Bible MCP

An MCP server for Christian scholarship and research. Non-commercial, aiming to become a public resource. See corpus-survey.md for the full source/license landscape and ROADMAP.md for direction. It is available as a remote MCP endpoint.

Teams that work with bible, christianity and patristics and want a hosted endpoint instead of running a local process. The project is written in Python.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-09-02 · ★ 3 · #846 OF 945 MAINTAINED OTHER · VERIFIED 2026-09-18

NOASSERTION · Python servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Bible MCP

Claude Code

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

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

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

Same JSON for Cursor. For VS Code, rename the top-level key from `mcpServers` to `servers`.

Using another client? Same JSON, different key

Claude Desktop · mcpServers

Cursor · mcpServers

VS Code · servers

Windsurf · mcpServers

Zed · context_servers

Cline · mcpServers

Roo Code · mcpServers

Continue · mcpServers

LibreChat · mcpServers

Gemini CLI · mcpServers

Codex CLI · mcp_servers

Full setup guides: every client.

02 · Evidence

https://bible-mcp-server.fly.dev/mcp

transport: streamable-http

endpoint alive - responded to MCP initialize · probed 2026-09-18

Security posture

What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.

runs as remote - your agent's requests go to bible-mcp-server.fly.dev

endpoint auth accepted our unauthenticated MCP initialize - no credentials needed to connect

repo age created 2026-08-03 - young repo, little track record yet

license no standard license detected - usage rights unclear; check the repo before commercial use

registry namespace io.github.nirajagarwal is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What Bible MCP can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

Latest releases

v0.12.0 · 2026-09-02

BDB, Strong's Hebrew Dictionary, and Abbott-Smith lexicons added - full scholarly · entries (etymology, sense divisions, verse citations) keyed by Strong's number, · surfaced in word_study alongside the existing short…

v0.11.0 · 2026-08-06

Adds the Greek Septuagint text (Swete edition, Cambridge 1887-1894, via First1KGreek) for get_interlinear parity - OT verses now show Hebrew and Septuagint Greek side by side. Genesis-Malachi + Apocrypha, Theodotion…

v0.10.0 · 2026-08-04

Adds the Septuagint (Brenton translation, 1851) - OT + Apocrypha, Psalms remapped to standard English/KJV numbering, LXX-native structure preserved for Jeremiah/Daniel-Greek/Exodus/Job/Esther-Greek/Baruch. Also…

04 · Who maintains Bible MCP

bible-mcp is maintained by nirajagarwal. We track 2 MCP servers from nirajagarwal - 2 actively maintained, 3 combined GitHub stars, oldest repo from Aug 2026.

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/nirajagarwal/bible-mcp
category: other - ranked #846 of 945 actively-maintained other servers as of 2026-09-18.
release cadence: 4 releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-09-02)
registry: io.github.nirajagarwal/bible-mcp (active, first published 2026-08-03 · 5 versions)

06 · Bible MCP FAQ

What is Bible MCP?

Is Bible MCP still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-09-18, its last commit was 2026-09-02 and it shipped 4 releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

How do I install Bible MCP?

Run `claude mcp add nirajagarwal-bible-mcp --transport http https://bible-mcp-server.fly.dev/mcp`. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

Does Bible MCP require authentication?

No - the endpoint accepted our unauthenticated MCP initialize when probed on 2026-09-18; you can connect without credentials.

07 · Alternatives to Bible MCP

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