Sefaria Library is answering right now. Last checked 2 min ago. It exposes 9 tools.
Access Sefaria's library of Jewish texts, commentaries, and learning schedules via MCP
Sefaria Library does not always answer
Over the last week it answered 97.7% of our checks. We check every 15 minutes, so you hear about the next outage within the hour — not from your users.
Connect this server
Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 2 min ago.
claude mcp add sefaria --transport http https://sefaria-mcp.shimonkolodny.workers.dev/mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"sefaria": {
"url": "https://sefaria-mcp.shimonkolodny.workers.dev/mcp"
}
}
}[mcp_servers.sefaria]
url = "https://sefaria-mcp.shimonkolodny.workers.dev/mcp"{
"mcpServers": {
"sefaria": {
"url": "https://sefaria-mcp.shimonkolodny.workers.dev/mcp"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"sefaria": {
"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.
get_calendars
get_index
get_links
get_shape
get_text
search_texts
get_toc
get_topics
get_versions
Endpoints
| URL | Transport | State | Latency | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| https://sefaria-mcp.shimonkolodny.workers.dev/mcp | streamable-http | answering | 100 ms | 2 min ago |
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