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Sefaria Library MCP Server

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Sefaria Library is answering right now. Last checked 11 min ago. It exposes 9 tools.

Access Sefaria's library of Jewish texts, commentaries, and learning schedules via MCP

Uptime history 91 days of history · worst day 95%
91 days agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
91 of 91 checks
9
Tools
read from the server
204 ms
Response time
average over 24h
open, no key
Access
streamable-http

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Sefaria Library 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 11 min ago.

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

Available tools 9

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

calendars
get_calendars
Returns daily learning schedules (Parashat Hashavua, Daf Yomi, etc.) for a specific date
index
get_index
Returns metadata for a specific text, such as section names and categories
links
get_links
Returns a list of known connections (commentary, citations, etc.) for a specific text segment
shape
get_shape
Returns the structure and section counts for a specific text reference
text
get_text
Retrieve the text and metadata for a specific reference (e.g., 'Genesis.1.1' or 'Berakhot 2a')
texts
search_texts
Search the Sefaria library for a query string.
toc
get_toc
Returns the table of contents for all texts in the library, grouped by category
topics
get_topics
Returns a list of JSON objects containing metadata for topics in the database
versions
get_versions
Returns available text versions for a specific reference

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://sefaria-mcp.shimonkolodny.workers.dev/mcp streamable-http answering 212 ms 11 min ago

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Sefaria Library — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Sefaria Library do?
It exposes 9 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: get_calendars, get_index, get_links, get_shape, get_text, get_toc and 3 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 →
Is Sefaria 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 204 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect Sefaria 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 Sefaria Library need an API key?
No. Sefaria Library completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 9 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How fast is Sefaria Library?
It answers our handshake in 204 ms on average, which is faster than 66% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.