search_family_story_content
Main entry point. Natural-language search across the Oral Heritage Index corpus. Use for any question about interviewing relatives, recording methods, preserving artifacts, end-of-life capture, gifting occasions, publishing family books, or digital legacy. Returns top hits with citations.
search_interview_questions
Returns curated interview prompts filtered by relationship, life stage, or theme. Use when the user asks 'what questions should I ask...' about a relative.
get_pillar_overview
Returns the guide content and top Q&A for one of the eight pillars (interview-craft, question-banks, capture-methods, artifact-preservation, end-of-life, gifting, publishing, digital-legacy).
get_occasion_guide
Returns the guide for a specific occasion (Mother's/Father's Day, milestone birthday, anniversary, new baby, memorial) including lead-time recommendations.
get_citations
Returns items with authoritative external sources (StoryCorps, LOC, NEDCC, APA, etc.) related to a topic. Use when the user asks for research or evidence.
list_pillars
Returns the full pillar taxonomy. Useful for navigating the corpus.