# io.github.mrfentmen/torah-mcp (npm · torah-mcp)

Keyless Torah study via Sefaria: weekly portion, Tanakh text, commentaries, links, search.

- Trust score: 70/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-25

## Components

- npm · `torah-mcp`: 70/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/mrfentmen-torah-mcp/torah-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/mrfentmen-torah-mcp/torah-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `torah-mcp`
- Version: `1.0.0`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, 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 2026-09-25.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 98/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - 31 of 96 dependencies flagged as unhealthy.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 45/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published.
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 2 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 73/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 386 tokens (~77/item across 5 items; 5 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 0/100
  - Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).
- **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 5 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.

**Unverified: 1 category.** A category scored 0 because we could not verify it: a data source with nothing on this package, evidence we could not reach, or a check we could not run. We only credit what we can confirm.

## Install

### How do I install the io.github.mrfentmen/torah-mcp server?

io.github.mrfentmen/torah-mcp runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y torah-mcp. 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 mrfentmen-torah-mcp -- npx -y torah-mcp
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mrfentmen-torah-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "torah-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "mrfentmen-torah-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "torah-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add mrfentmen-torah-mcp -- npx -y torah-mcp
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "mrfentmen-torah-mcp": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "torah-mcp"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add mrfentmen-torah-mcp --command npx --arg -y --arg torah-mcp
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  mrfentmen-torah-mcp:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "torah-mcp"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "mrfentmen-torah-mcp": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "npx",
      "Arguments": [
        "-y",
        "torah-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add mrfentmen-torah-mcp -t stdio -c npx -a -y torah-mcp
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mrfentmen-torah-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "torah-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## 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.

### 2026-09-25 (score 70, 0)

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

### 2026-09-22 (score 70)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (5)

### `get_weekly_portion` (~82 tokens)

Get weekly Torah portion

This week's Torah portion (Parashat HaShavua) plus holidays. Optional lat/lon adds candle-lighting times.

Input parameters:

- `latitude` (number): Latitude for candle-lighting times
- `longitude` (number): Longitude for candle-lighting times
- `timezone` (string): IANA timezone, e.g. 'America/New_York'

### `get_tanakh_text` (~95 tokens)

Read Tanakh text

Read a Tanakh passage in English and Hebrew: 'Genesis.1', 'Exodus 20', 'Psalms.23', 'Deuteronomy.6.4'.

Input parameters:

- `language` (string): 'en', 'he' or 'both' (default both)
- `ref` (string, required): Sefaria reference, e.g. 'Genesis.1' or 'Psalms.23'

### `get_commentaries` (~81 tokens)

Read commentaries

Classical commentaries on a passage: Rashi, Ramban, Ibn Ezra. Filter by commentator name.

Input parameters:

- `commentator` (string): Filter, e.g. 'Rashi' or 'Ramban'
- `maxResults` (integer): How many commentaries
- `ref` (string, required): Reference, e.g. 'Genesis.1.1'

### `get_connections` (~75 tokens)

Get linked sources

Sources linked to a verse: commentaries, midrash, halakhah, cross-references. Optional category filter.

Input parameters:

- `category` (string): Filter, e.g. 'Commentary', 'Midrash', 'Halakhah'
- `ref` (string, required): Verse reference, e.g. 'Genesis.1.1'

### `search_texts` (~53 tokens)

Search Jewish texts

Full-text search across Sefaria's library: Tanakh, Mishnah, Talmud, midrash and more.

Input parameters:

- `query` (string, required): Search text
- `size` (integer): How many results

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/mrfentmen-torah-mcp/torah-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-09-25: 70
- 2026-09-24: 70
- 2026-09-23: 70
- 2026-09-22: 70

## Common questions

### What is the io.github.mrfentmen/torah-mcp server?

io.github.mrfentmen/torah-mcp is listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.mrfentmen/torah-mcp. Keyless Torah study via Sefaria: weekly portion, Tanakh text, commentaries, links, search. This page covers its npm package (torah-mcp).

### Is the io.github.mrfentmen/torah-mcp server safe to use?

io.github.mrfentmen/torah-mcp scores 70 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 25 September 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. 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 io.github.mrfentmen/torah-mcp server expose?

io.github.mrfentmen/torah-mcp exposes 5 tools: get_weekly_portion, get_tanakh_text, get_commentaries, get_connections, search_texts. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 386 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the io.github.mrfentmen/torah-mcp server still maintained?

io.github.mrfentmen/torah-mcp is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 25 September 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

### What licence is the io.github.mrfentmen/torah-mcp server under?

io.github.mrfentmen/torah-mcp declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/torah-mcp
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/torah-mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/mrfentmen/awesome-mcps
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/mrfentmen-torah-mcp/torah-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/mrfentmen-torah-mcp/torah-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/mrfentmen-torah-mcp/torah-mcp