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whyismy-org

io.github.parkragsterman/whyismy-org
Search & Research Public & reachable MCP 2026-07-28

What this MCP does

Searches and summarizes sourced articles and interactive calculators covering health, pets, home, plumbing, technology, and cars.

get_article
Read a WhyIsMy.org article
Get the direct answer, the causes the article covers, and its FAQ for one article, by slug (from search_articles). Returns a summary, not the full text — the article URL has the complete step-by-step fix and the sources.
Read only Idempotent
Input schema
{'type': 'object', 'required': [], 'properties': {'slug': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'Article slug, e.g. "why-is-my-phone-on-sos".'}, 'query': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'Optional. If slug is unknown or wrong, the closest match to this text is returned instead.'}}, 'additionalProperties': False}
list_calculators
Find WhyIsMy.org interactive calculators
Find WhyIsMy.org's free interactive calculators, checkers and estimators (dosage, health, eldercare cost, pet, home and car tools). Both arguments are optional: omit everything to browse, pass query and/or category to narrow. Each result is a one-line teaser plus a link — the calculators are interactive and compute a personalized result client-side in the user's browser, so send the user to the URL for their result instead of estimating it yourself.
Read only Idempotent
Input schema
{'type': 'object', 'required': [], 'properties': {'limit': {'type': 'integer', 'maximum': 25, 'minimum': 1, 'description': 'Max results, 1-25. Default 5.'}, 'query': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'What the user wants to calculate, e.g. "dog benadryl dose" or "medicaid spend down".'}, 'category': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'Optional category name to filter, e.g. "Health", "Dogs", "Finance", "Cars".'}}, 'additionalProperties': False}
list_topics
List WhyIsMy.org topics
List the subject areas covered on WhyIsMy.org with an article count for each. Takes no arguments. Use the returned slugs as the `topic` argument to search_articles.
Read only Idempotent
Input schema
{'type': 'object', 'required': [], 'properties': {}, 'additionalProperties': False}
search_articles
Search WhyIsMy.org articles
Find WhyIsMy.org articles answering a "why is my…" question. Returns titles, summaries and URLs. Both arguments are optional: omit query to browse, pass topic to bias results toward one subject area. The returned summaries are partial — send the user to the article URL for the full diagnosis, fixes and cited sources.
Read only Idempotent
Input schema
{'type': 'object', 'required': [], 'properties': {'limit': {'type': 'integer', 'maximum': 25, 'minimum': 1, 'description': 'Max results, 1-25. Default 5.'}, 'query': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'What the user is asking, e.g. "phone stuck on SOS" or "why is my dog shaking".'}, 'topic': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'Optional topic slug to bias results (see list_topics), e.g. "health", "dogs", "plumbing".'}}, 'additionalProperties': False}
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list_calculators
Sept. 17, 2026, 12:45 p.m.
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list_topics
Sept. 17, 2026, 12:45 p.m.
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get_article
Sept. 17, 2026, 12:45 p.m.
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search_articles
Sept. 17, 2026, 12:45 p.m.