Sefaria Library

dev.workers.shimonkolodny.sefaria-mcpPublished by sefaria-mcp.shimonkolodny.workers.devOfficial publisherv1.0.0Updated Oct 24, 2026

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

VerifiedStreamable HTTPWeb executableWeb Search & ScrapingKnowledge & Memory

Overview

AI-generated overview

Remote MCP server that gives an assistant read access to Sefaria's library of Jewish texts, commentaries, links and daily learning schedules.

What you can do
  • Retrieve text and metadata for a reference such as Genesis.1.1 or Berakhot 2a, and list available versions of it
  • Search the Sefaria library for a query string
  • Browse the table of contents by category and get metadata such as section names and categories for a text
  • Inspect a reference's structure and section counts, and list known connections such as commentary and citations for a segment
  • Look up topic metadata and daily learning schedules (Parashat Hashavua, Daf Yomi and similar) for a given date
When to use it
Useful when an assistant needs to quote, cite or navigate Jewish scripture, rabbinic literature and commentaries, or to check what is scheduled for daily study on a particular date. It is a read-only reference lookup, so it fits study, research and citation tasks rather than editing or publishing.
Requirements
Nothing to install locally: it is a remote streamable HTTP endpoint. No authentication, environment variables or headers are declared, so only network access to the endpoint is needed.
Before you install
All nine tools are read-only lookups; no writes, payments or credentials are involved. Queries and references are sent to the hosted endpoint and on to Sefaria's data, so treat search terms as visible to that service, and verify quoted text against the source before relying on it.

Installation

In SourceWeft

  1. Open Sefaria Library in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
  2. Enable the server for the chats that should use its tools.

Web executable via Streamable HTTP. Remote servers run from the web runtime once configured in a workspace.

Use with an agent

Paste this prompt into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or another agent — or into SourceWeft chat. The agent reads this server's install guide, shows you its publisher, endpoint and sign-in, and adds it to your client once you agree. Keys never go into a command.

Read https://sourceweft.com/mcp/dev.workers.shimonkolodny.sefaria-mcp%2Fsefaria/install.md and connect the MCP server it describes to my client. Before changing any config, show me its publisher, endpoint and sign-in method and wait for my OK. Never put an API key in a command or in a file I would commit; ask me where it should come from.

Read the install guide the agent follows

Other MCP clients

Add this to your client's mcpServers config.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sefaria-library": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://sefaria-mcp.shimonkolodny.workers.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Tools

9

get_text

Retrieve the text and metadata for a specific reference (e.g., 'Genesis.1.1' or 'Berakhot 2a')

Parametersrefrequiredcontext

search_texts

Search the Sefaria library for a query string.

Parameterssizetypequeryrequired

get_index

Returns metadata for a specific text, such as section names and categories

Parametersv2titlerequired

get_toc

Returns the table of contents for all texts in the library, grouped by category

Takes no parameters.

get_topics

Returns a list of JSON objects containing metadata for topics in the database

Takes no parameters.

get_calendars

Returns daily learning schedules (Parashat Hashavua, Daf Yomi, etc.) for a specific date

Parametersdatecustomtimezone

get_versions

Returns available text versions for a specific reference

Parametersrefrequired

get_shape

Returns the structure and section counts for a specific text reference

Parametersrefrequired

Version history

1
  1. v1.0.0LatestSep 16, 2026

Score

83% of the applicable checks met

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  • Reached in the last 30 daysRequired25 pts
  • Auth declaredRequired10 pts
  • Tools listedRequired15 pts
  • DescriptionRequired15 pts
  • Logo10 pts
  • Documentation15 pts

    Declare a GitHub repository with a README, or serve resource_documentation in the OAuth protected-resource metadata.

  • LicenseNot applicable

    A hosted service is used under its provider's terms, so no license is expected here. This check is left out of the percentage.