HebrewCore by baba Hebrew

The language API for products that work in Hebrew. Translate between Hebrew, English and Russian with verified protected values, render mixed Hebrew and English lines correctly, detect code-switched languages, transliterate, and add verified nikud for text-to-speech.

• Website: https://hc.itsbaba.com
• Docs: https://hc.itsbaba.com/docs · API reference: https://hc.itsbaba.com/reference
• OpenAPI: https://hc.itsbaba.com/openapi.json · llms.txt: https://hc.itsbaba.com/llms.txt
• MCP server: https://hc.itsbaba.com/mcp
• Status: https://hc-status.itsbaba.com · Pricing and access: https://hc.itsbaba.com/pricing
• Made by baba Hebrew

What it does

Capability	Endpoint
Protected translation (he, en, ru): prices, doses, codes, dates, names and your terms kept exactly; every sentence verified	POST /v1/translate, POST /v1/translate/batch
Domain modes: general, clinical, finance, legal; listener and speaker gender	domain, listener_gender, speaker_gender
ICU MessageFormat plurals (Hebrew dual, Russian plural forms)	message_format: "icu"
Render-ready RTL/LTR display and direction runs	POST /v1/wrap, POST /v1/analyze
Language detection for code-switched text	POST /v1/detect
Transliteration, nikud (vowel points) and nikud removal	POST /v1/transliterate, POST /v1/nikud, POST /v1/strip-nikud
Account term list kept exactly in every translation	GET/POST /v1/terms, DELETE /v1/terms/{id}
Clinical API with streaming (enabled per account)	/v1/medical/*

Quick start

Get a key in the console at https://hc.itsbaba.com/dashboard (access is by request at https://hc.itsbaba.com/pricing).

curl https://hc.itsbaba.com/v1/translate \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HEBREWCORE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"text":"Your order #A-10234 ships on 04/03/2026 for $129.99.","source_lang":"en","target_lang":"he","protect":true,"listener_gender":"female","quality":"fast"}'

More in examples/: curl, Node.js and Python.

Use it from AI agents (MCP)

HebrewCore is a remote MCP server (Streamable HTTP) with 16 tools. Authenticate with your API key.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http hebrewcore https://hc.itsbaba.com/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer hc_live_..."

Cursor (~/.cursor/mcp.json) and VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json): see mcp/.

Tools: translate, translate_batch, analyze_direction, detect_language, wrap_for_display, transliterate, add_nikud, strip_nikud, list_languages, list_terms, add_terms, delete_term, clinical_translate, clinical_query, clinical_verify, health.

About

HebrewCore is built by baba Hebrew, the Hebrew translation and learning app. Questions: admin@itsbaba.com.

The examples in this repository are MIT licensed. The HebrewCore API is a commercial service; see https://hc.itsbaba.com/pricing.