# Learn the Dao — Tao Te Ching (remote · learnthedao.com)

Read, search and cite all 81 chapters of the Tao Te Ching, with per-rendering attribution.

- Trust score: 67/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-08-19

## Components

- remote · `learnthedao.com`: 67/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-learnthedao-learn-the-dao/api-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-learnthedao-learn-the-dao/api-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://learnthedao.com/api/mcp`
- 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 2026-08-19.

- **Endpoint Security**: 60/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - Authorisation not fully verified: no authorisation is required to call this server, and 4 tool(s) never declared a destructiveHint. The MCP spec treats an absent hint as destructive by default, so we cannot call this surface safe.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent.
  - DNSSEC is configured correctly; the domain's records validate against the full chain to the root.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 71/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 297 tokens (~74/item across 4 items; 4 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 50/100
  - Stability observed for 15 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 67/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 0% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http com-learnthedao-learn-the-dao https://learnthedao.com/api/mcp
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-learnthedao-learn-the-dao]
url = "https://learnthedao.com/api/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "com-learnthedao-learn-the-dao": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://learnthedao.com/api/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-learnthedao-learn-the-dao --url https://learnthedao.com/api/mcp --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-learnthedao-learn-the-dao:
    url: "https://learnthedao.com/api/mcp"
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-learnthedao-learn-the-dao": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://learnthedao.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

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.

### 2026-08-18 (score 67, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 43 to 47. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 13 days of observed history at the previous scan, 14 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-08-16 (score 66, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 37 to 40. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 11 days of observed history at the previous scan, 12 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-08-14 (score 65, 0)

- [functional regression] Schema quality: 58 → 74
- [functional] New tool “consult”

### 2026-08-13 (score 65, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 27 to 30. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 8 days of observed history at the previous scan, 9 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-08-11 (score 64, +2)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-08-10 (score 62, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 17 to 20. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 5 days of observed history at the previous scan, 6 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-08-08 (score 61, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 10 to 13. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 3 days of observed history at the previous scan, 4 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-08-06 (score 60, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 3 to 7. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 1 days of observed history at the previous scan, 2 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

## MCP tools (4)

### `list_chapters` (~38 tokens)

List all 81 chapters of the Tao Te Ching with their titles, plus the attribution blocks for each available rendering. Start here to orient.

### `get_chapter` (~77 tokens)

Get one chapter (1-81) in both public renderings: the public-domain James Legge (1891) translation and Dao De Kooi, an original rendering by David Kooi. Each carries its own attribution and a ready-to-use citation string. The Kooi rendering is NOT public domain.

Input parameters:

- `number` (integer, required)

### `search_chapters` (~61 tokens)

Search the full corpus for a word or phrase and get the matching lines with their chapter numbers. Use this when the user half-remembers a line and you need to find where it is.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer)
- `query` (string, required)

### `consult` (~121 tokens)

Given what a person is actually facing — in their own words — find the chapter of the Tao Te Ching that speaks to it, and the one line to hold. Use this when someone describes a situation (a betrayal, burnout, forcing an outcome, never feeling satisfied) rather than asking about the text. Unlike search_chapters, this matches the SITUATION, not the words: "a coworker took credit for my work" reaches chapter 63, which shares no word with it.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer)
- `situation` (string, required)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-learnthedao-learn-the-dao/api-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-08-19: 67
- 2026-08-18: 67
- 2026-08-17: 66
- 2026-08-16: 66
- 2026-08-15: 65
- 2026-08-14: 65
- 2026-08-13: 65
- 2026-08-12: 64
- 2026-08-11: 64
- 2026-08-10: 62
- 2026-08-09: 61
- 2026-08-08: 61
- 2026-08-07: 60
- 2026-08-06: 60
- 2026-08-05: 59
- 2026-08-04: 59

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://learnthedao.com/api/mcp
- Website: https://learnthedao.com/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-learnthedao-learn-the-dao/api-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-learnthedao-learn-the-dao/api-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-learnthedao-learn-the-dao/api-mcp