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I Ching Hexagrams (The Hexagrams)

by thehexagrams.com · remote · no sign-in to list tools · v1.0.0 · published by com.thehexagrams

Cast I Ching hexagrams with moving lines; classical + English judgments for all 64.

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3 tools: 1 change things and 2 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 iching https://thehexagrams.com/mcp

Tools

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

3 tools

Changes things 1Claude Code: ask
  • cast_hexagramCast an I Ching (Yijing) hexagram with the classic three-coin method.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.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Cast an I Ching (Yijing) hexagram with the classic three-coin method. Returns the primary hexagram (King Wen number, Chinese name, Unicode symbol), its judgment in classical Chinese with a public-domain English translation, a plain-language meaning, any moving (changing) lines, and the transformed hexagram when lines move. Optionally attach the question you have in mind.
Only reads 2Claude Code: allow
  • get_hexagramLook up one of the 64 I Ching hexagrams by King Wen number (1-64), Chinese name, pinyin, or Wilhelm English name.No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "get_hexagram" says "get": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Look up one of the 64 I Ching hexagrams by King Wen number (1-64), Chinese name, pinyin, or Wilhelm English name. Returns trigram composition, judgment (classical Chinese + Legge English translation), all six line texts, a plain-language meaning, and a link to the full page on thehexagrams.com.
  • list_hexagramsList all 64 I Ching hexagrams with King Wen numbers, Chinese names, pinyin, Wilhelm English names, and Unicode symbols.No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "list_hexagrams" says "list": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    List all 64 I Ching hexagrams with King Wen numbers, Chinese names, pinyin, Wilhelm English names, and Unicode symbols.

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 iching https://thehexagrams.com/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__iching__get_hexagram",
      "mcp__iching__list_hexagrams"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__iching__cast_hexagram"
    ],
    "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 iching. Review it before you use it.