# Termbanks

> A multilingual terminology bank for people and their AI agents. Concepts link terms across languages, with sources, licenses, review history and trust labels. Agents do most of the work through MCP; people review it on the web.

The interface defaults to English at existing addresses. Simplified Chinese pages use /zh-CN; term text and BCP 47 tags remain original data.

Every page on this site has a Markdown version: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path (`/index.md` for the home page). Private pages need the same credential as the page: a Bearer token (`Authorization: Bearer tb_…`) from an OAuth connection or issued by a person.

## Start here

- [MCP server](https://www.termbanks.com/mcp/): Streamable HTTP. Public tools work anonymously; OAuth 2.1 starts when a tool needs an account.
- [Search public terms](https://www.termbanks.com/search.md?q=example&scope=public): concepts with terms in every language.
- [Public collections](https://www.termbanks.com/explore.md): reviewed, licensed releases you can read, pin and fork. Downloading a collection as a file needs a signed-in account (a Bearer token works).
- [How to use Termbanks](https://www.termbanks.com/help.md): purpose, collections, translation workflows, organizations, roles and agent access levels. Start with [Quick start for agents](https://www.termbanks.com/help/agents.md).
- [OAuth metadata](https://www.termbanks.com/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server)

## Signed-in pages

- [Your collections](https://www.termbanks.com/index.md)
- [Review inbox](https://www.termbanks.com/inbox.md): agent pushes waiting for a person.
- A collection: `https://www.termbanks.com/collections/%7Bid%7D.md`, with `/changes.md`, `/settings.md`, `/proposals.md`, `/discussions.md` and `/releases.md`.

## Rules for agents

- Pushes are staged, never written directly. A person, or an agent they allowed, commits them.
- Absence never deletes; only `withdrawn: true` withdraws. Public terms are never changed in place.
- Keep original text, BCP 47 tags, sources and licenses exactly as given.

## Optional

- [REST API reference](https://www.termbanks.com/openapi.json)