io.github.nirajagarwal/bible-mcp

REMOTE · BIBLE-MCP-SERVER.FLY.DEV · SCANNED AUG 7

Bible corpus MCP server: scripture, Greek/Hebrew interlinear data, cross-refs, semantic search.

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63 63 Trust /100

Trust breakdown (6 categories)

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 →

Endpoint Security57

The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key. View diagnostics → Pass
Authorisation not fully verified: no authorisation is required to call this server, and 13 tool(s) never declared a destructiveHint. The MCP spec treats an absent hint as destructive by default, so we cannot call this surface safe. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Unverified
HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path. View diagnostics → Pass
HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail

Transport & Reachability100

Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake. View diagnostics → Pass

Schema Quality & AI Usability82

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 1329 tokens (~102/item across 13 items; 13 tools + 0 resources), lean.Pass
Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail

Stability & Change Management13

Stability observed for 4 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial

Tool Coverage71

100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
0% of tool parameters carry a description.Fail
Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.Pass

Capabilities100

Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.Pass

Install

Add this component to your MCP client. Where a client-specific snippet is available, pick your client below and copy it straight into your config; otherwise use the connection detail shown.

remote · bible-mcp-server.fly.dev

Claude Codex opencode OpenClaw Hermes Other

# add to Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http nirajagarwal-bible-mcp https://bible-mcp-server.fly.dev/mcp

# ~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.nirajagarwal-bible-mcp]
url = "https://bible-mcp-server.fly.dev/mcp"

// opencode.json

{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "nirajagarwal-bible-mcp": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://bible-mcp-server.fly.dev/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}

# add to OpenClaw

openclaw mcp add nirajagarwal-bible-mcp --url https://bible-mcp-server.fly.dev/mcp --transport streamable-http

# ~/.hermes/config.yaml

mcp_servers:
  nirajagarwal-bible-mcp:
    url: "https://bible-mcp-server.fly.dev/mcp"

// mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nirajagarwal-bible-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://bible-mcp-server.fly.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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

Changelog

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.

7 Aug 26 0
- The server no longer declares the “experimental” capability functional
6 Aug 26 0
- Tool “get_interlinear” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads security
- Schema quality: excellent → good functional
5 Aug 26 +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.
4 Aug 26 0
- Tool “word_study” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads security
- Stability: unverified → 0.03 ▲ functional
- Schema quality: good → excellent functional
3 Aug 26 62

First indexed and scored.

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Diagnostics

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 7 Aug 2026 · Probed https://bible-mcp-server.fly.dev/mcp

TLS valid

Negotiated TLS 1.3 with TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 .

Subject	Issuer	Valid from	Valid until	Key	Signature	Serial
CN=*.fly.dev	CN=YE2,O=Let's Encrypt,C=US	21 Jun 2026	19 Sept 2026	ECDSA 256	ECDSA-SHA384	503153e73302e4a0c89ebb83c4a741aac04
SANs: *.fly.dev
CN=YE2,O=Let's Encrypt,C=US (CA)	CN=Root YE,O=ISRG,C=US	3 Sept 2025	2 Sept 2028	ECDSA 384	ECDSA-SHA384	4df3b15dd6c0784c507cd37b58e6f115
CN=Root YE,O=ISRG,C=US (CA)	CN=ISRG Root X2,O=Internet Security Research Group,C=US	13 May 2026	2 Sept 2032	ECDSA 384	ECDSA-SHA384	872165fc34b6e5fba8add5b3705fb53a
CN=ISRG Root X2,O=Internet Security Research Group,C=US (CA)	CN=ISRG Root X1,O=Internet Security Research Group,C=US	13 May 2026	2 Sept 2032	ECDSA 384	SHA256-RSA	6c8f1dc727c7117f7baf853ac980f9cd

DNSSEC insecure

Validation of bible-mcp-server.fly.dev. — Not signed

Zone	DS	Keys	Algorithms	Outcome
.	trust_anchor	20326, 38696	8, 8	Verified
dev.	present	60074	8	Verified
fly.dev.	absent			Unsigned (proven) parent-signed NSEC/NSEC3 proves an unsigned delegation

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

Transports 2 probes

Transport	URL	Outcome	Status	Location
streamable-http	https://bible-mcp-server.fly.dev/mcp	Verified	200
http (plaintext)	http://bible-mcp-server.fly.dev/mcp	HTTPS enforced	301	https://bible-mcp-server.fly.dev/mcp

MCP tools · 13 exposed · ~1,329 tokens

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.

Tool Tokens

compare_versions ~31

Show a verse or short range in both BSB and WEB side by side.

Input Output Examples

Name	Type	Req	Description
reference	string	yes	–

Name	Type	Req	Description
result	string	yes	–

No examples provided.

corpus_info ~22

What's in the corpus: documents, layers, licenses, and counts.

Input Output Examples

Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.

Name	Type	Req	Description
result	string	yes	–

No examples provided.

entities_in_passage ~49

List the people, places, and events linked to a verse or chapter, e.g. 'Genesis 14' or 'John 3:16'.

Input Output Examples

Name	Type	Req	Description
reference	string	yes	–

Name	Type	Req	Description
result	string	yes	–

No examples provided.

find_similar ~83

Find passages semantically similar to a given verse or prose paragraph ref — across scripture, Apocrypha, and the classics. E.g. 'Philippians 2:7' or 'JULIAN.27.2'. Powers parallel-finding across corpus layers.

Input Output Examples

Name	Type	Req	Description
reference	string	yes	–
top_k	integer	–	–

Name	Type	Req	Description
result	string	yes	–

No examples provided.

get_citations ~152

Where a Bible verse is cited by name in the patristic corpus, extracted from the translators' own footnotes (tier 1). E.g. reference='Ephesians 5:21'. Complements get_cross_references, which links scripture to scripture; this links patristic text to scripture. COVERAGE NOTE: footnote extraction has known recall gaps — an empty result is normal and does NOT mean the verse is uncited; full-text `search` within the patristic works is the thorough probe (verbatim quotations are regularly found that the footnote index missed).

Input Output Examples

Name	Type	Req	Description
limit	integer	–	–
reference	string	yes	–

Name	Type	Req	Description
result	string	yes	–

No examples provided.

get_cross_references ~58

Cross-references for a verse (OpenBible.info, ranked by community votes), with the target text included. E.g. reference='Romans 5:12'.

Input Output Examples

Name	Type	Req	Description
limit	integer	–	–
reference	string	yes	–

Name	Type	Req	Description
result	string	yes	–

No examples provided.

get_entity ~67

Look up a biblical person, place, event, or people group by name (Theographic knowledge graph). Returns details and where they appear. entity_type optional: person | place | event | people_group.

Input Output Examples

Name	Type	Req	Description
entity_type	string	–	–
name	string	yes	–

Name	Type	Req	Description
result	string	yes	–

No examples provided.

get_interlinear ~131

Word-by-word original language for a verse or short range: surface form, lemma, Strong's, gloss, morphology (Hebrew/Aramaic OT, Greek NT). For OT verses also shows Septuagint Greek surface text where available (Swete edition — Genesis-Malachi plus Apocrypha, Theodotion Daniel/Susanna/Bel; no lemma/Strong's/ morphology in that source, surface form only). E.g. 'John 1:1' or 'Genesis 1:1-3'.

Input Output Examples

Name	Type	Req	Description
reference	string	yes	–

Name	Type	Req	Description
result	string	yes	–

No examples provided.

get_passage ~79

Get Bible text for a reference like 'John 3:16', 'John 3:16-18', 'Genesis 1', or 'Tobit 4:5' (Apocrypha requires version='WEB'). Versions: BSB, WEB.

Input Output Examples

Name	Type	Req	Description
reference	string	yes	–
version	string	–	–

Name	Type	Req	Description
result	string	yes	–

No examples provided.

read_work ~151

Read a prose work from the corpus by paragraph range. Works: CONFESSIONS (Augustine), IMITATION (à Kempis), PILGRIM (Bunyan), PRESENCE (Brother Lawrence), JULIAN (Julian of Norwich), ORTHODOXY (Chesterton), 1CLEMENT (Clement of Rome), BARNABAS (Epistle of Barnabas). Chapters = books/chapters of the work; use search(version=<WORK>) to find passages first, or corpus_info() for the full list.

Input Output Examples

Name	Type	Req	Description
chapter	integer	–	–
end	integer	–	–
start	integer	–	–
work	string	yes	–

Name	Type	Req	Description
result	string	yes	–

No examples provided.

search ~133

Full-text search (stemmed, ranked). Supports phrases in quotes, AND/OR/NOT, e.g. 'living water', 'faith AND works NOT law'. Optional book filter e.g. 'Psalms'. NOTE: porter stemming conflates related surface forms — 'desert' also matches 'deserted' and 'deserts' (as merits) in prose layers; quote exact phrases or add AND-terms to disambiguate.

Input Output Examples

Name	Type	Req	Description
book	string	–	–
limit	integer	–	–
query	string	yes	–
version	string	–	–

Name	Type	Req	Description
result	string	yes	–

No examples provided.

semantic_search ~106

Meaning-based search across the whole corpus — scripture AND prose works — using embeddings, optionally fused with keyword search (hybrid, recommended). Finds passages about a theme even with no shared words, e.g. 'divine self-emptying', 'the soul's dark night'. kind optional: verse | window | paragraph.

Input Output Examples

Name	Type	Req	Description
hybrid	boolean	–	–
kind	string	–	–
query	string	yes	–
top_k	integer	–	–

Name	Type	Req	Description
result	string	yes	–

No examples provided.

word_study ~267

Original-language word study across the whole Bible. Query by Strong's number ('G26', 'H2617', zero-padding optional — 'H953' works), lemma (pointed or unpointed: 'חֶסֶד' or 'חסד', accented or bare Greek), Hebrew/Aramaic transliteration ('miqweh' finds מִקְוֶה, macrons optional), or English gloss ('lovingkindness'). Returns occurrence counts, gloss range, book distribution, and sample verses. NOTE: homographs are split by letter-suffixed Strong's variants (e.g. H4723 'hope' vs H4723a 'gathering of waters' — same written form) — when a gloss range looks too narrow for a word you suspect is richer, probe the lettered variants; the output lists every variant lemma it finds under your query. Gloss-keyed queries match substrings and may conflate lemmas — prefer Strong's or lemma queries for exact counts. language optional: grc | hbo | arc.

Input Output Examples

Name	Type	Req	Description
language	string	–	–
limit	integer	–	–
query	string	yes	–

Name	Type	Req	Description
result	string	yes	–

No examples provided.

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Scoring key

80+ high trust
60–79 medium
below 60 low

How we score

Score history · last 30 days

3 Aug 7 Aug