
- `max_forms`: Optional override for how many inflection tables to expand this call (0–12). On an uncached query each table is one politely paced upstream fetch, so high values on cold queries are slow. Omit for th…
- `query` (string, required): The word to look up, in the language search_language names. Old Norse (default): a SINGLE Old Norse word, any form — an inflected form ('mǫnnum') is resolved to its lemma ('maðr') automatically via c…
- `search_language`: Language the query word is in: 'non' (default) looks the Old Norse word up directly; 'eng' finds the Old Norse equivalents of an English word (per-sense, from Wiktionary's translation tables) and ret…

Output parameters:

- `entries` (array)
- `forms_truncated` (integer): How many handles did NOT get an inline table because the per-search cap was reached.
- `found` (boolean): False when nothing matched. For an eng query, True means Old Norse translations were found — entries may still be empty when none of them could be expanded (see translations).
- `handles` (array)
- `language`
- `query` (string)
- `resolved_from` (string): The original inflected query when resolved; else empty. non queries only — always empty for eng results.
- `resolved_lemma` (string): The lemma actually searched when resolved; else empty. non queries only — always empty for eng results.
- `search_method` (string): How the match was found: 'direct' = the query itself matched; 'lemma_index' = an inflected form resolved via a previously cached paradigm; 'translations' = an English query resolved via Wiktionary tr…
- `source` (string)
- `translations` (array): Populated only for eng queries (always [] for non): the Old Norse terms each English sense translates to, in sense order. Entries/handles below are the expanded dictionary entries of those terms.
- `translations_truncated` (integer): How many distinct translated lemmas were NOT expanded into entries because the per-search expansion cap was reached (they still appear under translations).

### `norse_get_inflections` (~224 tokens)

Get an Old Norse inflection table

Fetch the full declension (nominals) or conjugation (verbs — active AND
mediopassive) tables for a lemma identified by a search result's inflection
handle (entry_id + word_class). Use this only when a search ran without
inline forms or left a match un-expanded — a default search already returns
each match's table inline. Returns Markdown plus the table as
structuredContent with the shape {"result": <paradigm>} per the declared
outputSchema — switch on result.category ('nominal' | 'verbal' |
'not_found') before reading the body. Content from en.wiktionary.org
(CC BY-SA 4.0).

Input parameters:

- `entry_id` (string, required): The Wiktionary page title (the lemma) from a search result's inflection handle, e.g. 'maðr', 'kasta'.
- `word_class` (string, required): The part-of-speech section from a search result's inflection handle, e.g. 'verb', 'noun', 'adjective'.

Output parameters:

- `result`

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-08-03: 77
- 2026-08-02: 76
- 2026-08-01: 76
- 2026-07-31: 76
- 2026-07-30: 72
- 2026-07-29: 71
- 2026-07-28: 71
- 2026-07-27: 70
- 2026-07-26: 69

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://norse.valksor.com/mcp
- Website: https://norse.valksor.com/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-valksor-norse/norse/changelog.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-valksor-norse/norse/changelog.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-valksor-norse/norse