# Daily Alignment (remote · www.dailyalignment.life)

The Chinese almanac, lunar dates, Four Pillars, solar terms and the sky, calculated from astronomy.

- Trust score: 79/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `www.dailyalignment.life`: 79/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/life-dailyalignment-almanac/api-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/life-dailyalignment-almanac/api-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://www.dailyalignment.life/api/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.0.0`

## 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**: 80/100
  - 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 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**: 77/100
  - 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1762 tokens (~176/item across 10 items; 9 tools + 1 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 47/100
  - Stability observed for 14 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 99/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 96% 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 9 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 11 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 73/100
  - Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2025-06-18; the latest is 2026-07-28.
  - Supports UI / widget rendering.

## Install

### How do I install the Daily Alignment MCP server?

Daily Alignment is a hosted endpoint at https://www.dailyalignment.life/api/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 life-dailyalignment-almanac 'https://www.dailyalignment.life/api/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "life-dailyalignment-almanac": {
      "url": "https://www.dailyalignment.life/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "life-dailyalignment-almanac": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.dailyalignment.life/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.life-dailyalignment-almanac]
url = "https://www.dailyalignment.life/api/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "life-dailyalignment-almanac": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://www.dailyalignment.life/api/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add life-dailyalignment-almanac --url 'https://www.dailyalignment.life/api/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  life-dailyalignment-almanac:
    url: "https://www.dailyalignment.life/api/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "life-dailyalignment-almanac": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://www.dailyalignment.life/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add life-dailyalignment-almanac -t streamable-http -u 'https://www.dailyalignment.life/api/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "life-dailyalignment-almanac": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.dailyalignment.life/api/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 79, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 40 to 43. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 12 days of observed history at the previous scan, 13 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-11-02 (score 78, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 33 to 37. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 10 days of observed history at the previous scan, 11 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-31 (score 77, +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.

### 2026-10-28 (score 76, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 17 to 20. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 5 days of observed history at the previous scan, 6 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-26 (score 75, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 10 to 13. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 3 days of observed history at the previous scan, 4 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-24 (score 74, +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.

### 2026-10-23 (score 73, 0)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-10-22 (score 73)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (9)

### `get_almanac_day` (~275 tokens)

Chinese almanac for a day

Today's (or any date's) Chinese almanac page, tong shu (通勝 / 黄历), computed from real astronomical positions and shown as a Daily Alignment card: Chinese lunar date (农历), year and day pillars (ganzhi 干支), day officer (建除) and whether the day is favorable, current and next solar term (节气), the day's zodiac animal (生肖) and its relationships, five-phase colour, exact moon phase and the next new and full moon. Covers questions like 'what is today in the Chinese calendar', 'today's almanac', 'lunar date today', 'what day is it in the Chinese calendar', '今天农历', '今天黄历'. Uses the location the client shares when no city is given. Dates 1901 to 2099.

Input parameters:

- `city` (string): Optional. City name, e.g. 'Los Angeles' or 'Paris, France'. Omit to use the user's location.
- `date` (string): YYYY-MM-DD. Omit for today.
- `include_planetary_hours` (boolean): Include the 24 planetary hours. Default false.
- `timezone` (string): Optional. IANA timezone, e.g. America/Los_Angeles. Omit to use the user's location.

### `get_almanac_month` (~188 tokens)

Chinese calendar for a month

A month of the Chinese calendar (农历 / 黄历), one entry per day: lunar date, day pillar, day officer and whether it is favorable, moon phase, plus the exact times of new and full moons, the start of each solar term (节气) and each new lunar month. Answers which days are favorable by day officer, when the next new or full moon is, when a solar term or lunar month begins, or when Lunar New Year falls. Uses the location the client shares when no city is given.

Input parameters:

- `city` (string): Optional. City name, e.g. 'Los Angeles' or 'Paris, France'. Omit to use the user's location.
- `month` (string, required): YYYY-MM
- `timezone` (string): Optional. IANA timezone, e.g. America/Los_Angeles. Omit to use the user's location.

### `find_city` (~37 tokens)

Find a city

Look up a city to get its IANA timezone and coordinates; useful when a place name may be ambiguous.

Input parameters:

- `query` (string, required)

### `get_methodology` (~88 tokens)

How the almanac is calculated

How Daily Alignment calculates each almanac value, with the tradition and sources behind it. Answers how something is computed or what a term means (for example day officer 建除, solar term 节气, day pillar 日柱).

Input parameters:

- `topic` (string): Optional key, e.g. dayOfficer, solarTerm, lunarDate, dayPillar, moon. Omit for all.

### `get_chinese_zodiac` (~171 tokens)

Chinese zodiac for a birth date

The Chinese zodiac animal (生肖), element and yin/yang for a birth date, computed correctly at the boundary: by the popular Lunar New Year rule and by the Start of Spring (立春) rule used in BaZi. Also gives the lunar birthday. Covers questions like 'what is my Chinese zodiac', 'what animal is someone born in January 1990', '我属什么', '生肖'.

Input parameters:

- `birth_city` (string): Optional. City of birth, e.g. 'Taipei' or 'Paris, France'.
- `birth_date` (string, required): YYYY-MM-DD
- `birth_time` (string): Optional. Local birth time, 24-hour HH:MM.
- `birth_timezone` (string): Optional. IANA timezone of the birth place, if no city.

### `get_four_pillars` (~177 tokens)

Four Pillars (BaZi) for a birth

The Four Pillars of Destiny (BaZi, 八字 / 四柱): year, month, day and hour pillars, the Day Master (日主) and the five-phase count, from a birth date, time and place, using the exact Start of Spring and solar months. Covers questions like 'what is my BaZi', 'my four pillars', 'my day master', '我的八字'. Facts only, no readings.

Input parameters:

- `birth_city` (string): Optional. City of birth, e.g. 'Taipei' or 'Paris, France'.
- `birth_date` (string, required): YYYY-MM-DD
- `birth_time` (string): Optional. Local birth time, 24-hour HH:MM.
- `birth_timezone` (string): Optional. IANA timezone of the birth place, if no city.

### `convert_lunar_date` (~166 tokens)

Lunar date to Western date

Converts a Chinese lunar calendar date (农历 / 阴历: lunar year, month, day, leap month) to the Western (Gregorian) date. Covers questions like 'when is my lunar birthday this year', 'when is the 15th of the 8th lunar month in 2027', 'Mid-Autumn Festival date', '农历八月十五是哪天'.

Input parameters:

- `is_leap_month` (boolean): True for a leap (intercalary) month. Default false.
- `lunar_day` (integer, required): 1 to 30
- `lunar_month` (integer, required): 1 to 12
- `lunar_year` (integer, required): Lunar year, named by the Western year in which it begins, e.g. 2027.

### `get_solar_terms` (~153 tokens)

Solar terms and Lunar New Year for a year

All 24 solar terms (节气) of a year with their exact local date and time, plus the date of Lunar New Year (春节) and the new zodiac year. Covers questions like 'when is Chinese New Year 2027', 'when is the winter solstice', 'when does spring start in the Chinese calendar', '二十四节气'. Local times use the location the client shares when no city is given.

Input parameters:

- `city` (string): Optional. City name. Omit to use the user's location.
- `timezone` (string): Optional. IANA timezone. Omit to use the user's location.
- `year` (integer, required): Western year, 1901 to 2099

### `get_sky` (~149 tokens)

Today's sky: planets, Moon and retrogrades

Where the Sun, Moon and planets are (tropical zodiac sign and degree), which planets are retrograde, and the Moon phase, computed from real astronomy for now or any date. Covers questions like 'what sign is the Moon in', 'is Mercury retrograde', 'where are the planets today', 'today's astrology'. Facts only, no horoscope text. Uses the location the client shares when no city is given.

Input parameters:

- `city` (string): Optional. City name. Omit to use the user's location.
- `date` (string): YYYY-MM-DD. Omit for right now.
- `timezone` (string): Optional. IANA timezone. Omit to use the user's location.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/life-dailyalignment-almanac/api-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 79
- 2026-11-04: 79
- 2026-11-03: 78
- 2026-11-02: 78
- 2026-11-01: 77
- 2026-10-31: 77
- 2026-10-30: 76
- 2026-10-29: 76
- 2026-10-28: 76
- 2026-10-27: 75
- 2026-10-26: 75
- 2026-10-25: 74
- 2026-10-24: 74
- 2026-10-23: 73
- 2026-10-22: 73

## Common questions

### What is the Daily Alignment MCP server?

Daily Alignment is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as life.dailyalignment/almanac. The Chinese almanac, lunar dates, Four Pillars, solar terms and the sky, calculated from astronomy. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://www.dailyalignment.life/api/mcp).

### Is the Daily Alignment MCP server safe to use?

Daily Alignment scores 79 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 Daily Alignment MCP server expose?

Daily Alignment exposes 9 tools: get_almanac_day, get_almanac_month, find_city, get_methodology, get_chinese_zodiac, and 4 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,404 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Daily Alignment MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to Daily Alignment without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the Daily Alignment MCP server still maintained?

Daily Alignment 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.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://www.dailyalignment.life/api/mcp
- Website: https://www.dailyalignment.life/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/life-dailyalignment-almanac/api-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/life-dailyalignment-almanac/api-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/life-dailyalignment-almanac/api-mcp