# Cross + Covenant Bible (remote · crossandcovenant.co)

Public-domain Bible text (WEB and KJV), reading plans and a daily devotional. Read-only.

- Trust score: 84/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `crossandcovenant.co`: 84/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/co-crossandcovenant-bible/api-mcp-bible.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/co-crossandcovenant-bible/api-mcp-bible)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://crossandcovenant.co/api/mcp/bible`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.0.0`

## Trust breakdown

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. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-11-05.

- **Endpoint Security**: 80/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - No authorisation is required to call this server. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 71/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 724 tokens (~144/item across 5 items; 5 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 80/100
  - Stability observed for 24 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 5 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 6 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).

## Install

### How do I install the Cross + Covenant Bible MCP server?

Cross + Covenant Bible is a hosted endpoint at https://crossandcovenant.co/api/mcp/bible, 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.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http co-crossandcovenant-bible 'https://crossandcovenant.co/api/mcp/bible'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "co-crossandcovenant-bible": {
      "url": "https://crossandcovenant.co/api/mcp/bible"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "co-crossandcovenant-bible": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://crossandcovenant.co/api/mcp/bible"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.co-crossandcovenant-bible]
url = "https://crossandcovenant.co/api/mcp/bible"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "co-crossandcovenant-bible": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://crossandcovenant.co/api/mcp/bible",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add co-crossandcovenant-bible --url 'https://crossandcovenant.co/api/mcp/bible' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  co-crossandcovenant-bible:
    url: "https://crossandcovenant.co/api/mcp/bible"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "co-crossandcovenant-bible": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://crossandcovenant.co/api/mcp/bible"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add co-crossandcovenant-bible -t streamable-http -u 'https://crossandcovenant.co/api/mcp/bible'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "co-crossandcovenant-bible": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://crossandcovenant.co/api/mcp/bible"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-11-04 (score 84, +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.

### 2026-11-02 (score 83, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 67 to 70. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 20 days of observed history at the previous scan, 21 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-31 (score 82, +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.

### 2026-10-29 (score 81, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 53 to 57. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 16 days of observed history at the previous scan, 17 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-27 (score 80, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 47 to 50. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 14 days of observed history at the previous scan, 15 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-25 (score 79, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 40 to 43. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 12 days of observed history at the previous scan, 13 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-23 (score 78, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 33 to 37. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 10 days of observed history at the previous scan, 11 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-20 (score 77, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 23 to 27. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 7 days of observed history at the previous scan, 8 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

## MCP tools (5)

### `get_passage` (~175 tokens)

Get a Bible passage

Returns the text of a Bible passage from the World English Bible or the King James Version, both public domain. Accepts a verse, a range, whole chapters, or several references joined with ";" (for example "John 3:16", "Psalm 23", "Romans 8:28-39", "1 Cor 13:4-7; Micah 6:8"). Up to 150 verses or 2 chapters per call; a longer request returns the first part and names the rest.

Input parameters:

- `reference` (string, required): Bible reference, for example "John 3:16-21", "Psalm 23", or "Genesis 1-2".
- `translation` (string): Translation: "web" (World English Bible, the default) or "kjv" (King James Version).

### `search_scripture` (~178 tokens)

Search scripture

Finds Bible verses containing the given words in the World English Bible or the King James Version, ranked by how closely each verse matches. Common words are ignored, and a word also matches longer forms (fear matches fears and feared). Can be limited to one book or one testament.

Input parameters:

- `book` (string): Limit to one book, for example "Psalms" or "John".
- `limit` (integer): How many verses to return, 1 to 25. Default 10.
- `query` (string, required): Words to find, for example "do not be afraid" or "living water".
- `testament` (string): Limit to the "old" or "new" testament.
- `translation` (string): Translation: "web" (World English Bible, the default) or "kjv" (King James Version).

### `list_reading_plans` (~65 tokens)

List reading plans

Lists the Cross + Covenant Bible reading plans: the M'Cheyne one-year plan, which follows the calendar, and five short topical plans (hope, peace, strength, the Psalms, the life of Jesus). Gives each plan's id, length and purpose.

### `get_reading_plan_day` (~188 tokens)

Get a reading plan day

Returns the passages for one day of a Cross + Covenant reading plan, by day number or, for the one-year M'Cheyne plan, by calendar date (today in Mountain Time when neither is given). With include_text, also returns the passage text (up to 150 verses) in the World English Bible or King James Version.

Input parameters:

- `date` (string): Calendar date in YYYY-MM-DD form. One-year plan only.
- `day` (integer): Day number in the plan, starting at 1.
- `include_text` (boolean): Also return the text of the day's passages. Default false.
- `plan_id` (string, required): Plan id: "mcheyne" (one year) or a topical plan id.
- `translation` (string): Translation: "web" (World English Bible, the default) or "kjv" (King James Version).

### `get_devotional` (~83 tokens)

Get the devotional

Returns the Cross + Covenant daily devotional for a date: a scripture passage in the World English Bible or King James Version, a short reflection, and a prayer. Defaults to today in Mountain Time. On a date without a devotional available here, returns that day's scripture instead.

Input parameters:

- `date` (string): Date in YYYY-MM-DD form. Defaults to today in Mountain Time.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/co-crossandcovenant-bible/api-mcp-bible#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 84
- 2026-11-04: 84
- 2026-11-03: 83
- 2026-11-02: 83
- 2026-11-01: 82
- 2026-10-31: 82
- 2026-10-30: 81
- 2026-10-29: 81
- 2026-10-28: 80
- 2026-10-27: 80
- 2026-10-26: 79
- 2026-10-25: 79
- 2026-10-24: 78
- 2026-10-23: 78
- 2026-10-22: 77
- 2026-10-21: 77
- 2026-10-20: 77
- 2026-10-19: 76
- 2026-10-18: 76
- 2026-10-17: 75
- 2026-10-16: 75
- 2026-10-15: 74
- 2026-10-14: 74
- 2026-10-13: 73
- 2026-10-12: 73

## Common questions

### What is the Cross + Covenant Bible MCP server?

Cross + Covenant Bible is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as co.crossandcovenant/bible. Public-domain Bible text (WEB and KJV), reading plans and a daily devotional. Read-only. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://crossandcovenant.co/api/mcp/bible).

### Is the Cross + Covenant Bible MCP server safe to use?

Cross + Covenant Bible scores 84 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 Cross + Covenant Bible MCP server expose?

Cross + Covenant Bible exposes 5 tools: get_passage, search_scripture, list_reading_plans, get_reading_plan_day, get_devotional. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 689 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Cross + Covenant Bible MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to Cross + Covenant Bible without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the Cross + Covenant Bible MCP server still maintained?

Cross + Covenant Bible is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://crossandcovenant.co/api/mcp/bible
- Website: https://crossandcovenant.co/bible-connector
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/co-crossandcovenant-bible/api-mcp-bible.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/co-crossandcovenant-bible/api-mcp-bible.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/co-crossandcovenant-bible/api-mcp-bible