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TheWholeTorah

by thewholetorah.ai · remote · no sign-in to list tools · v1.2.0 · published by ai.thewholetorah

Torah lessons in six languages: grounded search, cited lessons, sources, honest ask.

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8 tools: 1 change things and 7 only read.

Scanned Oct 21, 2026

No check matched anything in the tool definitions. No finding is not a safety guarantee. How the checks work.

claude mcp add --transport http thewholetorah https://www.thewholetorah.ai/api/mcp

Tools

Open a tool for its reasons and full description. Descriptions are the publisher's own words, shown as they are.

8 tools

Changes things 1Claude Code: ask
  • askAsk a question and get an answer grounded ONLY in TheWholeTorah.ai's own lessons and sources, with citations.No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
    • The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Ask a question and get an answer grounded ONLY in TheWholeTorah.ai's own lessons and sources, with citations. It will say when it does not know rather than guess. Prefer this for 'what does X say about Y' questions.

    Annotations the server declares

    • title: Ask a grounded Torah question
    • readOnlyHint: true
Only reads 7Claude Code: allow
  • get_audioNarration links for a lesson by slug: one MP3 URL per language that has a published recording, so the lesson can be listened to, not just read.No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "get_audio" says "get": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Narration links for a lesson by slug: one MP3 URL per language that has a published recording, so the lesson can be listened to, not just read.

    Annotations the server declares

    • title: Get lesson audio
    • readOnlyHint: true
  • get_dailyThe Hayom Yom entry for a civil date (default: today in Jerusalem).No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "get_daily" says "get": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    The Hayom Yom entry for a civil date (default: today in Jerusalem). Hayom Yom is the Rebbe's calendar of daily Chassidus teachings, one short entry per Hebrew calendar day. Note: the Jewish day begins at nightfall, so after dark the next day's entry applies.

    Annotations the server declares

    • title: Today's Hayom Yom
    • readOnlyHint: true
  • get_lessonFetch one lesson by its slug (from search_lessons).No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "get_lesson" says "get": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Fetch one lesson by its slug (from search_lessons). Returns the lesson's opening in full and a link to read or listen to the rest on TheWholeTorah.ai.

    Annotations the server declares

    • title: Get a lesson
    • readOnlyHint: true
  • get_source_textFetch the classical source text a lesson is built on (Mishnah, Shulchan Aruch, Tanya), vocalized, in full.No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "get_source_text" says "get": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Fetch the classical source text a lesson is built on (Mishnah, Shulchan Aruch, Tanya), vocalized, in full. These are public-domain texts via Sefaria.

    Annotations the server declares

    • title: Get the classical source text
    • readOnlyHint: true
  • list_booksThe catalog: every book and collection on TheWholeTorah.ai with its sections and published lesson counts.No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "list_books" says "list": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    The catalog: every book and collection on TheWholeTorah.ai with its sections and published lesson counts. Use it to see what the library covers before searching.

    Annotations the server declares

    • title: List the library
    • readOnlyHint: true
  • search_lessonsSearch TheWholeTorah.ai for lessons on a topic, across Mishnah, Tanya, Hayom Yom and Chassidus.No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "search_lessons" says "search": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Search TheWholeTorah.ai for lessons on a topic, across Mishnah, Tanya, Hayom Yom and Chassidus. Returns titles, links and short excerpts. Use this first to find what exists, then get_lesson for one.

    Annotations the server declares

    • title: Search Torah lessons
    • readOnlyHint: true
  • search_sourcesHybrid search over the classical text corpora themselves (Mishnah, Talmud, Rashi, Rambam, Shulchan Aruch, Tanya, the commentaries and more), separate from our lessons.No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "search_sources" says "search": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Hybrid search over the classical text corpora themselves (Mishnah, Talmud, Rashi, Rambam, Shulchan Aruch, Tanya, the commentaries and more), separate from our lessons. Returns labeled passages with links where available. Use search_lessons for our teaching; use this for the primary texts.

    Annotations the server declares

    • title: Search the classical sources
    • readOnlyHint: true

This is not a safety rating, and no finding is not a safety guarantee. The groups and findings come from fixed checks of the tool definitions the server returned on the date shown, not from its code or what it does when called. How the checks work.

Install

Pinned to version 1.2.0. Values in angle brackets are yours to fill in.

claude mcp add --transport http thewholetorah https://www.thewholetorah.ai/api/mcp

Run in a terminal.

Claude Code permissions

Allow the reads, ask before a change, deny the deletes. Paste into .claude/settings.json.

.claude/settings.json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__thewholetorah__search_lessons",
      "mcp__thewholetorah__get_lesson",
      "mcp__thewholetorah__get_source_text",
      "mcp__thewholetorah__get_daily",
      "mcp__thewholetorah__list_books",
      "mcp__thewholetorah__search_sources",
      "mcp__thewholetorah__get_audio"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__thewholetorah__ask"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}

Tools that only read are allowed, tools that change things ask first, tools that delete or cancel are denied. It assumes the server is installed as thewholetorah. Review it before you use it.