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Apologetics Wiki is answering right now. Last checked 4 min ago. It exposes 38 tools.

Bible verses, cross-references, Greek and Hebrew word studies, and Christian apologetics articles.

Uptime history 14 days of history
14 days agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
92 of 92 checks
38
Tools
read from the server
454 ms
Response time
average over 24h
open, no key
Access
streamable-http

What changed 5

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 23 October 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

23 Oct 3 tool descriptions were rewritten propose_new_article, suggest_article_change, suggest_topic
23 Oct 2 tools appeared check_existing_coverage, get_submission_guidelines

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Apologetics Wiki every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

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Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 4 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add apologetics-wiki --transport http https://apologetics.wiki/mcp
Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address
https://apologetics.wiki/mcp
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.apologetics-wiki]
url = "https://apologetics.wiki/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apologetics-wiki": {
      "url": "https://apologetics.wiki/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "apologetics-wiki": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://apologetics.wiki/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 38

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

article
get_article
Published article for a path, a slug, or a full https://apologetics.wiki URL. The default is a summary. Set full to true for the body, still capped. [no key]
get_article_section
One heading’s section from a published article, capped in length. [no key]
get_article_summary
Title, description, key points, and the canonical URL for one article. Pass a slug, a path, or a full https://apologetics.wiki URL. [no key]
articles
find_articles_for_claim
Match an objection to common arguments and published articles. Returns the claim, the one-line answer, key points, and absolute URLs. [no key]
list_articles
List published articles, optionally on one shelf. Shelf names are case-insensitive. Pass cursor from the previous page. An unknown shelf returns the valid shelf list. [no key]
search_articles
Search published articles by title, description, tags, and shelf. [no key]
common
get_common_argument
One claim by id: the answer, the texts, the group-page anchor, and the article URL or Article coming. [no key]
list_common_arguments
Claims that recur in conversation: the claim, a one-line answer, the texts, and the article URL or Article coming. Filter with group and query, and page with cursor. [no key]
connection
get_connection_graph
Nodes and edges for the connection map. level is book or chapter. from is the Old Testament side and to is the New Testament side. testament_filter is all, ot, or nt. One graph file. [no key]
get_connection_stats
Row counts, arc counts, the See Also cap, licenses, and download URLs for the connection files. One summary file. [no key]
saved
list_saved
The signed-in account’s saved articles and Bible verses. [sign-in required]
remove_saved
Remove one saved article or Bible verse for the signed-in account. [sign-in required]
suggest
suggest_article_change
Read get_submission_guidelines first. Represent the other view from its own primary sources, quote accurately and trace every quote and fact to a named source, keep a neutral explainer, address the claim the view rests on, show the grammar, the context, and the history, cite specific Scripture, be useful in a real conversation, work as a first read that guides the reader on to the next articles, compare the view with historic Trinitarian Christianity, and end with a path to core-belief and rebuttal articles. The page serves a seeker and a Christian preparing for a conversation. check_existing_coverage is a suggestion and does not block. Submit a change to a published page. It is stored as pending and is not published. [sign-in required]
suggest_topic
Read get_submission_guidelines first. Represent the other view from its own primary sources, quote accurately and trace every quote and fact to a named source, keep a neutral explainer, address the claim the view rests on, show the grammar, the context, and the history, cite specific Scripture, be useful in a real conversation, work as a first read that guides the reader on to the next articles, compare the view with historic Trinitarian Christianity, and end with a path to core-belief and rebuttal articles. The page serves a seeker and a Christian preparing for a conversation. check_existing_coverage is a suggestion and does not block. Suggest an article title or topic. If a published article is a close match, the reply links it and asks what it does not answer; send that as explainer to queue the topic. [sign-in required]
word
get_word_study
Greek or Hebrew word-page data from the same indexes as /bible/greek and /bible/hebrew. Pass a slug or a Strong’s number. [no key]
search_word_study
Find Greek or Hebrew lemmas by gloss, transliteration, lemma, or Strong’s number. [no key]
bible
get_bible_passage
King James text for a book name or OSIS code (John, 1 John, Song of Solomon, Psalm, jhn), including the Apocrypha and Non-Canonical. A whole chapter returns the verse text. 1 Enoch, Enoch, and Book of Enoch resolve to the Book of Enoch page (edition charles-1917). Jubilees, Jub, and Little Genesis resolve to the Book of Jubilees (edition charles-1913). 2 Enoch (Secrets of Enoch) resolves to W. R. Morfill’s 1896 translation (edition morfill-1896). 3 Enoch (Hebrew Enoch) resolves to Hugo Odeberg’s 1928 translation (edition odeberg-1928). A book with a background essay includes a background URL. Apocrypha and Non-Canonical results include canon_status and disclaimer_url. [no key]
canon
get_canon_status
Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox, and Ethiopian status for a Bible, Apocrypha, or Non-Canonical book, with the site’s canon note. [no key]
citations
get_citations
The sources listed on one article, with absolute URLs. [no key]
compare
compare_translations
King James text and every public-domain line the verse page prints: the American Standard Version, Young’s Literal Translation, the World English Bible, Darby, and Douay-Rheims, plus the Jewish Publication Society 1917 and Brenton’s Septuagint for the Old Testament. Also the Greek or Hebrew text with a word-by-word gloss, and the translation note. A New World Translation (Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Bible) line is included when the verse page or a site article quotes it. [no key]
confirm
confirm_sign_in
Exchange the emailed code for a scoped API key, for a client without OAuth. Scopes are read, hearts, and suggest. The key is shown once. A client already signed in with OAuth gets a short note and no key. [no key]
connections
get_connections_by_book
Old Testament and New Testament connections for one King James book. Optional type is quotes, fulfilled, alludes, or see-also. Optional min_weight drops thinner chapter links and adds up what remains. One summary file. [no key]
cross
get_cross_references
Links for a passage from every source the verse page uses, each labelled: curated links (including Jude 1:14–15 and 1 Enoch 1:9), New Testament quotations, fulfilled prophecy, allusions, the messianic prophecy list, and OpenBible.info cross-references. Connections cover the 66 books only. [no key]
existing
check_existing_coverage
Compare a proposed title, and an optional draft, with published articles. Returns Looks Like a New Article, Likely an Update, or Possible Duplicate, with a link. A close match does not block a submission. [no key]
fetch
fetch
ChatGPT-compatible fetch by id (article:, hub:, bible:, apocrypha:, or non-canonical:). A bible or Apocrypha passage for a book with a background essay includes that essay’s URL. An Apocrypha or Non-Canonical passage includes the canon note. [no key]
lookup
lookup_quote
A Qur’an or hadith quotation stored on this site, with the translation name and the source URL. Nothing is returned that is not in the site’s quote list. [no key]
messianic
get_messianic_prophecies
Messianic rows from the connection files, with links to the Old Testament and New Testament verse pages. theme is a case-insensitive substring. No match returns a count of zero. One summary file. [no key]
propose
propose_new_article
Read get_submission_guidelines first. Represent the other view from its own primary sources, quote accurately and trace every quote and fact to a named source, keep a neutral explainer, address the claim the view rests on, show the grammar, the context, and the history, cite specific Scripture, be useful in a real conversation, work as a first read that guides the reader on to the next articles, compare the view with historic Trinitarian Christianity, and end with a path to core-belief and rebuttal articles. The page serves a seeker and a Christian preparing for a conversation. check_existing_coverage is a suggestion and does not block. Propose a new article with sources. It is stored as pending. A contributor is flagged trusted_author and is still reviewed. [sign-in required]
related
related_articles
Articles that share a shelf or a verse with a slug or a scripture reference. [no key]
request
request_sign_in
Get the sign-in link. This sends no email. Open the link in a browser; the page checks that you are a person and emails you a code. Then use confirm_sign_in with that code. [no key]
save
save_item
Save an article path or a Bible verse path for the signed-in account. [sign-in required]
search
search
ChatGPT-compatible search. Returns results with id, title, url, and text. [no key]
shelves
list_shelves
Religions, beliefs, denominations, Islam branches, the Bible, the Apocrypha, and Non-Canonical, with hub URLs and article counts. [no key]
site
site_summary
Mission, shelves, how to cite, and links to llms.txt, skill.md, and Connect. [no key]
submission
get_submission_guidelines
The plain-language qualities a published article meets, the editing note, how sources are credited, and the drafting prompt. Optional topic fills the prompt. [no key]
suggestions
my_suggestions
The signed-in account’s own suggestions and their review status. [sign-in required]
verse
get_verse
King James text for a free-form reference on the Bible, Apocrypha, or Non-Canonical shelf. A single verse includes study links. include may add greek, hebrew, parallels, study_links, cross_refs, or connections. greek and hebrew return the original text, its source, and a word-by-word gloss. parallels returns every public-domain translation on the verse page. Apocrypha and Non-Canonical results include canon_status and disclaimer_url. [no key]
whoami
whoami
Account id, display name, role, and today’s remaining suggestion quota. [sign-in required]

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://apologetics.wiki/mcp streamable-http answering 81 ms 4 min ago

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Apologetics Wiki — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Apologetics Wiki do?
It exposes 38 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: check_existing_coverage, compare_translations, confirm_sign_in, fetch, find_articles_for_claim, get_article and 32 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →
What is Apologetics Wiki mostly used for?
Its tools cluster around article, articles and common. That is what this server is built to work with — the grouping comes from the actual tool names, not from a category we assigned.
Is Apologetics Wiki working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 92 of 92 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 454 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect Apologetics Wiki?
Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.
Does Apologetics Wiki need an API key?
No. Apologetics Wiki completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 38 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How fast is Apologetics Wiki?
It answers our handshake in 454 ms on average, which is faster than 27% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.