Malabis (Attire)

Malabis (Attire) — connector documentation

• MCP endpoint: https://malabis.connectorbay.com/mcp
• REST API: POST https://malabis.connectorbay.com/v1/tools/{tool_name}, described by the OpenAPI 3.1 spec at https://malabis.connectorbay.com/openapi.json
• Transport: Streamable HTTP, stateless, MCP specification 2025-06-18 or later
• Authentication: none required. An optional Authorization: Bearer <key> raises rate limits.
• Health: https://malabis.connectorbay.com/health · Tool schemas: https://malabis.connectorbay.com/tools.json
• Publisher: Unify Dynamics LLC · connectorbay.com/malabis · agent@connectorbay.com

Malabis (Attire)

What Malabis (Attire) is for

The question that comes up whenever traditional Arab clothing enters a conversation — what is a bisht, how is a ghutra worn, what is Palestinian tatreez embroidery, what's traditionally worn for Eid in the Gulf, what does "talli" mean — answered from one hand-curated, fully local reference, without a scroll through a dozen fashion-blog listicles.

What it does

Profiles of 30+ traditional garments across four regions — Gulf (thobe/dishdasha, bisht, ghutra, agal, abaya, thobe nashal, jalabiya), Levantine (thobe falahi, thobe malak, sirwal, qumbaz, hatta), Egyptian (galabeya, Siwan bridal dress, milaya laf, tarboosh), and Maghrebi (jellaba, kaftan, takchita, burnous, gandoura, haik, babouche, mansouria, jebba) — with a description, region, materials and typical occasions (garment_info, garment_search); garments filtered by region (garments_by_region) or by gender category — men's, women's, or unisex/children's traditional wear (garments_by_gender_category); a guide to the Palestinian/Levantine tatreez cross-stitch embroidery tradition, including village-associated regional styles (Ramallah, Bethlehem, Hebron, Gaza, Galilee, Naqab Bedouin) and common motifs (tatreez_embroidery_guide); a headwear guide covering ghutra/keffiyeh with agal, hatta, hijab, niqab, tarboosh/fez, shayla and taqiyah, with styles and regional variation described purely as clothing (headwear_guide); typical attire by region for weddings, Eid, everyday wear and formal events (occasion_guide); traditional fabrics and craft techniques — silk, cotton, wool, leather, sadu weaving, talli embroidery, tatreez, aghabani, sfifa braiding, fez felting (fabric_and_craft_info); and a glossary of around a dozen craft and material terms (attire_glossary).

What it is not

Not a fashion-critical or shopping tool — Malabis (Attire) doesn't rate, rank or judge anyone's clothing choices, and it isn't a retail catalog. It is a descriptive, cultural/practical reference: garment, headwear and occasion conventions vary enormously by country, community, generation and personal choice, and every relevant tool response says so rather than presenting a single convention as a fixed rule. Modest-dress garments — the abaya, hijab, niqab and similar items — are described purely as clothing: fabric, cut, style and regional variation. Malabis (Attire) never states or implies that any garment should or must be worn, and takes no position on religious observance; whether and how such garments are worn is a matter of personal, family, religious and cultural choice that this connector does not weigh in on. For wedding customs and celebration traditions beyond attire, see the separate zafaf connector — Malabis stays focused on the clothing itself. It is also fully local and hand-curated as of its stated build date — not a live fashion-trends feed, and not a substitute for guidance from your own family or community on occasion-specific dress.

Tools

Garments

garment_info — One traditional Arab/MENA garment's description, region, materials and typical occasions worn. Use for "what is a bisht", "tell me about the takchita". Args: name.

garment_search — Search traditional Arab/MENA garments by keyword, matched against name, description, region, gender category, occasion and material. Use for "which garments are worn in the Maghreb", "what's worn for Eid". Args: query.

garments_by_region — Traditional garments associated with one of four regions — Gulf, Levantine, Egyptian, Maghrebi. Use for "what's worn in the Gulf", "clothing traditions of the Maghreb". Args: region.

garments_by_gender_category — Traditional garments for men's, women's, or unisex/children's wear. Use for "what do men traditionally wear in the Gulf", "traditional women's garments". Args: category.

Craft & headwear

tatreez_embroidery_guide — The Palestinian/Levantine tatreez cross-stitch embroidery tradition: regional village styles (Ramallah, Bethlehem, Hebron, Gaza, Galilee, Naqab Bedouin) with characteristic colors, common motifs, and the counted cross-stitch and couching techniques used. Use for "what is tatreez", "what does the cypress tree motif mean in Palestinian embroidery".

headwear_guide — Traditional Arab/MENA headwear — ghutra/keffiyeh with agal, hatta, hijab, niqab, tarboosh/fez, shayla, taqiyah — with styles and regional variation, described purely as clothing (fabric, style, regional variation), never as religious instruction. Use for "how is a ghutra worn", "what's the difference between a hijab and a niqab".

fabric_and_craft_info — A traditional Arab/MENA fabric (silk, cotton, wool, leather) or craft technique (sadu weaving, talli embroidery, tatreez, aghabani, sfifa braiding, fez felting) — origin, description and what it's used for. Use for "what is sadu weaving", "what fabric is a bisht made from". Args: term.

Context

occasion_guide — What's traditionally worn, by region, for weddings, Eid, everyday wear, or formal events — described as widely-observed convention, not a rule. For wedding customs and celebration traditions beyond attire, see the zafaf connector. Use for "what's worn for an Arab wedding", "what do people wear for Eid". Args: occasion.

Reference

attire_glossary — Definitions of craft and material terms used across Arab/MENA clothing (tatreez, talli, sadu, aghabani, sfifa, qob, harir, qutn, souf, jild, khait dahabi, hzam, mashru, aba). Use for "what does talli mean", "what's a hzam". Args: term.

Conventions

• Read-only. Every tool reads public data or computes; nothing is written anywhere and nothing about the user is stored.
• Result envelope. ok: true with data, or ok: false with a structured error (bad_input, not_found, upstream_error). degraded lists optional sources that were unreachable.
• Rate limits. Free tier 60 tool calls/minute and 300/day per user (keyed on the user identifier supplied by the host agent, else client IP); Pro keys raise this. Over-limit calls return HTTP 429 with Retry-After. initialize and tools/list are never counted.

Support

agent@connectorbay.com · connectorbay.com/malabis/support

Malabis (Attire) — Privacy Policy

Effective 24 September 2026. Unify Dynamics LLC ("we", "us"), Menlo Park, California.

What Malabis (Attire) is. Malabis (Attire) is a connector (an MCP server and REST API) that AI assistants and personal agents call on your behalf for a hand-curated Arab/MENA traditional-clothing reference: garment profiles, a tatreez embroidery guide, a headwear guide, occasion dress conventions, traditional fabrics and craft techniques, and a glossary. You interact with your assistant; the assistant sends us only the arguments needed for that one lookup.

What we receive. The arguments of each tool call — a garment name, a search keyword, a region, a gender category, an occasion, a fabric or craft term, or a glossary term — the technical headers needed to serve the request (an IP address or a client identifier supplied by the assistant, and a Pro API key if you have one), and standard server logs.

Everything is answered from bundled, hand-curated reference files and nothing is stored. No request is forwarded to any third party — there is no upstream call at all, live or otherwise — and no query is logged in request bodies, recorded, or used to train anything.

What we do not receive or store. We do not receive your conversation with the assistant or your name, and we do not build a profile from your queries: each request is answered independently and nothing carries over between requests. Rate-limit counters (a client identifier and timestamps) are held in memory for at most 24 hours. Hosting-provider access logs, which contain IP addresses and request paths but not request bodies, are retained for up to 30 days for security and abuse prevention.

Sub-processors. None — the entire dataset is bundled with the server and answered locally. Hosting: Vercel (United States regions).

Legal bases and your rights. Our processing is necessary to provide the service you request through your assistant. Because we store no personal data beyond short-lived logs, requests to access, correct or delete personal data are usually satisfied automatically; you can still contact agent@connectorbay.com and we will respond within 30 days. We do not sell or share personal information and do not use your data to train models.

Children. Malabis (Attire) is a general-audience service operated by the adult using the assistant.

Changes. We will post changes here with a new effective date.

Malabis (Attire) — Terms of Service

Effective 24 September 2026. These terms govern use of the Malabis (Attire) connector ("the Service") operated by Unify Dynamics LLC ("we", "us").

1. The Service. Malabis (Attire) returns a hand-curated Arab/MENA traditional-clothing reference — garment profiles, a tatreez embroidery guide, a headwear guide, occasion dress conventions, traditional fabrics and craft techniques, and a glossary — from data hand-authored as general cultural/practical reference. It is accessed through an AI assistant or directly over MCP or HTTP.
2. Descriptive, not prescriptive, and not official. Malabis (Attire) is an independent cultural/practical reference, not affiliated with or endorsed by any designer, retailer, community body or religious authority. Garment, headwear and occasion conventions described by the Service vary widely by country, community, generation and personal choice; nothing in the Service should be relied on as a fixed rule, a fashion critique, religious guidance, or occasion-specific direction in place of advice from your own family or community. The Service describes garments — including modest-dress garments such as the abaya, hijab and niqab — purely as clothing (fabric, cut, style, regional variation) and takes no position on whether any garment should or must be worn.
3. Facts change and vary. Traditions, terminology and conventions reflect general, widely-documented practice as of the build date stated in the Service's own data, and usage varies across the Gulf, Levant, Egypt, the Maghreb and their many communities; always defer to your own family, community or religious guidance for anything specific to your own occasion.
4. Acceptable use. Automated use within the published rate limits is welcome.
5. Availability. The Service is provided "as is" without warranty. We may change, limit or discontinue it at any time.
6. Data. Our Privacy Policy describes what we process. In short: your query is answered from bundled reference files, and nothing is stored.
7. Pro keys. Optional Pro API keys are issued at our discretion, are personal to the holder and may be revoked for abuse.
8. Liability. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Unify Dynamics LLC is not liable for any loss arising from use of or reliance on the Service. Our total liability is limited to US $100.
9. Governing law. California law; venue in San Mateo County, California.
10. Contact. Unify Dynamics LLC · agent@connectorbay.com · https://connectorbay.com/malabis

Malabis (Attire) support

Email agent@connectorbay.com. We answer within two business days.

• MCP endpoint: https://malabis.connectorbay.com/mcp
• REST API: https://malabis.connectorbay.com/openapi.json
• Live status: https://malabis.connectorbay.com/health

When you report a problem, include the question you asked your agent, roughly when, and which agent you used (for example Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini). Never send us passwords, account numbers or ID numbers. Malabis (Attire) never asks for them.