# `com.learnthedao/learn-the-dao` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/com.learnthedao/learn-the-dao
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/com.learnthedao/learn-the-dao
- Version: 1.0.0 (active)
- Publisher: com.learnthedao (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T17:58:05.442Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Learn the Dao — Tao Te Ching
Read, search and cite all 81 chapters of the Tao Te Ching, with per-rendering attribution.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T18:51:30.180Z over streamable-http.

**4 tools: 1 change things and 3 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 1 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 3 | allow |

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Changes things (1)

Creates or changes something that can be changed back. Claude Code: ask.

### `consult`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Given what a person is actually facing — in their own words — find the chapter of the Tao Te Ching that speaks to it, and the one line to hold. Use this when someone describes a situation (a betrayal, burnout, forcing an outcome, never feeling satisfied) rather than asking about the text. Unlike search_chapters, this matches the SITUATION, not the words: "a coworker took credit for my work" reaches chapter 63, which shares no word with it.
```

## Only reads (3)

Looks things up and changes nothing. Claude Code: allow.

### `get_chapter`

- The name "get_chapter" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get one chapter (1-81) in both public renderings: the public-domain James Legge (1891) translation and Dao De Kooi, an original rendering by David Kooi. Each carries its own attribution and a ready-to-use citation string. The Kooi rendering is NOT public domain.
```

### `list_chapters`

- The name "list_chapters" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List all 81 chapters of the Tao Te Ching with their titles, plus the attribution blocks for each available rendering. Start here to orient.
```

### `search_chapters`

- The name "search_chapters" says "search": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search the full corpus for a word or phrase and get the matching lines with their chapter numbers. Use this when the user half-remembers a line and you need to find where it is.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `learn-the-dao`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__learn-the-dao__list_chapters",
      "mcp__learn-the-dao__get_chapter",
      "mcp__learn-the-dao__search_chapters"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__learn-the-dao__consult"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```