Sivan22_mcp-sefaria-server

# Sefaria Jewish Library MCP Server An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that provides access to Jewish texts from the Sefaria library. This server enables Large Language Models to retrieve and reference Jewish texts through a standardized interface. <a href="https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/j3v6vnp4xk"><img width="380" height="200" src="https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/j3v6vnp4xk/badge" alt="Sefaria Jewish Library Server MCP server" /></a> ## Features - Retrieve Jewish texts by reference - Retrieve commentaries on a given text ## Installation Requires Python 3.10 or higher. ### Clone the repository ```bash git clone https://github.com/sivan22/mcp-sefaria-server.git cd mcp-sefaria-server ``` ## Running the Server The server can be run directly: ```bash uv --directory path/to/directory run sefaria_jewish_library ``` Or through an MCP client that supports the Model Context Protocol. for claude desktop app and cline you should use the following config: ``` { "mcpServers": { "sefaria_jewish_library": { "command": "uv", "args": [ "--directory", "C:/dev/mcp-sefaria-server", "run", "sefaria_jewish_library" ], "env": { "PYTHONIOENCODING": "utf-8" } } } } ``` ## Available tools The server provides the following tools through the MCP interface: ### get_text Retrieves a specific Jewish text by its reference. Example: ``` reference: "Genesis 1:1" reference: "שמות פרק ב פסוק ג" reference: "משנה ברכות פרק א משנה א" ``` ### get_commentaries Retrieves a list of commentaries for a given text. Example: ``` reference: "Genesis 1:1" reference: "שמות פרק ב פסוק ג" reference: "משנה ברכות פרק א משנה א" ``` ## Development This project uses: - [MCP SDK](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/sdk) for server implementation - [Sefaria API](https://github.com/Sefaria/Sefaria-API) for accessing Jewish texts ## Requirements - Python >= 3.10 - MCP SDK >= 1.1.1 - Sefaria API ## License MIT License