MCP server

Dhamma.Gift — Pāli Canon Official

gift.dhamma/pali-canon

Checked 26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

Search and read the Pāli Canon: Pāli root texts with Russian and English translations.

Working at last checkVerified publisher: dhamma.giftAbout 1,342 tokens per request once connected4 tools

https://api.dhamma.gift/mcp

At a glance

Type: MCP server
Publisher: dhamma.gift (verified by the MCP Registry)
Status: Working at last check
Tools: 4
Token cost: About 1,342 tokens per request
Sets up in: Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok
Last checked: 26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC

Opens the app, which shows the server and asks you to confirm. For other apps, copy the setup below.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http pali-canon https://api.dhamma.gift/mcp

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.pali-canon]
url = "https://api.dhamma.gift/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"pali-canon":{"httpUrl":"https://api.dhamma.gift/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"pali-canon":{"url":"https://api.dhamma.gift/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"pali-canon":{"type":"http","url":"https://api.dhamma.gift/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add pali-canon https://api.dhamma.gift/mcp

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings: turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector and paste the URL. Which plans can do this varies.

OpenAI API (Responses tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"pali-canon","server_url":"https://api.dhamma.gift/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"pali-canon","server_url":"https://api.dhamma.gift/mcp"}

compare_translations ~217 tokens
One segment of the canon in the Pali root and every available translation side by side. Use a segment id from search/get_text, e.g. "mn129:21.3". Sujato (en_sujato) is excluded unless named in translators.
get_text ~223 tokens
Fetch a sutta by id (e.g. "dn22", "mn1", "sn56.11") — the Pali root text of every segment. Pali only by default; pass langs for translations, translators to name a translator (e.g. ["en_sujato"]). Same data as dhamma.gift/api/text.
list_structure ~144 tokens
What texts exist. Without arguments: collections (sutta/vinaya/abhidhamma/khuddaka), books by id prefix with sutta counts, and translation languages with translators. With prefix (e.g. "mn", "sn56", "an4"): the suttas under it with titles.
search ~758 tokens
Search the Pali Canon on dhamma.gift by keyword/substring or REGEX (min 3 letters, no semantic search). Patterns like "kata.*dukkha", "vucc.*dukkha", "katha.*dukkha" find the canon's own definitions and expositions of a term. Returns a CENSUS of every matching sutta — id, title, match count, metapho

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