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Cross + Covenant Bible

by crossandcovenant.co · remote · no sign-in to list tools · v1.0.0 · published by co.crossandcovenant

Public-domain Bible text (WEB and KJV), reading plans and a daily devotional. Read-only.

Read only

5 tools: 5 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 bible https://crossandcovenant.co/api/mcp/bible

Tools

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

5 tools

Only reads 5Claude Code: allow
  • get_devotionalReturns the Cross + Covenant daily devotional for a date: a scripture passage in the World English Bible or King James Version, a short reflection, and a prayer.No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "get_devotional" says "get": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Returns the Cross + Covenant daily devotional for a date: a scripture passage in the World English Bible or King James Version, a short reflection, and a prayer. Defaults to today in Mountain Time. On a date without a devotional available here, returns that day's scripture instead.

    Annotations the server declares

    • title: Get the devotional
    • readOnlyHint: true
    • destructiveHint: false
    • idempotentHint: true
    • openWorldHint: false
  • get_passageReturns the text of a Bible passage from the World English Bible or the King James Version, both public domain.No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "get_passage" says "get": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Returns the text of a Bible passage from the World English Bible or the King James Version, both public domain. Accepts a verse, a range, whole chapters, or several references joined with ";" (for example "John 3:16", "Psalm 23", "Romans 8:28-39", "1 Cor 13:4-7; Micah 6:8"). Up to 150 verses or 2 chapters per call; a longer request returns the first part and names the rest.

    Annotations the server declares

    • title: Get a Bible passage
    • readOnlyHint: true
    • destructiveHint: false
    • idempotentHint: true
    • openWorldHint: false
  • get_reading_plan_dayReturns the passages for one day of a Cross + Covenant reading plan, by day number or, for the one-year M'Cheyne plan, by calendar date (today in Mountain Time when neither is give…No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "get_reading_plan_day" says "get": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Returns the passages for one day of a Cross + Covenant reading plan, by day number or, for the one-year M'Cheyne plan, by calendar date (today in Mountain Time when neither is given). With include_text, also returns the passage text (up to 150 verses) in the World English Bible or King James Version.

    Annotations the server declares

    • title: Get a reading plan day
    • readOnlyHint: true
    • destructiveHint: false
    • idempotentHint: true
    • openWorldHint: false
  • list_reading_plansLists the Cross + Covenant Bible reading plans: the M'Cheyne one-year plan, which follows the calendar, and five short topical plans (hope, peace, strength, the Psalms, the life of…No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "list_reading_plans" says "list": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Lists the Cross + Covenant Bible reading plans: the M'Cheyne one-year plan, which follows the calendar, and five short topical plans (hope, peace, strength, the Psalms, the life of Jesus). Gives each plan's id, length and purpose.

    Annotations the server declares

    • title: List reading plans
    • readOnlyHint: true
    • destructiveHint: false
    • idempotentHint: true
    • openWorldHint: false
  • search_scriptureFinds Bible verses containing the given words in the World English Bible or the King James Version, ranked by how closely each verse matches.No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "search_scripture" says "search": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Finds Bible verses containing the given words in the World English Bible or the King James Version, ranked by how closely each verse matches. Common words are ignored, and a word also matches longer forms (fear matches fears and feared). Can be limited to one book or one testament.

    Annotations the server declares

    • title: Search scripture
    • readOnlyHint: true
    • destructiveHint: false
    • idempotentHint: true
    • openWorldHint: false

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 1.0.0. Values in angle brackets are yours to fill in.

claude mcp add --transport http bible https://crossandcovenant.co/api/mcp/bible

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__bible__get_passage",
      "mcp__bible__search_scripture",
      "mcp__bible__list_reading_plans",
      "mcp__bible__get_reading_plan_day",
      "mcp__bible__get_devotional"
    ],
    "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 bible. Review it before you use it.