# `dev.workers.shimonkolodny.sefaria-mcp/sefaria` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/dev.workers.shimonkolodny.sefaria-mcp/sefaria
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/dev.workers.shimonkolodny.sefaria-mcp/sefaria
- Version: 1.0.0 (active)
- Publisher: dev.workers.shimonkolodny.sefaria-mcp (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:12:36.287Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Sefaria Library
Access Sefaria's library of Jewish texts, commentaries, and learning schedules via MCP
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T18:59:48.202Z over streamable-http.

**9 tools: 9 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 | 9 | allow |

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Only reads (9)

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

### `get_calendars`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Returns daily learning schedules (Parashat Hashavua, Daf Yomi, etc.) for a specific date
```

### `get_index`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Returns metadata for a specific text, such as section names and categories
```

### `get_links`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Returns a list of known connections (commentary, citations, etc.) for a specific text segment
```

### `get_shape`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Returns the structure and section counts for a specific text reference
```

### `get_text`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Retrieve the text and metadata for a specific reference (e.g., 'Genesis.1.1' or 'Berakhot 2a')
```

### `get_toc`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Returns the table of contents for all texts in the library, grouped by category
```

### `get_topics`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Returns a list of JSON objects containing metadata for topics in the database
```

### `get_versions`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Returns available text versions for a specific reference
```

### `search_texts`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search the Sefaria library for a query string.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `sefaria`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__sefaria__get_text",
      "mcp__sefaria__search_texts",
      "mcp__sefaria__get_index",
      "mcp__sefaria__get_toc",
      "mcp__sefaria__get_links",
      "mcp__sefaria__get_topics",
      "mcp__sefaria__get_calendars",
      "mcp__sefaria__get_versions",
      "mcp__sefaria__get_shape"
    ],
    "ask": [],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```