geepers-corpus
v1.0.0Query the COCA (Corpus of Contemporary American English) linguistics API for word frequency, collocations, concordances, and historical usage trends. Use for linguistic research, writing assistance, or understanding how words are actually used in American English.
Sourced from ClawHub,
Authored by Lucas Steuber
Installation
Please help me install the skill `geepers-corpus` from SkillHub official store.
npx skills add lukeslp/geepers-corpus
Dreamer Corpus
Access the COCA corpus API at https://api.dr.eamer.dev.
COCA contains 1+ billion words of contemporary American English from spoken, fiction, magazine, newspaper, and academic sources.
Authentication
export DREAMER_API_KEY=your_key_here
Endpoints
Word Search / Concordance
GET https://api.dr.eamer.dev/v1/corpus/search?word=serendipity&limit=20
Returns KWIC (keyword-in-context) examples showing the word in actual usage.
Collocations
GET https://api.dr.eamer.dev/v1/corpus/collocations?word=run&pos=verb&limit=20
Returns words that statistically co-occur with the target word (MI score, frequency).
Frequency
GET https://api.dr.eamer.dev/v1/corpus/frequency?word=algorithm&genre=academic
Returns frequency per million words, with optional genre filter: spoken, fiction, magazine, newspaper, academic.
When to Use
- Checking how formal or common a word is in real American English
- Finding natural collocations for writing assistance
- Linguistic research on word usage patterns
- Historical frequency trends across decades
Don't Use When
- You need non-English corpora
- You need corpora other than contemporary American English (COCA is 1990-present)