Dhamma.Gift — Pāli Canon MCP Server

Install Dhamma.Gift — Pāli Canon MCP server

claude mcp add --transport http dg-node https://api.dhamma.gift/mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dg-node": {
      "url": "https://api.dhamma.gift/mcp"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dg-node": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://api.dhamma.gift/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "dg-node": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.dhamma.gift/mcp"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dg-node": {
      "serverUrl": "https://api.dhamma.gift/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Context tax

Connecting this server adds ~2,265 tokens of tool definitions to every model turn (moderate, 4 tools). Measured 2026-10-19 via its hosted endpoint; o200k tokenizer, worst case for clients that load all tools up front. How we measure

Input prices as of 2026-10-06. Excludes your own prompt and output.

Tools (4)

• search669 tok

  Search 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, match count, metaphor count, reader link — Pali only, ordered so that suttas that DEFINE the term come first, then ones NAMED after it, then by how often it occurs. Set include_segments for the matched Pali lines, include_translations (+ langs) for translations. 40 suttas by default (25 by occurrence count, plus 15 for

• get_text217 tok

  Fetch a sutta by id (e.g. "dn22", "mn1", "sn56.11") — the Pali root text of every segment. Pali only by default; pass langs for translations, translators to name a translator (e.g. ["en_sujato"]). Same data as dhamma.gift/api/text.

• compare_translations198 tok

  One 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_structure133 tok

  What 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.

Freshness

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1. Last commit (default branch)

   2026-10-18 · today · GitHub

2. Latest release

   2026-09-14 · 34d ago · GitHub · db-latest

3. Package published

   no data · npm/PyPI

4. Registry entry updated

   2026-10-17 · 2d ago · official registry · v1.0.0