Classical MCP is answering right now. Last checked moments ago. It exposes 2 tools.
MCP server for classical Chinese texts: sentence lookup, source attribution and full-text search
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claude mcp add classical-mcp --transport http https://pianam.cn/classical-mcp/mcphttps://pianam.cn/classical-mcp/mcp[mcp_servers.classical-mcp]
url = "https://pianam.cn/classical-mcp/mcp"{
"mcpServers": {
"classical-mcp": {
"url": "https://pianam.cn/classical-mcp/mcp"
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"classical-mcp": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://pianam.cn/classical-mcp/mcp"
}
}
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Endpoints
| URL | Transport | State | Latency | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| https://pianam.cn/classical-mcp/mcp | streamable-http | answering | 763 ms | 0 min ago |
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