# Dhamma.Gift — Pāli Canon (remote · api.dhamma.gift)

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

- Trust score: 69/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +7
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-04

## Components

- remote · `api.dhamma.gift`: 69/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/gift-dhamma-pali-canon/api.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/gift-dhamma-pali-canon/api)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://api.dhamma.gift/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 2026-11-04.

- **Endpoint Security**: 57/100
  - 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 5 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 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**: 56/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 2695 tokens (~539/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**: 60/100
  - Stability observed for 18 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 supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the Dhamma.Gift — Pāli Canon MCP server?

Dhamma.Gift — Pāli Canon is a hosted endpoint at https://api.dhamma.gift/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.

### Claude

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

### Cursor

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

### VS Code

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

### Codex

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

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "gift-dhamma-pali-canon": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://api.dhamma.gift/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add gift-dhamma-pali-canon --url 'https://api.dhamma.gift/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  gift-dhamma-pali-canon:
    url: "https://api.dhamma.gift/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "gift-dhamma-pali-canon": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://api.dhamma.gift/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add gift-dhamma-pali-canon -t streamable-http -u 'https://api.dhamma.gift/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gift-dhamma-pali-canon": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.dhamma.gift/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.

### 2026-11-03 (score 69, +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.

### 2026-11-01 (score 68, 0)

- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads

### 2026-10-31 (score 68, +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.

### 2026-10-30 (score 67, +5)

- [security improvement] HTTPS: unverified → pass
- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads
- [security] Tool “get_text” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [functional regression] Schema quality: 2010 → 2675
- [functional] Server version: 1.2.0 → 1.3.0
- [functional] New tool “compare_editions”
- [cosmetic] “get_text” added an optional parameter “editions”
- [cosmetic] “get_text” reworded the description of “suttaId”

### 2026-10-28 (score 62, +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.

### 2026-10-25 (score 61, +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.

### 2026-10-23 (score 60, +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.

### 2026-10-21 (score 59, +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.

## MCP tools (5)

### `search` (~566 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, metaphor count, reader link — Pali only, ordered so that suttas that DEFINE the term come first, then ones NAMED after it, then by how often it occurs. Set include_segments for the matched Pali lines, include_translations (+ langs) for translations. 40 suttas by default (25 by occurrence count, plus 15 for suttas named after the term and ones defining it); metadata.totalFiles reports the true count, and limit takes a number or "all".

Input parameters:

- `exact` (boolean): Whole-word match only. Default: false.
- `include_segments` (boolean): Also return the matched Pali segments (segment id, text, reader link). Default: false — the census alone.
- `include_translations` (boolean): Also return translations of the matched segments (implies include_segments). Default: false.
- `langs` (array): Translation languages to include with include_translations, e.g. ["ru","en"]. Default: none (Pali only).
- `limit`: How many suttas to list: a number, or "all" for every match. Default: 40, composed of 25 by occurrence count plus 15 for suttas named after the term and defining it. Strict — the cap means the cap. m…
- `query` (string, required): Keyword, phrase, or REGEX pattern to search for (Pali or a translation word). Patterns work and are the way to find definitions: "kata.*dukkha" (Katamañca … dukkhaṁ?), "vucc.*dukkha" (idaṁ vuccati du…
- `scope` (string): default|all|dhamma|vinaya|abhi|khudakka|or comma-separated nikaya codes (dn,mn,...). Default: default (4 nikayas + 6 KN books).
- `translators` (array): Explicit translator keys, e.g. ["en_sujato"] to include Sujato, or ["ru_sv"]. Needed only to override the default translator choice.

### `get_text` (~279 tokens)

Fetch a sutta by id (e.g. "dn22", "mn1", "sn56.11") — the Pali text (Mahāsaṅgīti) of every segment. Pali only by default; pass langs for translations, translators to name a translator (e.g. ["en_sujato"]), editions for the whole text of other Pali editions line by line (DN, MN, SN, AN). Same data as dhamma.gift/api/text.

Input parameters:

- `editions` (array): Other Pali editions to add, each segment beside the Mahāsaṅgīti: bjt (Buddha Jayanti, Sri Lanka), my (Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana, Myanmar), th (Siam Rath, Thailand), mso (Mahāsaṅgīti as printed, 2005), pts (P…
- `langs` (array): Translation languages to include, e.g. ["ru","en"]. Default: none (Pali only).
- `suttaId` (string, required): Sutta id, e.g. dn22, mn1, sn56.11.
- `translators` (array): Explicit translator keys, e.g. ["en_sujato"] to include Sujato.

### `compare_editions` (~304 tokens)

Compare the Pali Canon's editions line by line: the Mahāsaṅgīti beside Buddha Jayanti (Sri Lanka), Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana (Myanmar), Siam Rath (Thailand), the printed Mahāsaṅgīti of 2005 and the PTS editions (DN, MN, SN, AN). Give a sutta ("sn56.11"), a line ("dn22:18.1") or a range ("sn56.11:5.1-5.4"). The answer starts with a summary per edition (name, license, lines present, missing, differing), then the lines where some edition reads differently, each with the differing words. Case, punctuation and ṁ/ṃ are not counted as differences.

Input parameters:

- `all` (boolean): Every line, not only the lines where an edition differs. Default false.
- `editions` (array): Editions to compare with the Mahāsaṅgīti. Default: all of bjt, my, th, mso, pts.
- `from` (string): Continue from this line (the next_from of a previous answer).
- `id` (string, required): A sutta (sn56.11), a line (dn22:18.1) or a range of lines (sn56.11:5.1-5.4).
- `limit` (integer): Lines per answer (default 60); the answer gives next_from to continue.

### `compare_translations` (~142 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.

Input parameters:

- `langs` (array): Limit to these languages, e.g. ["ru","en"]. Default: all.
- `segmentId` (string, required): Segment id as returned by search, e.g. mn129:21.3 or dn22:1.1.
- `translators` (array): Explicit translator keys, e.g. ["en_sujato"] to include Sujato.

### `list_structure` (~105 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.

Input parameters:

- `prefix` (string): Sutta id prefix such as mn, sn56, an4, dhp. Max 200 suttas are listed.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/gift-dhamma-pali-canon/api#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-04: 69
- 2026-11-03: 69
- 2026-11-02: 68
- 2026-11-01: 68
- 2026-10-31: 68
- 2026-10-30: 67
- 2026-10-29: 62
- 2026-10-28: 62
- 2026-10-27: 61
- 2026-10-26: 61
- 2026-10-25: 61
- 2026-10-24: 60
- 2026-10-23: 60
- 2026-10-22: 59
- 2026-10-21: 59
- 2026-10-20: 58
- 2026-10-19: 58
- 2026-10-18: 57
- 2026-10-17: 57

## Common questions

### What is the Dhamma.Gift — Pāli Canon MCP server?

Dhamma.Gift — Pāli Canon is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as gift.dhamma/pali-canon. Search and read the Pāli Canon: Pāli root texts with Russian and English translations. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://api.dhamma.gift/mcp).

### Is the Dhamma.Gift — Pāli Canon MCP server safe to use?

Dhamma.Gift — Pāli Canon scores 69 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 Dhamma.Gift — Pāli Canon MCP server expose?

Dhamma.Gift — Pāli Canon exposes 5 tools: search, get_text, compare_editions, compare_translations, list_structure. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,396 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Dhamma.Gift — Pāli Canon MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to Dhamma.Gift — Pāli Canon without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the Dhamma.Gift — Pāli Canon MCP server still maintained?

Dhamma.Gift — Pāli Canon is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 4 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://api.dhamma.gift/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/dhammagift/dg-node
- Website: https://dhamma.gift/docs/tech/mcp
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/gift-dhamma-pali-canon/api.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/gift-dhamma-pali-canon/api.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/gift-dhamma-pali-canon/api