# `com.simplecohortllc.bible/shepherd-bible-api` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/com.simplecohortllc.bible/shepherd-bible-api
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/com.simplecohortllc.bible/shepherd-bible-api
- Version: 1.0.0 (active)
- Publisher: com.simplecohortllc.bible (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:04:59.466Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Shepherd Bible API
Bible translations, books, chapters, verses, and search
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T18:55:28.573Z over streamable-http.

**5 tools: 5 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 0 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 5 | allow |

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Only reads (5)

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

### `bible_books`

- The description's first verb is "return": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Return books and chapter counts for a translation.
```

### `bible_chapter`

- The description's first verb is "return": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Return all verses, groupings, and red letter data for a chapter.
```

### `bible_search`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search for verses by keyword or exact match.
```

### `bible_translations`

- The description's first verb is "return": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Return all available Bible translations.
```

### `bible_verse`

- The description's first verb is "return": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Return a specific verse, with red letter data if available.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `shepherd-bible-api`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__shepherd-bible-api__bible_translations",
      "mcp__shepherd-bible-api__bible_books",
      "mcp__shepherd-bible-api__bible_chapter",
      "mcp__shepherd-bible-api__bible_verse",
      "mcp__shepherd-bible-api__bible_search"
    ],
    "ask": [],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```