study.vela/corpus

by vela.study · remote · no sign-in to list tools · v0.1.0 · published by study.vela

Read-only MCP access to Vela's corpus of human experience: cited passages, coordinates, reading path

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10 tools: 4 change things and 6 only read.

Scanned Oct 21, 2026

Deletes or cancels0Claude Code: deny
Can't be undone0Claude Code: ask
Changes things4Claude Code: ask: see these tools
Only reads6Claude Code: allow: see these tools

No check matched anything in the tool definitions. No finding is not a safety guarantee. How the checks work.

claude mcp add --transport http corpus https://vela.study/mcp

Tools

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

10 tools

Changes things 4Creates or changes something that can be changed back.Claude Code: ask

vela.corpus.ground_claimGround a claim in the corpus: hybrid semantic + theme retrieval over real passages, returning citations with source, passage code, scores, and a SHORT snippet.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.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
Description, as the server wrote it
Ground a claim in the corpus: hybrid semantic + theme retrieval over real passages, returning citations with source, passage code, scores, and a SHORT snippet. Use to check whether the corpus supports, complicates or is silent on an assertion. COSTS a small amount (one embedding per call). [capability: corpus-ingestion-dual-grade · mirrors: internal — lib/audit/retrieve.ts]
Annotations the server declares
- readOnlyHint: true
- destructiveHint: false
- openWorldHint: false
vela.corpus.witnessLiterary Witness Rail (ASN-1577): return passages and one-line claims from Vela's 762-work corpus that illuminate the given themes and/or emotions.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.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
Description, as the server wrote it
Literary Witness Rail (ASN-1577): return passages and one-line claims from Vela's 762-work corpus that illuminate the given themes and/or emotions. Designed for frame-family profile pages — PersonFrame × ProblemFrame × ConditionFrame — to add an inside-out layer (what writers who lived this say) alongside the outside-in portrait the frame join produces. Results carry evidence_grade 'T1' (single-extractor) until PRN-282 lands. FREE for claims; costs one embedding for the passage path. [capability: literary-witness · mirrors: GET /api/vela/witness]
Annotations the server declares
- readOnlyHint: true
- destructiveHint: false
- openWorldHint: false
vela.magazine.relation_floorWhether a magazine's corpus can support the adaptive promise its pages render.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.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
Description, as the server wrote it
Whether a magazine's corpus can support the adaptive promise its pages render. Reports, per property, each relational dimension's fill AND its separating power — a field present on every piece with one distinct value carries no information, so fill rate alone is misleading. Read-only. [capability: adaptive-magazine-engine · mirrors: npm run magazine:relation-floor]
Annotations the server declares
- readOnlyHint: true
- destructiveHint: false
- openWorldHint: false
vela.magazine.sequence_pathAsk what this magazine would actually give a reader who said they wanted these things.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.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
Description, as the server wrote it
Ask what this magazine would actually give a reader who said they wanted these things. Returns the REAL sequenced path with the rationale for each piece — the same core the anonymous intake calls, not a preview. Read-only: writes nothing and records no signal. [capability: adaptive-magazine-engine · mirrors: POST /api/magazine/start-path]
Annotations the server declares
- readOnlyHint: true
- destructiveHint: false
- openWorldHint: false

Only reads 6Looks things up and changes nothing.Claude Code: allow

vela.corpus.describe_topicDescribe ONE topic in full — its axes and their operative definitions, its complete controlled theme and quality vocabularies, plus the vocabulary actually IN USE across the corpus…No findings
Why it is in this group
- The name "vela.corpus.describe_topic" says "describe": a word for reading.
Description, as the server wrote it
Describe ONE topic in full — its axes and their operative definitions, its complete controlled theme and quality vocabularies, plus the vocabulary actually IN USE across the corpus with counts. The declared vocabulary and the used vocabulary are different facts; this returns both. FREE and read-only. [capability: topic-coordinate-systems · mirrors: GET /api/corpus/topics/:slug]
Annotations the server declares
- readOnlyHint: true
- destructiveHint: false
- openWorldHint: false
vela.corpus.list_topicsList the coordinate systems the corpus can be queried through — each with its thesis, axes, and controlled vocabularies.No findings
Why it is in this group
- The name "vela.corpus.list_topics" says "list": a word for reading.
Description, as the server wrote it
List the coordinate systems the corpus can be queried through — each with its thesis, axes, and controlled vocabularies. Call this before vela.corpus.query to learn what axes and themes exist. FREE and read-only. [capability: topic-coordinate-systems · mirrors: GET /api/corpus/topics]
Annotations the server declares
- readOnlyHint: true
- destructiveHint: false
- openWorldHint: false
vela.corpus.queryAsk the corpus by COORDINATE rather than keyword.No findings
Why it is in this group
- The name "vela.corpus.query" says "query": a word for reading.
Description, as the server wrote it
Ask the corpus by COORDINATE rather than keyword. Filter works by axis weights (e.g. religion ∈ {T,s} AND work ∈ {T,s} returns the God-and-Work source set across genres), controlled themes, qualities/emotions, genre, and free text. Returns card metadata: the one-line claim, themes, coordinates, qualities. FREE and read-only. [capability: library-extraction-cards · mirrors: POST /api/corpus/query]
Annotations the server declares
- readOnlyHint: true
- destructiveHint: false
- openWorldHint: false
vela.library.reading_listThe reading list an emotion or theme page shows: books with one-line claims and a short attributed passage (≤300 chars).No findings
Why it is in this group
- The name "vela.library.reading_list" says "list": a word for reading.
Description, as the server wrote it
The reading list an emotion or theme page shows: books with one-line claims and a short attributed passage (≤300 chars). Exactly one of emotion or theme. FREE and read-only. Every url carries ?ref=mcp for citation arrival measurement. [capability: library-extraction-cards · mirrors: GET /api/corpus/reading-list]
Annotations the server declares
- readOnlyHint: true
- destructiveHint: false
- openWorldHint: false
vela.research.get_studyOne FieldStation study as a library-kit ProfileDTO plus the raw StudyRecord.No findings
Why it is in this group
- The name "vela.research.get_study" says "get": a word for reading.
Description, as the server wrote it
One FieldStation study as a library-kit ProfileDTO plus the raw StudyRecord. Unknown id is an error. FREE and read-only. [capability: study-catalogue · mirrors: GET /api/research/studies/:id]
Annotations the server declares
- readOnlyHint: true
- destructiveHint: false
- openWorldHint: false
vela.research.list_studiesList FieldStation research ideas as a library-kit DiscoveryDTO.No findings
Why it is in this group
- The name "vela.research.list_studies" says "list": a word for reading.
Description, as the server wrote it
List FieldStation research ideas as a library-kit DiscoveryDTO. Each card is a study we can support, not a running participant surface. The honesty gate (limitations, readiness, doNotClaim) is enforced by research:catalog-check — this tool publishes that same file. FREE and read-only. Presence is gated; truth is not. [capability: study-catalogue · mirrors: GET /api/research/studies]
Annotations the server declares
- readOnlyHint: true
- destructiveHint: false
- 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 0.1.0. Values in angle brackets are yours to fill in.

claude mcp add --transport http corpus https://vela.study/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__corpus__vela_corpus_query",
      "mcp__corpus__vela_library_reading_list",
      "mcp__corpus__vela_corpus_list_topics",
      "mcp__corpus__vela_corpus_describe_topic",
      "mcp__corpus__vela_research_list_studies",
      "mcp__corpus__vela_research_get_study"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__corpus__vela_corpus_ground_claim",
      "mcp__corpus__vela_corpus_witness",
      "mcp__corpus__vela_magazine_sequence_path",
      "mcp__corpus__vela_magazine_relation_floor"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}

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