MCP server

Torah Library

xyz.kolsgo.torah/torah-library

Checked 28 Oct 2026, 09:03 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

Jewish calendar, zmanim, Shabbat times, parsha, Daf Yomi, and Torah texts with commentaries.

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At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

kolsgo.xyz (verified by the MCP Registry)

Status

Working at last check

Tools

49

Token cost

About 10,565 tokens per request

Sets up in

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok

Last checked

28 Oct 2026, 09:03 UTC

Connect it to your agent

Add to CursorAdd to VS CodeVS Code Insiders

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 torah-library https://torah.kolsgo.xyz/mcp

Claude Desktop

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

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.torah-library]
url = "https://torah.kolsgo.xyz/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"torah-library":{"httpUrl":"https://torah.kolsgo.xyz/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"torah-library":{"url":"https://torah.kolsgo.xyz/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"torah-library":{"type":"http","url":"https://torah.kolsgo.xyz/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add torah-library https://torah.kolsgo.xyz/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":"torah-library","server_url":"https://torah.kolsgo.xyz/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"torah-library","server_url":"https://torah.kolsgo.xyz/mcp"}

Tools

• browse_library Browses the web · ~171 tokens
  Browse the library's table of contents by category. With no path: top-level categories (Tanakh, Mishnah, Talmud, Midrash, Halakhah, Kabbalah, Liturgy, Jewish Thought, Tosefta, Chasidut, Musar, Responsa, Second Temple, Reference). With a path like "Talmud/Bavli/Seder Moed" or "Halakhah/Shulchan Arukh
• check_sheet_modified ~128 tokens
  Check whether a source sheet has been modified since a timestamp (ISO date/time).
• convert_date ~400 tokens
  Convert between Gregorian and Hebrew (Jewish) calendar dates. - Gregorian → Hebrew: pass gregorian_date (YYYY-MM-DD). Add end_date to convert a whole range (max ~180 days). - Hebrew → Gregorian: pass hebrew_year, hebrew_month, hebrew_day. Set after_sunset=true when the Gregorian time is after sunset
• dictionary_autocomplete ~137 tokens
  Autocomplete a partial Hebrew/Aramaic word against a dictionary ("Jastrow Dictionary", "Klein Dictionary", "BDB Augmented Strong").
• dictionary_lookup ~290 tokens
  Look up a Hebrew or Aramaic word in classic dictionaries (Jastrow, BDB, Klein, and others). Handles prefixes/inflected forms. Pass context_ref to disambiguate using the passage where the word appears.
• find_location ~128 tokens
  Search for a city/place by name and get place ids, country and region. Use the returned id as the "location" argument of other tools when a city name is ambiguous.
• find_references_in_text ~180 tokens
  Scan free text (a dvar Torah, article, shiur notes) and detect every citation of a Jewish source in it (e.g. "Genesis 1:1", "Berakhot 2a", "Rambam Hilchot Shabbat 1:1"). Returns the matched spans and their canonical references.
• get_author_works ~111 tokens
  List the books written by an author. Pass the author slug (e.g. "rashi", "rambam", "ramban", "ibn-ezra", "rabbi-yosef-karo") — find slugs with resolve_name type AuthorTopic.
• get_book_info ~225 tokens
  Metadata for a book: author(s), era, composition date and place, description, categories, alternative titles, section structure (e.g. Chapter/Verse, Daf/Line), chapter lengths, and alternate structures (e.g. parshiyot for Torah books). Optionally text availability counts.
• get_book_raw_index ~97 tokens
  Full, unabridged index record for a book (complete schema tree, match templates, alternate structures). Use get_book_info for a friendly summary.
• get_collections ~150 tokens
  Browse collections of source sheets: pass slug for one collection (with its sheets), user_id for a user's collections, or neither to list public collections (filterable by name).
• get_commentaries ~458 tokens
  Get commentaries and other sources connected to a passage. - With commentator (e.g. "Rashi", "Ramban", "Ibn Ezra", "Sforno", "Tosafot", "Or HaChaim", "Onkelos", "Kli Yakar"): returns that commentator's full text on the passage. - Without commentator: lists all connected sources in a category ("Comme
• get_jewish_calendar ~1055 tokens
  List Jewish calendar events for a date range: holidays (major, minor, modern Israeli), Rosh Chodesh, fast days, special Shabbatot, weekly parsha, Omer count, molad, Yizkor, Yom Kippur Katan, daily-learning cycles (Daf Yomi, Mishna Yomi, Nach Yomi, Tanakh Yomi, Yerushalmi, Rambam, Chofetz Chaim), and
• get_learning_schedules ~213 tokens
  Today's (or any date's) study schedule items with exact references: Parashat HaShavua, Haftarah, Daf Yomi, 929, Daily Mishnah, Daily Rambam (1 and 3 chapters), Daf a Week, Halakhah Yomit, Arukh HaShulchan Yomi, Tanakh Yomi, Chok LeYisrael, Tanya Yomi, Yerushalmi Yomi, and more.
• get_library_statistics ~209 tokens
  Statistics: - kind "word_count": number of words in a specific version of a book (needs title, version_title, language he/en). - kind "links_between_categories": how many links connect two categories (e.g. Tanakh ↔ Talmud). - kind "text_availability": raw availability counts for a book.
• get_manuscripts ~99 tokens
  Images of manuscripts and early printed editions (e.g. Vilna Shas, Venice 1523, Munich manuscript) for a passage, with image and thumbnail URLs.
• get_parasha ~116 tokens
  Details for a weekly Torah portion by name (e.g. "Noach", "Lech Lecha", "Ki Tisa"): full reference, aliyot, haftarah, and the next date it will be read.
• get_passage_context ~104 tokens
  Given one or more segment references (e.g. "Berakhot 2a:1"), return the full logical passage/sugya each belongs to.
• get_random_source_by_topic ~73 tokens
  Get a random source together with the topic it illustrates — handy for a daily inspiration or quiz.
• get_random_text ~156 tokens
  Get a random passage, optionally limited to specific books or categories (e.g. categories ["Tanakh"], titles ["Psalms", "Proverbs"]).
• get_related_content ~182 tokens
  Overview of everything connected to a passage: counts of linked sources by category and book, related topics, source sheets that use it, manuscript images, and related web articles. Use it to explore before drilling in with get_commentaries.
• get_seasonal_topic ~153 tokens
  Get the curated topic for the current parsha (kind "parasha") or the current/upcoming holiday (kind "holiday"), with description and key sources.
• get_shabbat_times ~419 tokens
  Candle-lighting and havdalah times for the coming (or a specified) Shabbat and any Yom Tov that week, plus the parsha and holiday Torah readings, for a location.
• get_sheet_tags ~168 tokens
  Source-sheet tags: "trending" (this week's trending tags), "all" (every tag, sorted by count or alphabetically), or a specific user's tags.
• get_source_sheet ~161 tokens
  Get a user-made source sheet by id: title, author, tags, and each source (reference + text) and commentary block in order. Pass several ids to fetch up to 10 sheets.
• get_task_status ~87 tokens
  Check the status/result of a background task (e.g. a long reference-detection job) by task_id.
• get_term ~100 tokens
  Look up a named term (parsha names, section names, holidays, etc.) with its Hebrew and English titles and alternate spellings, e.g. "Noach", "Bereshit", "Perek".
• get_text ~494 tokens
  Fetch any text from the Jewish library by reference, in Hebrew/Aramaic and/or translation, aligned segment by segment. Covers Tanakh, Mishnah, Talmud Bavli & Yerushalmi, Midrash, Rambam, Shulchan Arukh, commentaries (e.g. "Rashi on Genesis 1:1"), Siddur, Zohar, Chasidut, Musar, responsa and more. Re
• get_text_image ~141 tokens
  Generate a shareable image (PNG) of a short passage, sized for a social platform.
• get_text_versions ~155 tokens
  List every available edition and translation of a book (language, version title, license, source). Use a version_title with get_text to read a specific translation.
• get_texts_bulk ~183 tokens
  Fetch many short references in one call (e.g. a list of verses or commentary lines). Returns Hebrew and English for each. Up to 30 references.
• get_topic ~228 tokens
  Get a curated topic — a person (e.g. "moses", "rambam", "rabbi-akiva"), concept ("teshuvah", "kindness"), holiday ("passover"), mitzvah or object — with its description and its top sources, ordered by importance. Use resolve_name (type "Topic") or search_topics to find slugs.
• get_topic_graph ~126 tokens
  Get the network of topics connected to a topic (e.g. students/teachers of a sage, parts of a concept). Optionally restrict to one link type such as "is-a", "has-student", "has-teacher", "related-to", "part-of".
• get_torah_reading ~250 tokens
  Torah and Haftarah readings for a date or date range: parsha or holiday name, each aliyah with verse ranges and counts, maftir, haftarah, and special readings. Supports Israel vs Diaspora and the triennial cycle.
• get_user_profile ~82 tokens
  Public profile of a library user/author of source sheets, by profile slug (e.g. "dovid-birk").
• get_yahrzeit_dates ~295 tokens
  Compute upcoming Gregorian dates for yahrzeits, Hebrew birthdays or Hebrew anniversaries from the original Gregorian date. Handles after-sunset, Adar in leap years, and Cheshvan/Kislev edge cases. Up to 10 entries at once.
• get_zmanim ~426 tokens
  Halachic times of day for a location and date (or date range, max ~7 days recommended): alot hashachar, misheyakir, sunrise (netz), latest Shema and Tefilla (GRA and Magen Avraham), chatzot, mincha gedola/ketana, plag hamincha, sunset (shkia), bein hashmashot, tzeit hakochavim (several opinions), an
• holiday_sources ~174 tokens
  For the next (or a named) Jewish holiday: its dates, a description, the Torah/Haftarah readings, and key classical sources with text. Examples: "Sukkot", "Chanukah", "Purim", "Pesach", "Shavuot", "Tisha B'Av", "Rosh Hashana".
• list_book_titles ~166 tokens
  Search the list of all books in the library by (part of) an English or Hebrew title, optionally within a category path. Returns canonical titles with their category.
• list_source_sheets ~196 tokens
  List public source sheets: - by passage (ref): sheets that use a given text; - by user (user_id): a user's sheets, sortable by "views" or "date", with paging; - latest: newest public sheets (no ref/user_id).
• list_translations ~116 tokens
  Without a language: list every language code that has translations in the library. With a language code (e.g. "fr", "es", "de", "ru", "yi", "lad"): list every book translated into that language with its version titles.
• parse_reference ~98 tokens
  Validate and normalize a text reference: canonical English and Hebrew forms, the book it belongs to, its structure, and previous/next sections.
• parsha_study_pack ~283 tokens
  Everything to study the weekly Torah portion: the reading (for a date, or by parsha name), aliyot and haftarah, the text of a chosen aliyah (Hebrew + English), a commentator's notes on its opening verses, and the parsha's topic and themes. Great for preparing a dvar Torah.
• recommend_topics ~104 tokens
  Recommend topics relevant to one or more passages (e.g. for tagging a source sheet or finding themes in a set of verses).
• resolve_name ~197 tokens
  Autocomplete and identify a book title, reference, author, topic or person from partial, misspelled, transliterated or Hebrew input ("bava metzia", "bereishis", "ברכות ב", "Rambam"). Tells you whether the input is a valid reference and gives canonical names.
• search_library ~401 tokens
  Full-text search across the entire Jewish library (texts), or across user-made source sheets. Hebrew or English queries. - exact=true matches the exact word forms; default matching is lemmatized (finds grammatical variants). - filters narrow by category/book path, e.g. ["Tanakh"], ["Talmud/Bavli"],
• search_topics ~99 tokens
  List topics, optionally filtered by a word in the title. Without a filter returns the most prominent topics.
• shabbat_briefing ~343 tokens
  A ready-to-read Friday summary for a location: candle-lighting and havdalah times, the parsha with aliyot and haftarah, the opening verse of the parsha in Hebrew and English, and any holiday that week.
• todays_learning ~238 tokens
  One-call daily briefing: today's Hebrew date, holidays/events, the weekly parsha, and every daily learning schedule (Daf Yomi, Rambam, Mishnah, 929, Halakhah Yomit, Tanya, etc.) with exact references. Optionally include the opening lines of each study item.

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