Torah Library MCP Server

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Torah Library is answering right now. Last checked 4 min ago. It exposes 49 tools.

Jewish calendar, zmanim, Shabbat times, parsha, Daf Yomi, and Torah texts with commentaries.

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Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add torah-library --transport http https://torah.kolsgo.xyz/mcp

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address

https://torah.kolsgo.xyz/mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.torah-library]
url = "https://torah.kolsgo.xyz/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "torah-library": {
      "url": "https://torah.kolsgo.xyz/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "torah-library": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://torah.kolsgo.xyz/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 49

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

book

get_book_info

Metadata for a book: author(s), era, composition date and place, description, categories, alternative titles, section structure (e.g. Chapter/Verse, Daf/Line), chapter lengths, and alternate structures (e.g. parshiyot for Torah books). Optionally text availability counts.

get_book_raw_index

Full, unabridged index record for a book (complete schema tree, match templates, alternate structures). Use get_book_info for a friendly summary.

list_book_titles

Search the list of all books in the library by (part of) an English or Hebrew title, optionally within a category path. Returns canonical titles with their category.

text

get_text

Fetch any text from the Jewish library by reference, in Hebrew/Aramaic and/or translation, aligned segment by segment. Covers Tanakh, Mishnah, Talmud Bavli & Yerushalmi, Midrash, Rambam, Shulchan Arukh, commentaries (e.g. "Rashi on Genesis 1:1"), Siddur, Zohar, Chasidut, Musar, responsa and more. Reference examples: "Genesis 1:1-5", "Bereishit 1", "Berakhot 2a", "Berakhot 2a:3-7", "Mishnah Avot 1", "Mishneh Torah, Sabbath 1:1", "Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 1", "Psalms 23", "Ramban on Exodus 20:2". Returns segments as {n, he, en}; includes next/previous section refs for paging. If a reference fails, try resolve_name.

get_text_image

Generate a shareable image (PNG) of a short passage, sized for a social platform.

get_text_versions

List every available edition and translation of a book (language, version title, license, source). Use a version_title with get_text to read a specific translation.

dictionary

dictionary_autocomplete

Autocomplete a partial Hebrew/Aramaic word against a dictionary ("Jastrow Dictionary", "Klein Dictionary", "BDB Augmented Strong").

dictionary_lookup

Look up a Hebrew or Aramaic word in classic dictionaries (Jastrow, BDB, Klein, and others). Handles prefixes/inflected forms. Pass context_ref to disambiguate using the passage where the word appears.

library

get_library_statistics

Statistics: - kind "word_count": number of words in a specific version of a book (needs title, version_title, language he/en). - kind "links_between_categories": how many links connect two categories (e.g. Tanakh ↔ Talmud). - kind "text_availability": raw availability counts for a book.

search_library

Full-text search across the entire Jewish library (texts), or across user-made source sheets. Hebrew or English queries. - exact=true matches the exact word forms; default matching is lemmatized (finds grammatical variants). - filters narrow by category/book path, e.g. ["Tanakh"], ["Talmud/Bavli"], ["Mishnah/Seder Moed"], ["Halakhah/Shulchan Arukh"], ["Tanakh/Torah/Genesis"]. - sort "relevance" or "chronological" (by composition date). Returns matching references with highlighted snippets, total hit count and a breakdown of hits by category (use it to refine filters). Paginate with offset.

random

get_random_source_by_topic

Get a random source together with the topic it illustrates — handy for a daily inspiration or quiz.

get_random_text

Get a random passage, optionally limited to specific books or categories (e.g. categories ["Tanakh"], titles ["Psalms", "Proverbs"]).

shabbat

get_shabbat_times

Candle-lighting and havdalah times for the coming (or a specified) Shabbat and any Yom Tov that week, plus the parsha and holiday Torah readings, for a location.

shabbat_briefing

A ready-to-read Friday summary for a location: candle-lighting and havdalah times, the parsha with aliyot and haftarah, the opening verse of the parsha in Hebrew and English, and any holiday that week.

sheet

check_sheet_modified

Check whether a source sheet has been modified since a timestamp (ISO date/time).

get_sheet_tags

Source-sheet tags: "trending" (this week's trending tags), "all" (every tag, sorted by count or alphabetically), or a specific user's tags.

source

get_source_sheet

Get a user-made source sheet by id: title, author, tags, and each source (reference + text) and commentary block in order. Pass several ids to fetch up to 10 sheets.

list_source_sheets

List public source sheets: - by passage (ref): sheets that use a given text; - by user (user_id): a user's sheets, sortable by "views" or "date", with paging; - latest: newest public sheets (no ref/user_id).

topic

get_topic

Get a curated topic — a person (e.g. "moses", "rambam", "rabbi-akiva"), concept ("teshuvah", "kindness"), holiday ("passover"), mitzvah or object — with its description and its top sources, ordered by importance. Use resolve_name (type "Topic") or search_topics to find slugs.

get_topic_graph

Get the network of topics connected to a topic (e.g. students/teachers of a sage, parts of a concept). Optionally restrict to one link type such as "is-a", "has-student", "has-teacher", "related-to", "part-of".

author

get_author_works

List the books written by an author. Pass the author slug (e.g. "rashi", "rambam", "ramban", "ibn-ezra", "rabbi-yosef-karo") — find slugs with resolve_name type AuthorTopic.

browse

browse_library

Browse the library's table of contents by category. With no path: top-level categories (Tanakh, Mishnah, Talmud, Midrash, Halakhah, Kabbalah, Liturgy, Jewish Thought, Tosefta, Chasidut, Musar, Responsa, Second Temple, Reference). With a path like "Talmud/Bavli/Seder Moed" or "Halakhah/Shulchan Arukh": that category's description, subcategories and books.

collections

get_collections

Browse collections of source sheets: pass slug for one collection (with its sheets), user_id for a user's collections, or neither to list public collections (filterable by name).

commentaries

get_commentaries

Get commentaries and other sources connected to a passage. - With commentator (e.g. "Rashi", "Ramban", "Ibn Ezra", "Sforno", "Tosafot", "Or HaChaim", "Onkelos", "Kli Yakar"): returns that commentator's full text on the passage. - Without commentator: lists all connected sources in a category ("Commentary" by default; also Targum, Midrash, Talmud, Halakhah, Chasidut, Kabbalah, Musar, Jewish Thought, Liturgy, Responsa, Quoting Commentary, …) grouped by work, optionally with text. Works for Tanakh, Talmud, Mishnah, Rambam, Shulchan Arukh, etc.

convert

convert_date

Convert between Gregorian and Hebrew (Jewish) calendar dates. - Gregorian → Hebrew: pass gregorian_date (YYYY-MM-DD). Add end_date to convert a whole range (max ~180 days). - Hebrew → Gregorian: pass hebrew_year, hebrew_month, hebrew_day. Set after_sunset=true when the Gregorian time is after sunset (the Hebrew date advances at nightfall). Returns the Hebrew date in English and Hebrew letters plus any holidays/events on that day.

holiday

holiday_sources

For the next (or a named) Jewish holiday: its dates, a description, the Torah/Haftarah readings, and key classical sources with text. Examples: "Sukkot", "Chanukah", "Purim", "Pesach", "Shavuot", "Tisha B'Av", "Rosh Hashana".

jewish

get_jewish_calendar

List Jewish calendar events for a date range: holidays (major, minor, modern Israeli), Rosh Chodesh, fast days, special Shabbatot, weekly parsha, Omer count, molad, Yizkor, Yom Kippur Katan, daily-learning cycles (Daf Yomi, Mishna Yomi, Nach Yomi, Tanakh Yomi, Yerushalmi, Rambam, Chofetz Chaim), and — when a location is given — candle-lighting, havdalah and fast start/end times. Pick either start+end, or year (+ optional month). Max range ~1 year. Defaults include holidays, Rosh Chodesh, fasts, special Shabbatot and parsha.

learning

get_learning_schedules

Today's (or any date's) study schedule items with exact references: Parashat HaShavua, Haftarah, Daf Yomi, 929, Daily Mishnah, Daily Rambam (1 and 3 chapters), Daf a Week, Halakhah Yomit, Arukh HaShulchan Yomi, Tanakh Yomi, Chok LeYisrael, Tanya Yomi, Yerushalmi Yomi, and more.

location

find_location

Search for a city/place by name and get place ids, country and region. Use the returned id as the "location" argument of other tools when a city name is ambiguous.

manuscripts

get_manuscripts

Images of manuscripts and early printed editions (e.g. Vilna Shas, Venice 1523, Munich manuscript) for a passage, with image and thumbnail URLs.

parasha

get_parasha

Details for a weekly Torah portion by name (e.g. "Noach", "Lech Lecha", "Ki Tisa"): full reference, aliyot, haftarah, and the next date it will be read.

parse

parse_reference

Validate and normalize a text reference: canonical English and Hebrew forms, the book it belongs to, its structure, and previous/next sections.

parsha

parsha_study_pack

Everything to study the weekly Torah portion: the reading (for a date, or by parsha name), aliyot and haftarah, the text of a chosen aliyah (Hebrew + English), a commentator's notes on its opening verses, and the parsha's topic and themes. Great for preparing a dvar Torah.

passage

get_passage_context

Given one or more segment references (e.g. "Berakhot 2a:1"), return the full logical passage/sugya each belongs to.

recommend

recommend_topics

Recommend topics relevant to one or more passages (e.g. for tagging a source sheet or finding themes in a set of verses).

references

find_references_in_text

Scan free text (a dvar Torah, article, shiur notes) and detect every citation of a Jewish source in it (e.g. "Genesis 1:1", "Berakhot 2a", "Rambam Hilchot Shabbat 1:1"). Returns the matched spans and their canonical references.

get_related_content

Overview of everything connected to a passage: counts of linked sources by category and book, related topics, source sheets that use it, manuscript images, and related web articles. Use it to explore before drilling in with get_commentaries.

resolve

resolve_name

Autocomplete and identify a book title, reference, author, topic or person from partial, misspelled, transliterated or Hebrew input ("bava metzia", "bereishis", "ברכות ב", "Rambam"). Tells you whether the input is a valid reference and gives canonical names.

seasonal

get_seasonal_topic

Get the curated topic for the current parsha (kind "parasha") or the current/upcoming holiday (kind "holiday"), with description and key sources.

task

get_task_status

Check the status/result of a background task (e.g. a long reference-detection job) by task_id.

term

get_term

Look up a named term (parsha names, section names, holidays, etc.) with its Hebrew and English titles and alternate spellings, e.g. "Noach", "Bereshit", "Perek".

texts

get_texts_bulk

Fetch many short references in one call (e.g. a list of verses or commentary lines). Returns Hebrew and English for each. Up to 30 references.

todays

todays_learning

One-call daily briefing: today's Hebrew date, holidays/events, the weekly parsha, and every daily learning schedule (Daf Yomi, Rambam, Mishnah, 929, Halakhah Yomit, Tanya, etc.) with exact references. Optionally include the opening lines of each study item.

topics

search_topics

List topics, optionally filtered by a word in the title. Without a filter returns the most prominent topics.

torah

get_torah_reading

Torah and Haftarah readings for a date or date range: parsha or holiday name, each aliyah with verse ranges and counts, maftir, haftarah, and special readings. Supports Israel vs Diaspora and the triennial cycle.

translations

list_translations

Without a language: list every language code that has translations in the library. With a language code (e.g. "fr", "es", "de", "ru", "yi", "lad"): list every book translated into that language with its version titles.

user

get_user_profile

Public profile of a library user/author of source sheets, by profile slug (e.g. "dovid-birk").

yahrzeit

get_yahrzeit_dates

Compute upcoming Gregorian dates for yahrzeits, Hebrew birthdays or Hebrew anniversaries from the original Gregorian date. Handles after-sunset, Adar in leap years, and Cheshvan/Kislev edge cases. Up to 10 entries at once.

zmanim

get_zmanim

Halachic times of day for a location and date (or date range, max ~7 days recommended): alot hashachar, misheyakir, sunrise (netz), latest Shema and Tefilla (GRA and Magen Avraham), chatzot, mincha gedola/ketana, plag hamincha, sunset (shkia), bein hashmashot, tzeit hakochavim (several opinions), and midnight.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://torah.kolsgo.xyz/mcp	streamable-http	answering	191 ms	4 min ago

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Torah Library — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Torah Library do?

It exposes 49 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: browse_library, check_sheet_modified, convert_date, dictionary_autocomplete, dictionary_lookup, find_location and 43 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 Torah Library mostly used for?

Its tools cluster around book, text and topic. 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 Torah Library working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 158 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect Torah Library?

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 Torah Library need an API key?

No. Torah Library completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 49 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is Torah Library?

It answers our handshake in 158 ms on average, which is faster than 81% of all working MCP servers we measure. That puts it in the quick quarter of the ecosystem. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.