# iflow-mcp_sefaria_jewish_library

> the jewish library, accessible to LLMs

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/iflow-mcp-sefaria-jewish-library/claim

## Declared
- version: 0.1.0
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:iflow-mcp_sefaria_jewish_library

### Description (declared)

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# Sefaria Jewish Library MCP Server

An MCP ([Model Context Protocol](https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/agents-and-tools/mcp)) server that provides access to Jewish texts from the [Sefaria](https://www.sefaria.org/) library. This server enables Large Language Models to retrieve and reference Jewish texts through a standardized interface.

## Features

- Retrieve Jewish texts by reference
- Retrieve commentaries on a given text
- Search the Jewish library for a query
- Get daily/weekly learning schedule from Sefaria's calendar

## Installation

Requires Python 3.10 or higher.

### Clone the repository
```bash
git clone https://github.com/sivan22/mcp-sefaria-server.git
cd mcp-sefaria-server
```

### Running the Server

The server can be run directly:

```bash
uv --directory path/to/directory run sefaria_jewish_library
```

Or through an MCP client that supports the Model Context Protocol.
for claude desktop app and cline you should use the following config:
```
{
  "mcpServers": {        
      "sefaria_jewish_library": {
          "command": "uv",
          "args": [
              "--directory",
              "absolute/path/to/mcp-sefaria-server",
              "run",
              "sefaria_jewish_library"
          ],
          "env": {
            "PYTHONIOENCODING": "utf-8" 
          }
      }
  }
}
```

### Installing via Smithery

To install Sefaria Jewish Library for Claude Desktop automatically via [Smithery](https://smithery.ai/server/mcp-sefaria-server):

```bash
npx -y @smithery/cli install mcp-sefaria-server --client claude
```

## Available tools

The server provides the following tools through the MCP interface:

### get_text

Retrieves a specific Jewish te…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- dev.version-control (1, derived)
- dev.docs-lookup (0.791, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/iflow-mcp_sefaria_jewish_library/ (first seen 2026-09-09T21:23:44.588Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/iflow-mcp-sefaria-jewish-library/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/iflow-mcp-sefaria-jewish-library · ARD identifier urn:air::server:iflow-mcp-sefaria-jewish-library