Utilities
Data source: Unicode Consortium (CLDR)
MCP Protocol
Endpoint
https://context.gnist.ai/mcp/emoji-database/
claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"gnist-emoji-database": {
"url": "https://context.gnist.ai/mcp/emoji-database/",
"headers": {
"Gnist-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
}
}
}
}
Shell
curl -X POST "https://context.gnist.ai/mcp/emoji-database/" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
-H "Gnist-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
-d '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "tools/call", "id": 1, "params": {"name": "get_emoji", "arguments": {"emoji_id": "example"}}}'
REST API
API Root
https://context.gnist.ai/rest/emoji-database/
6 endpoints available:
GET /rest/emoji-database/get_emojiGET /rest/emoji-database/search_emojisGET /rest/emoji-database/list_emojis_by_categoryGET /rest/emoji-database/get_emoji_categoriesGET /rest/emoji-database/get_random_emojiGET /rest/emoji-database/report_feedback
Shell
curl "https://context.gnist.ai/rest/emoji-database/get_emoji?emoji_id=example" \ -H "Gnist-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"
Python
import httpx
resp = httpx.get(
"https://context.gnist.ai/rest/emoji-database/get_emoji",
headers={"Gnist-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
params={
"emoji_id": "example"
},
)
print(resp.json())
Command Line
Command
gc emoji-database
CLI documentation will be available when the GnistAI SDK is published.
Install
pip install gnistai
Available Tools (6)
get_emojiGet detailed information about an emoji.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
emoji_id | string | required | Emoji ID slug (e.g. grinning-face, red-heart, thumbs-up). |
search_emojisSearch the emoji database.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
query | string | required | Search by name, keyword, or shortcode. |
limit | integer | optional | (default: 20) |
list_emojis_by_categoryList emojis by category.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
category | string | required | Emoji category (e.g. Smileys & Emotion, People & Body, Flags). |
limit | integer | optional | (default: 50) |
get_emoji_categoriesList all emoji categories in the database.
get_random_emojiGet a random emoji from the database.
report_feedbackReport a bug, feature request, or general feedback for this data source.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
feedback | string | required | |
feedback_type | string | optional | (default: "general") |