Search and read the Pāli Canon: Pāli root texts with Russian and English translations.
Connect Remote server
claude mcp add --transport http pali-canon https://api.dhamma.gift/mcp
{
"mcpServers": {
"pali-canon": {
"url": "https://api.dhamma.gift/mcp"
}
}
}
{
"servers": {
"pali-canon": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://api.dhamma.gift/mcp"
}
}
}
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URL: https://api.dhamma.gift/mcp
Tools 5 found in our last check
searchSearch the Pali Canon on dhamma.gift by keyword/substring or REGEX (min 3 letters, no semantic search). Patterns like "kata.*dukkha", "vucc.*dukkha", "katha.*dukkha" find the canon's own definitions and expositions of a term. Returns a CENSUS of every matching sutta — id, title,…
get_textFetch a sutta by id (e.g. "dn22", "mn1", "sn56.11") — the Pali text (Mahāsaṅgīti) of every segment. Pali only by default; pass langs for translations, translators to name a translator (e.g. ["en_sujato"]), editions for the whole text of other Pali editions line by line (the whol…
compare_editionsCompare the Pali Canon's editions line by line: the Mahāsaṅgīti beside Buddha Jayanti (Sri Lanka), Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana (Myanmar), Siam Rath (Thailand), the printed Mahāsaṅgīti of 2005 and the PTS editions (the whole canon; gaps: PTS has no Netti or Peṭakopadesa, of the Jātaka the…
compare_translationsOne segment of the canon in the Pali root and every available translation side by side. Use a segment id from search/get_text, e.g. "mn129:21.3". Sujato (en_sujato) is excluded unless named in translators.
list_structureWhat texts exist. Without arguments: collections (sutta/vinaya/abhidhamma/khuddaka), books by id prefix with sutta counts, and translation languages with translators. With prefix (e.g. "mn", "sn56", "an4"): the suttas under it with titles.
Details
| Endpoint | https://api.dhamma.gift/mcp (Streamable HTTP) |
| First published | 17 Oct 2026 |
| Last updated | 17 Oct 2026 |
| Registry name | gift.dhamma/pali-canon |
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