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MCP server for the full Pāli Canon — search, cite, compare translations. Offered as Dhamma Dāna.
Remote server: your requests and data go to mcp.tripitaka-mcp.com. Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http tripitaka-mcp https://mcp.tripitaka-mcp.com/mcp · Claude app: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector.
The tools this server listed when we connected to it, in its own words.
search_by_keyword — Keyword search across the Pāli Tipiṭaka (trigram word-similarity). Searches the configured enabled language(s) on the server. Filterable by survey_corpus — Exhaustively survey the WHOLE Tipiṭaka for a term — guaranteed complete. Use this (not `search_by_keyword`) when the question is about **covget_sutta — Fetch a sutta's content — OR its table of contents (`mode="outline"`). ⚡ **Decide which mode BEFORE calling — don't fetch the whole sutta ansearch_semantic — Semantic search — match by meaning, not exact words. Uses vector similarity (cosine distance) over `text_pali` embedded with a multilingual search_hybrid — Hybrid search — combines keyword + semantic search via RRF. Uses Reciprocal Rank Fusion (RRF) to merge exact-word results with meaning-basedlist_structure — Show the structure of all three pitakas with coverage statistics. 💡 **Use this tool when:** - The user asks for an overview of the Tipiṭaka get_reference — Build a proper citation string for a sutta. 💡 **Use this tool when:** - The user wants a citation for academic work, an article, or a referelist_editions — List the translation editions available, with coverage stats. 💡 **Use this tool when:** - Before calling `compare_translations` or `get_suttcompare_translations — Compare every available translation for a single segment. 💡 **Use this tool when:** - The user asks about the meaning/translation of a singlget_word_definition — Look up the dictionary meaning of a Pāli word, with sutta context. Serves as a Pāli Dictionary Bridge — pairs the "definition" with the "converify_quote — Verify, check, or confirm a Buddha quote — does the canon really say it? Fact-check a quotation attributed to the Buddha. Catches fake, misqdefine_from_suttas — Find how the **suttas and Vinaya define a Pāli term in their own words**. The canon defines its own terms with fixed formulas — "Katamañca …parse_pali_word — Strip Pāli inflectional suffixes to find the root form (basic stem). 💡 **Use this tool when:** - You find an inflected Pāli word (e.g. `dukkopen_sutta_viewer — Open an interactive sutta viewer inside the chat — Pāli + English, plus an optional third row in the user's own language translated BY YOU. Not tested by KitScout yet. When our harness runs it, pros, cons and the tasks we tried appear here, with the date and evidence.