Hermitsh Texts
REMOTE · HERMITSH.AI · 2 COMPONENTS · SCANNED SEP 21
Complete classical & world literature — search + cite exact passages, facing sources, 50+ languages.
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How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. How we score → Why this is hard to score →
Endpoint Security83
- The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key. View diagnostics → Pass
- No authorisation is required to call this server. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Partial
- HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path. View diagnostics → Pass
- The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present. View diagnostics → Pass
- DNSSEC is configured correctly; the domain's records validate against the full chain to the root. View diagnostics → Pass
Transport & Reachability100
- Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake. View diagnostics → Pass
Schema Quality & AI Usability83
- 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).Pass
- AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
- Tool/resource definitions use about 1868 tokens (~42/item across 44 items; 19 tools + 25 resources), lean.Pass
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management100
- No destabilizing schema changes in the last 30 days.Pass
Tool Coverage83
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 41% of tool parameters carry a description.Partial
- Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.Pass
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- We read all 19 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 21 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities60
- Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2025-06-18; the latest is 2026-07-28. See how to fix → Fail
How do I install the Hermitsh Texts MCP server?
Hermitsh Texts is a hosted endpoint at https://hermitsh.ai/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.
remote · hermitsh.ai
claude mcp add --transport http ai-hermitsh-texts 'https://hermitsh.ai/mcp'
{
"mcpServers": {
"ai-hermitsh-texts": {
"url": "https://hermitsh.ai/mcp"
}
}
} {
"servers": {
"ai-hermitsh-texts": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://hermitsh.ai/mcp"
}
}
} [mcp_servers.ai-hermitsh-texts] url = "https://hermitsh.ai/mcp"
{
"$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
"mcp": {
"ai-hermitsh-texts": {
"type": "remote",
"url": "https://hermitsh.ai/mcp",
"enabled": true
}
}
} openclaw mcp add ai-hermitsh-texts --url 'https://hermitsh.ai/mcp' --transport streamable-http
mcp_servers:
ai-hermitsh-texts:
url: "https://hermitsh.ai/mcp" {
"McpServers": {
"ai-hermitsh-texts": {
"Transport": "http",
"Url": "https://hermitsh.ai/mcp"
}
}
} assistant mcp add ai-hermitsh-texts -t streamable-http -u 'https://hermitsh.ai/mcp'
{
"mcpServers": {
"ai-hermitsh-texts": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://hermitsh.ai/mcp"
}
}
} The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.
Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.
- 5 Sept 26 0
- Stability: 0.97 → pass security
- 4 Sept 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 93 to 97. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 28 days of observed history at the previous scan, 29 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 2 Sept 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 87 to 90. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 26 days of observed history at the previous scan, 27 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 31 Aug 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 80 to 83. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 24 days of observed history at the previous scan, 25 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 29 Aug 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 73 to 77. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 22 days of observed history at the previous scan, 23 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 26 Aug 26 +2
- We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
- 25 Aug 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 60 to 63. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 18 days of observed history at the previous scan, 19 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 16 Aug 26 0
- New resource “madach corpus summary” functional
- New resource “chekhov corpus summary” functional
- New resource “homer corpus summary” functional
- New resource “trakl corpus summary” functional
Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.
Captured 21 Sept 2026 · Probed https://hermitsh.ai/mcp
TLS valid
Negotiated TLS 1.3 with TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 .
| Subject | Issuer | Valid from | Valid until | Key | Signature | Serial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN=hermitsh.ai | CN=WE1,O=Google Trust Services,C=US | 15 Aug 2026 | 13 Nov 2026 | ECDSA 256 | ECDSA-SHA256 | 619fd76c6aec88470e93a38a9ef88793 |
| SANs: hermitsh.ai | ||||||
| CN=WE1,O=Google Trust Services,C=US (CA) | CN=GTS Root R4,O=Google Trust Services LLC,C=US | 13 Dec 2023 | 20 Feb 2029 | ECDSA 256 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 7ff31977972c224a76155d13b6d685e3 |
| CN=GTS Root R4,O=Google Trust Services LLC,C=US (CA) | CN=GlobalSign Root CA,OU=Root CA,O=GlobalSign nv-sa,C=BE | 15 Nov 2023 | 28 Jan 2028 | ECDSA 384 | SHA256-RSA | 7fe530bf331343bedd821610493d8a1b |
Background: What to check on a remote MCP endpoint →
DNSSEC secure
Validation of hermitsh.ai. — Secure
| Zone | DS | Keys | Algorithms | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | trust_anchor | 20326, 38696 | 8, 8 | Verified |
| ai. | present | 3799 | 8 | Verified |
| hermitsh.ai. | present | 2371 | 13 | Verified |
| hermitsh.ai. | Verified address RRset verified with the apex keys |
Authentication No authorisation required
The endpoint answered without asking for a token. Anyone who knows the URL can reach it.
| Result | No authorisation required |
|---|---|
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Header | Value |
|---|---|
| strict-transport-security | max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload |
| content-security-policy | default-src 'self'; script-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline' static.cloudflareinsights.com; style-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline' fonts.googleapis.com; font-src 'self' fonts.gstatic.com; img-src 'self' data: https://developer.apple.com; connect-src 'self' https://hermitsh.ai https://*.hermitsh.ai; form-action 'self'; frame-ancestors 'none'; base-uri 'self' |
| permissions-policy | camera=(), microphone=(), geolocation=(), payment=(), usb=() |
Background: How OAuth 2.1 works in the 2026 MCP spec →
Transports 2 probes
| Transport | URL | Outcome | Status | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| streamable-http | https://hermitsh.ai/mcp | Verified | 200 | |
| http (plaintext) | http://hermitsh.ai/mcp | HTTPS enforced | 301 | https://hermitsh.ai/mcp |
The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →
build_source_pack Build Source Pack ~78
Build an evidence pack for an AI answer: source-linked passages, related entities, and citation instructions.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| author | string | – | Optional author slug or name. |
| category | string | – | Optional work category filter. |
| limit | integer | – | – |
| mode | string | – | – |
| query | string | yes | Question or topic to research. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| author | string | – | – |
| citation_policy | string | – | – |
| instructions | array | – | – |
| mode | string | – | – |
| passages | array | – | – |
| query | string | – | – |
| related_entities | array | – | – |
No examples provided.
cite_passage Cite Passage ~89
Format a Hermitsh work or passage citation in common citation styles.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| author | string | – | Author slug or name. Optional if url is provided. |
| section_id | string | – | Optional section or passage ID. |
| style | string | – | – |
| url | string | – | Optional Hermitsh work or passage URL. |
| work_id | string | – | Work ID. Optional if url is provided. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_date | string | – | – |
| author | string | – | – |
| author_slug | string | – | – |
| bibliography | string | – | – |
| citation | string | – | – |
| metadata_used | object | – | – |
| section_id | string | – | – |
| source_title | string | – | – |
| style | string | – | – |
| title | string | – | – |
| url | string | – | – |
| work_id | string | – | – |
No examples provided.
find_mentions Find Mentions ~76
Return source-linked places where a person, place, event, work, institution, or concept is mentioned.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| author | string | yes | – |
| entity | string | – | – |
| entity_id | string | – | – |
| limit | integer | – | – |
| query | string | – | – |
| work_id | string | – | Optional work filter. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| count | number | – | – |
| entity | object | – | – |
| mentions | array | – | – |
| note | string | – | – |
No examples provided.
get_allusions Get Allusions ~62
Get detected allusions, echoes, quotations, suspected sources, and translator notes for a work or section where available.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| author | string | yes | – |
| limit | integer | – | – |
| section_id | string | – | – |
| work_id | string | yes | – |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| allusions | array | – | – |
| author | string | – | – |
| author_slug | string | – | – |
| count | number | – | – |
| title | string | – | – |
| work_id | string | – | – |
No examples provided.
get_author_persona Get Author Persona ~60
Get setup instructions for an AI assistant to answer as, about, or from the corpus of an author while using source-linked evidence.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| author | string | yes | Author slug or name, e.g. cicero. |
| mode | string | – | – |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| author | string | – | – |
| author_slug | string | – | – |
| mode | string | – | – |
| persona | string | – | – |
| setup | string | – | – |
| tools_to_use | array | – | – |
| warning | string | – | – |
No examples provided.
get_crossrefs Get Cross-References ~56
Get intra-corpus references and self-references for a work or section where available.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| author | string | yes | – |
| limit | integer | – | – |
| section_id | string | – | – |
| work_id | string | yes | – |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| author | string | – | – |
| author_slug | string | – | – |
| count | number | – | – |
| crossrefs | array | – | – |
| title | string | – | – |
| work_id | string | – | – |
No examples provided.
get_entity Get Entity ~84
Get a named entity and a sample of source-linked mentions.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| author | string | yes | – |
| entity | string | – | Entity name or alias if the ID is unknown. |
| entity_id | string | – | Exact entity ID, e.g. person:caesar. |
| mention_limit | integer | – | – |
| query | string | – | Entity query if the ID is unknown. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| aliases | array | – | – |
| author | string | – | – |
| author_slug | string | – | – |
| categories | array | – | – |
| entity_id | string | – | – |
| external_ids | object | – | – |
| first_appearance | string | – | – |
| mention_count | number | – | – |
| mentions | array | – | – |
| note | string | – | – |
| short_title | string | – | – |
| summary | string | – | – |
| title | string | – | – |
| type | string | – | – |
| url | string | – | – |
No examples provided.
get_language_availability Get Language Availability ~65
Show source, active, deferred, and live edition status for one author or the whole Hermitsh library.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| author | string | – | Optional author slug or name. |
| state | string | – | Optional filter such as source, active, deferred, live, coming_soon. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| author | string | – | – |
| authors | array | – | – |
| note | string | – | – |
| state | string | – | – |
No examples provided.
get_parallel_passage Get Parallel Passage ~51
Get aligned source-language text and English translation for a passage when sidecar data is available.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| author | string | yes | – |
| section_id | string | yes | – |
| work_id | string | yes | – |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| author | string | – | – |
| author_slug | string | – | – |
| category | string | – | – |
| data_source | string | – | – |
| date | string | – | – |
| notes | – | – | – |
| section_id | string | – | – |
| source_language | string | – | – |
| source_text | string | – | – |
| source_title | string | – | – |
| title | string | – | – |
| translation | string | – | – |
| url | string | – | – |
| work_id | string | – | – |
No examples provided.
get_passage Get Passage ~58
Get an exact passage by author, work ID, and section ID. Include the returned url as a link when using the passage.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| author | string | yes | – |
| section_id | string | yes | – |
| work_id | string | yes | – |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| author | string | – | – |
| author_slug | string | – | – |
| category | string | – | – |
| date | string | – | – |
| section_id | string | – | – |
| text | string | – | – |
| title | string | – | – |
| url | string | – | – |
| work_id | string | – | – |
No examples provided.
get_work Get Work ~42
Get metadata and opening passages for a specific work.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| author | string | yes | – |
| max_passages | integer | – | – |
| work_id | string | yes | – |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| author | string | – | – |
| author_slug | string | – | – |
| category | string | – | – |
| date | string | – | – |
| note | string | – | – |
| passage_count | number | – | – |
| passages | array | – | – |
| short_title | string | – | – |
| summary | string | – | – |
| title | string | – | – |
| url | string | – | – |
| work_id | string | – | – |
No examples provided.
get_work_context Get Work Context ~45
Get richer work metadata: headnote, date context, source provenance, translation status, and edition links.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| author | string | yes | – |
| work_id | string | yes | – |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| author | string | – | – |
| author_slug | string | – | – |
| category | string | – | – |
| date | string | – | – |
| date_precision | string | – | – |
| date_range_end | – | – | – |
| edition_links | array | – | – |
| headnote | string | – | – |
| location_written | string | – | – |
| note | string | – | – |
| passage_count | number | – | – |
| short_title | string | – | – |
| source_language | string | – | – |
| source_title | string | – | – |
| source_url | string | – | – |
| source_url_fallback | string | – | – |
| summary | string | – | – |
| title | string | – | – |
| titles | object | – | – |
| translations | object | – | – |
| url | string | – | – |
| work_id | string | – | – |
No examples provided.
list_authors List Authors ~33
List author corpora available through Hermitsh Texts.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| query | string | – | Optional author name or slug filter. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| authors | array | – | – |
| generated_at | string | – | – |
| schema | number | – | – |
No examples provided.
list_works List Works ~86
List works by author, category, or title/summary query.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| author | string | – | Optional author slug or name, e.g. cicero, seneca. |
| category | string | – | Optional category, e.g. philosophy, speeches, letters, poetry, history. |
| limit | integer | – | – |
| query | string | – | Optional text filter for titles and summaries. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| works | array | – | – |
No examples provided.
search_corpus Search Corpus ~99
Search passages across one author or the whole Hermitsh corpus and return source-linked results. Each result carries a url — include it as a link when quoting the passage.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| author | string | – | Optional author slug or name. Strongly recommended for persona work. |
| category | string | – | Optional category filter. |
| limit | integer | – | – |
| query | string | yes | Search query, such as tyranny, grief, friendship, debt, Caesar. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| author | string | – | – |
| count | number | – | – |
| note | string | – | – |
| query | string | – | – |
| results | array | – | – |
No examples provided.
search_entities Search Entities ~85
Search people, places, events, institutions, works, and concepts extracted from an author corpus.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| author | string | – | Optional author slug or name. |
| limit | integer | – | – |
| query | string | yes | Entity name, alias, type, or concept to search for. |
| type | string | – | Optional entity type filter, e.g. person, place, event. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| author | string | – | – |
| count | number | – | – |
| entities | array | – | – |
| query | string | – | – |
No examples provided.
search_greek_phrases Search Greek Phrases ~99
Search catalogued Greek phrases, glosses, suspected sources, register, and source-certainty metadata.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| author | string | – | Optional author slug or name. |
| limit | integer | – | – |
| query | string | – | Optional search over Greek text, transliteration, gloss, context, source, or notes. |
| register | string | – | – |
| source_certainty | string | – | – |
| work_id | string | – | – |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| author | string | – | – |
| count | number | – | – |
| phrases | array | – | – |
| query | string | – | – |
No examples provided.
search_letters Search Letters ~146
Search correspondence metadata by correspondent, place, topic, mood, date range, or Greek usage where available.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| author | string | – | Optional author slug or name. Cicero and Pliny currently have the richest letter data. |
| carries_greek | boolean | – | – |
| correspondent | string | – | – |
| end_date | string | – | Optional ISO-ish upper bound. |
| limit | integer | – | – |
| mood | string | – | – |
| place | string | – | – |
| query | string | – | Optional general query over correspondent, place, topics, and mood. |
| start_date | string | – | Optional ISO-ish lower bound, e.g. -0050-01-01. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| author | string | – | – |
| count | number | – | – |
| letters | array | – | – |
| query | string | – | – |
No examples provided.
search_parallel Search Parallel Text ~54
Search aligned source-language and English translation sidecars across the corpus.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| author | string | – | Optional author slug or name. |
| field | string | – | – |
| limit | integer | – | – |
| query | string | yes | – |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| author | string | – | – |
| count | number | – | – |
| field | string | – | – |
| note | string | – | – |
| query | string | – | – |
| results | array | – | – |
No examples provided.
What is the Hermitsh Texts MCP server?
Hermitsh Texts is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as ai.hermitsh/texts. Complete classical & world literature, search + cite exact passages, facing sources, 50+ languages. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://hermitsh.ai/mcp).
Is the Hermitsh Texts MCP server safe to use?
Hermitsh Texts scores 87 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.
What tools does the Hermitsh Texts MCP server expose?
Hermitsh Texts exposes 19 tools: list_authors, list_works, search_corpus, get_work, get_passage, and 14 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,368 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Does the Hermitsh Texts MCP server require authentication?
No. We connected to Hermitsh Texts without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.
Is the Hermitsh Texts MCP server still maintained?
Hermitsh Texts is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 21 September 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.