Sefaria Jewish LibrarySAFE
Fetch and read Jewish texts through the API of Sefaria.org
Overview
From the repository's own README, as read at the audited commit. Badges and raw HTML are left out.
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An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that provides access to Jewish texts from the Sefaria 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
git clone https://github.com/sivan22/mcp-sefaria-server.git cd mcp-sefaria-server
Running the Server
The server can be run directly:
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:
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 Jewi
93ceefbe5ef2OBSERVED · 2026-10-08Connect
Built from this server's own package name, version and transport as found in its source — not copied from anyone's documentation, so it cannot drift against a page we do not control.
claude mcp add sefaria_jewish_library -- uvx sefaria_jewish_library
{
"mcpServers": {
"sefaria_jewish_library": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"sefaria_jewish_library"
]
}
}
}Exposed tools (4)
3 read · 1 write · 0 destructive.
| Tool | Risk | Description |
|---|---|---|
get_commentaries | read | get a list of references of commentaries for a jewish text |
get_daily_learnings | write | get the daily or weekly learning schedule from Sefaria |
get_text | read | get a jewish text from the jewish library |
search_texts | read | search for jewish texts in the Sefaria library |
Trust audit
SAFEgrade B · trust 89/100 Nothing in the source contradicts what it says it does. Grade A is reserved for packages that have also passed the behavioural sandbox.
| Layer | What it checks | Result |
|---|---|---|
| L0 | Provenance & inventory | PASS |
| L1 | Static analysis of the code | PASS |
| L2 | Instruction surface (what it tells the agent) | PASS |
| L3 | Class-specific surface | PASS |
| L4 | Behavioural (sandbox) | SKIPPED |
What the source does
- Filesystem
- none-observed
- Network
- declared (3 observation(s))
- Shell
- none-observed
- Dependencies
- pinned
- Secrets in source
- none-found
Findings (0)
No findings outside the package's declared scope.
Gates applied: no_behavioural_pass.
93ceefbe5ef2full audit observations/trust-audit/mcp-server/sivan22__sefaria-jewish-library-1.json · Report an issue / request a re-scanAudit history
Every audit this server has had. A grade with a past is a grade somebody is still checking.
| Date | Source | Verdict | Grade | Score | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-08 | 93ceefbe5ef2 | SAFE | B | 89 | first audit |
Questions
What is the Sefaria Jewish Library MCP server?
Fetch and read Jewish texts through the API of Sefaria.org
What tools does Sefaria Jewish Library expose?
4 in total: 3 read-only, 1 that write, and 0 that can delete or overwrite. Every one is listed on this page with its risk.
Is Sefaria Jewish Library safe to connect to an agent?
The audit found nothing in the source that contradicts what it says it does, and graded it B (89/100). Grade A is held back for packages that have also passed a sandboxed behavioural run, which is why a clean server reads B.
What credentials does Sefaria Jewish Library need?
No credential environment variables were found in its source, so it appears to need none.
How does Sefaria Jewish Library run?
It speaks stdio, so it runs as a local process your client starts. It is published on PyPI as sefaria_jewish_library.
How current is this page?
The grade is for one exact copy of the source (93ceefbe5ef2), read on 2026-10-08. The repository is watched and re-audited when it changes.