mcp server · observation history
io.github.nirajagarwal/bible-mcp
Observed since 2026-08-30, last seen 2026-09-28. Currently reachable. 3 contract changes recorded, 0 of them breaking.
What this server does
In its own words. Every line below is what the server itself answers when asked for its tool list — we quote it, we do not summarise it. The wording is the operator's, not ours.
| Tool | What the server says it does |
|---|---|
compare_versionsneeds: reference | Show a verse or short range in both BSB and WEB side by side. |
concepts_in_passageneeds: reference | List theological concepts and lexical keywords linked to a verse or chapter via the OT+NT concept graph (seeded from Easton's Bible Dictionary), e.g. 'Genesis 14' or 'John 3:16'. Complements entities_in_passage (people/places/ events) with abstract themes and keyword nodes. |
corpus_infono arguments | What's in the corpus: documents, layers, licenses, and counts. |
entities_in_passageneeds: reference | List the people, places, and events linked to a verse or chapter, e.g. 'Genesis 14' or 'John 3:16'. |
find_similarneeds: reference | Find passages semantically similar to a given verse or prose paragraph ref â across scripture, Apocrypha, and the classics. E.g. 'Philippians 2:7' or 'JULIAN.27.2'. Powers parallel-finding across corpus layers. |
get_citationsneeds: reference | Where a Bible verse is cited by name in the patristic corpus, extracted from the translators' own footnotes (tier 1). E.g. reference='Ephesians 5:21'. Complements get_cross_references, which links scripture to scripture; this links patristic text to scripture. COVERAGE NOTE: footnote extraction has known recall gaps â an empty result is normal and does NOT mean the verse is u |
get_conceptneeds: name | Look up a theological concept or lexical keyword in the OT+NT concept graph (5,673 nodes seeded from Easton's Bible Dictionary â see DESIGN.md #5). Returns its definition (with a pointer to the full Easton entry), verse anchors, and entities that instantiate it (e.g. Abraham for Covenant). concept_type optional: theme | keyword. A Strong's number ('G225') also resolves directly |
get_concept_relationsneeds: name | Typed relations for a concept in the OT+NT concept graph: broader/narrower (taxonomy), causes, part_of, symbol_of, fulfills, contrasts â ~430 edges, hand-reviewed against cited evidence (Phase 5/6, weight>=10 only, see DESIGN.md #5). Excludes the much larger 'associated' fallback tier by default (~139,000 mechanical shared-evidence edges, unreviewed) â pass verb='associated |
get_cross_referencesneeds: reference | Cross-references for a verse (OpenBible.info, ranked by community votes), with the target text included. E.g. reference='Romans 5:12'. |
get_entityneeds: name | Look up a biblical person, place, event, or people group by name (Theographic knowledge graph). Returns details and where they appear. entity_type optional: person | place | event | people_group. |
get_interlinearneeds: reference | Word-by-word original language for a verse or short range: surface form, lemma, Strong's, gloss, morphology (Hebrew/Aramaic OT, Greek NT). For OT verses also shows Septuagint Greek surface text where available (Swete edition â Genesis-Malachi plus Apocrypha, Theodotion Daniel/Susanna/Bel; no lemma/Strong's/ morphology in that source, surface form only). E.g. 'John 1:1' or 'Ge |
get_passageneeds: reference | Get Bible text for a reference like 'John 3:16', 'John 3:16-18', 'Genesis 1', or 'Tobit 4:5' (Apocrypha requires version='WEB'). Versions: BSB, WEB. |
read_workneeds: work | Read a prose work from the corpus by paragraph range. Works: CONFESSIONS (Augustine), IMITATION (Ã Kempis), PILGRIM (Bunyan), PRESENCE (Brother Lawrence), JULIAN (Julian of Norwich), ORTHODOXY (Chesterton), 1CLEMENT (Clement of Rome), BARNABAS (Epistle of Barnabas). Chapters = books/chapters of the work; use search(version=<WORK>) to find passages first, or corpus_info() for the f |
searchneeds: query | Full-text search (stemmed, ranked). Supports phrases in quotes, AND/OR/NOT, e.g. 'living water', 'faith AND works NOT law'. Optional book filter e.g. 'Psalms'. NOTE: porter stemming conflates related surface forms â 'desert' also matches 'deserted' and 'deserts' (as merits) in prose layers; quote exact phrases or add AND-terms to disambiguate. |
semantic_searchneeds: query | Meaning-based search across the whole corpus â scripture AND prose works â using embeddings, optionally fused with keyword search (hybrid, recommended). Finds passages about a theme even with no shared words, e.g. 'divine self-emptying', 'the soul's dark night'. kind optional: verse | window | paragraph. |
word_studyneeds: query | Original-language word study across the whole Bible. Query by Strong's number ('G26', 'H2617', zero-padding optional â 'H953' works), lemma (pointed or unpointed: '×ֶסֶ×' or '×ס×', accented or bare Greek), Hebrew/Aramaic transliteration ('miqweh' finds ×ִקְ×Ö¶×, macrons optional), or English gloss ('lovingkindness'). Returns occurrence counts, gloss range, book dist |
Current claim
What this server says about itself, as of our last probe. Every value carries the date it was recorded.
| Endpoint | https://bible-mcp-server.fly.dev/mcp |
| Reachable | yes |
| Auth scheme | open |
| Latency class | 3-10s |
| Protocol version | 2025-06-18 |
| Tools | 16 |
| First observed | 2026-08-30 |
| Last seen | 2026-09-28 |
| Went silent | — |
| Contract changes | 3 |
| Breaking changes | 0 |
What changed, and when
Each row is a recorded fact. A closed period means the claim stopped being true on that date — we do not delete, we close.
| Claim | Value | Period | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| mcp_tool_count | {'value': 16} | — | 2026-09-28 |
| mcp_tools | {'tools': [{'name': 'compare_versions', 'optional': [], 'required': ['reference'], 'desc | — | 2026-09-28 |
| mcp_contract_change | {'value': 'compatible', 'compared': {'this_probe': '2026-09-28T18:48:19+00:00', 'previou | — | 2026-09-28 |
| mcp_server_version | {'name': 'bible-mcp', 'version': '1.30.0'} | — | 2026-09-26 |
| mcp_contract_change | {'value': 'cosmetic', 'compared': {'this_probe': '2026-09-26T18:49:20+00:00', 'previous_ | — | 2026-09-26 |
| mcp_latency_ms | {'bucket': '3-10s', 'method': 'Klassenwechsel erst nach zwei Messungen in Folge'} | — | 2026-09-04 |
| mcp_contract_change | {'value': 'cosmetic', 'compared': {'this_probe': '2026-09-03T00:45:02+00:00', 'previous_ | — | 2026-09-03 |
| mcp_server_version | {'name': 'bible-mcp', 'version': '1.29.1'} | — | 2026-09-03 |
| mcp_reachable | {'auth': 'open', 'value': True, 'transport': 'streamable-http'} | from 2026-08-30 | 2026-08-30 |
| mcp_auth_scheme | {'value': 'open'} | — | 2026-08-30 |
| mcp_protocol_version | {'value': '2025-06-18'} | — | 2026-08-30 |
| domain_verified | {'note': 'Registry vergibt den Namensraum nur nach Domain-Nachweis; geprueft wird, ob de | — | 2026-08-30 |
| mcp_server_version | {'name': 'bible-mcp', 'version': '1.29.0'} | — | 2026-08-30 |
| mcp_tool_count | {'value': 13} | — | 2026-08-30 |
| mcp_tools | {'tools': [{'name': 'compare_versions', 'optional': [], 'required': ['reference'], 'desc | — | 2026-08-30 |
| mcp_latency_ms | {'bucket': '<1s', 'method': 'Klassenwechsel erst nach zwei Messungen in Folge'} | — | 2026-08-30 |
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