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Access Sefaria's library of Jewish texts, commentaries, and learning schedules via MCP
Remote server: your requests and data go to sefaria-mcp.shimonkolodny.workers.dev. Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http sefaria-library https://sefaria-mcp.shimonkolodny.workers.dev/mcp · Claude app: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector.
The tools this server listed when we connected to it, in its own words.
get_text — Retrieve the text and metadata for a specific reference (e.g., 'Genesis.1.1' or 'Berakhot 2a')search_texts — Search the Sefaria library for a query string.get_index — Returns metadata for a specific text, such as section names and categoriesget_toc — Returns the table of contents for all texts in the library, grouped by categoryget_links — Returns a list of known connections (commentary, citations, etc.) for a specific text segmentget_topics — Returns a list of JSON objects containing metadata for topics in the databaseget_calendars — Returns daily learning schedules (Parashat Hashavua, Daf Yomi, etc.) for a specific dateget_versions — Returns available text versions for a specific referenceget_shape — Returns the structure and section counts for a specific text referenceNot tested by KitScout yet. When our harness runs it, pros, cons and the tasks we tried appear here, with the date and evidence.