Scripture

Scripture — connector documentation

• MCP endpoint: https://scripture.connectorbay.com/mcp
• REST API: POST https://scripture.connectorbay.com/v1/tools/{tool_name}, described by the OpenAPI 3.1 spec at https://scripture.connectorbay.com/openapi.json
• Transport: Streamable HTTP, stateless, MCP specification 2025-06-18 or later
• Authentication: none required. An optional Authorization: Bearer <key> raises rate limits.
• Health: https://scripture.connectorbay.com/health · Tool schemas: https://scripture.connectorbay.com/tools.json
• Publisher: Unify Dynamics LLC · connectorbay.com/scripture · agent@connectorbay.com

What Scripture is for

Sacred texts quoted exactly, with the reference and translation named, instead of recalled from memory and paraphrased. One connector covers the Bible, the Bhagavad Gita, the Guru Granth Sahib, the Jewish canon on Sefaria, the Dhammapada and the Tao Te Ching, so an assistant can read Psalm 23, give Gita 2.47 in Sanskrit and five translations, read today's Hukamnama from Amritsar, quote Pirkei Avot in Hebrew or English, and find the Dhammapada verse about hatred — and answer "what does the Bible/Gita say about X" with real search.

What it does

Bible passages, ranges and chapters in 17 public-domain translations (World English Bible by default; KJV, ASV, Douay-Rheims, Latin Vulgate, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Chinese, Czech, Cherokee…), full-text KJV search by phrase or words with book/testament filters, and the book list. Gita verses with Devanagari, IAST transliteration, English by Sivananda, Purohit, Gambirananda, Adidevananda and Prabhupada, Hindi by Tejomayananda; chapter summaries; search across all 700 verses. Sikh: the daily Hukamnama, any ang of Sri Guru Granth Sahib, a shabad by id, Gurmukhi search — each line with transliteration and English/Punjabi translation. Jewish texts by Sefaria reference in English or Hebrew with version and licence. The Dhammapada (Sujato, CC0, with Pali) and the Tao Te Ching (Legge) by verse or chapter, with search. A daily reading across traditions.

What it is not

Scripture is not a commentary or a theology; it returns texts and leaves interpretation to the reader and their tradition. Translations are the public-domain or openly licensed ones (KJV, WEB, Legge, Sujato), which can read archaically; modern copyrighted translations (NIV, ESV, JPS 1985…) are not included. The Quran is served in depth by the separate Quran connector.

Tools

Bible

bible_passage — A Bible passage — a verse, a range or a whole chapter — in the translation asked for, verse by verse with the joined text. Use for "read me Psalm 23", "John 3:16 in the KJV", "Romans 8:28-39", "Genesis 1 in Latin". Args: reference, translation.

bible_search — Full-text search of the King James Version (bundled, 31,102 verses): exact phrase matches first, then verses containing all the words; filter by book or testament. Use for "where does the Bible say X", "verses about forgiveness", "find 'the Lord is my shepherd'". Args: query, book, testament, max_results.

bible_books — The 66 books of the Protestant canon with chapter counts, plus the available translations and their languages.

Bhagavad Gita

gita_verse — A Bhagavad Gita verse: Sanskrit (Devanagari), IAST transliteration, English translations by Swami Sivananda, Shri Purohit Swami, Swami Gambirananda, Swami Adidevananda and Prabhupada, and Hindi by Swami Tejomayananda, with the chapter's name. Use for "Gita 2:47", "karmanye vadhikaraste verse", "what does 18.66 say". Args: chapter, verse, translator.

gita_chapter — A Gita chapter's name (Sanskrit, transliterated, translated), meaning, verse count and summary — or the list of all 18 chapters. Use for "what is chapter 12 of the Gita about", "list the Gita's chapters". Args: chapter.

gita_search — Search all 700 verses of the Gita (English translations) for words or a theme, returning references with one translation each; fetch the full verse with gita_verse. Use for "what does the Gita say about anger", "verses on meditation". Args: query, max_results.

Sikh & Jewish

hukamnama — The Hukamnama — the daily order read at Sri Darbar Sahib (Golden Temple), Amritsar — in Gurmukhi with English translation and transliteration, ang, raag and writer. Use for "today's Hukamnama", "what was the Hukamnama on a date". Args: day.

gurbani — Sri Guru Granth Sahib: a whole ang (page) line by line, one shabad by id, or a Gurmukhi search — each line with Gurmukhi, English transliteration, and English/Punjabi translation. Use for "ang 1 of the Guru Granth Sahib", "read the Mool Mantar", "find lines with ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ". Args: ang, shabad_id, search, search_mode, max_results.

jewish_text — Tanakh, Talmud, Mishnah, Midrash, halakhic and other Jewish texts from Sefaria by reference, in English or Hebrew, with the version and licence named and links to the previous/next section. Use for "Genesis 1 in Hebrew", "what does Pirkei Avot 1:14 say", "Berakhot 2a". Args: reference, language.

Buddhist, Taoist & daily

dhammapada — The Dhammapada (Bhikkhu Sujato's translation, CC0, with Pali): one verse, a whole chapter, or a search — or, with no arguments, the 26 chapters. Use for "Dhammapada verse 5", "the chapter on anger", "Dhammapada on hatred". Args: verse, chapter, search.

tao_te_ching — The Tao Te Ching in James Legge's 1891 translation: one of the 81 chapters, or a search across all of them. Use for "Tao Te Ching chapter 8", "the chapter about the empty vessel", "what does the Tao say about water". Args: chapter, search.

daily_reading — A reading for the day — the same for everyone on a given date — from one tradition or all: a Bible verse (WEB), a Gita verse, today's Hukamnama, a Dhammapada verse and a Tao Te Ching chapter. Use for "verse of the day", "a reading for today from the Gita". Args: tradition, day.

Conventions

• Read-only. Every tool reads public data or computes; nothing is written anywhere and nothing about the user is stored.
• Result envelope. ok: true with data, or ok: false with a structured error (bad_input, not_found, upstream_error). degraded lists optional sources that were unreachable.
• Rate limits. Free tier 60 tool calls/minute and 300/day per user (keyed on the user identifier supplied by the host agent, else client IP); Pro keys raise this. Over-limit calls return HTTP 429 with Retry-After. initialize and tools/list are never counted.

Support

agent@connectorbay.com · connectorbay.com/scripture/support

Scripture — Privacy Policy

Effective 23 September 2026. Unify Dynamics LLC ("we", "us"), Menlo Park, California.

What Scripture is. Scripture is a connector (an MCP server and REST API) that AI assistants and personal agents call on your behalf to retrieve sacred texts: Bible passages and search, Bhagavad Gita verses, the Sikh Hukamnama and Guru Granth Sahib, Jewish texts from Sefaria, the Dhammapada, the Tao Te Ching and a daily reading. You interact with your assistant; the assistant sends us only the reference or search words needed for the lookup.

What we receive. The arguments of each tool call (a reference, a chapter or verse number, a search phrase), the technical headers needed to serve the request (an IP address or a client identifier supplied by the assistant, and a Pro API key if you have one), and standard server logs.

Lookups are forwarded or served locally, not stored. The King James Version, the Gita, the Dhammapada and the Tao Te Ching are bundled, so those lookups and all searches never leave our server. Other passages are requested from the sources below by reference only. Nothing you send is stored, logged in request bodies, profiled or used to train anything. We do not infer or record religious affiliation: a request for a text is a request for a text. Successful upstream answers are cached in memory for up to 24 hours, keyed by the reference, to reduce load on the sources.

What we do not receive or store. We do not receive your conversation with the assistant, your name, contacts, accounts or credentials for any service. Rate-limit counters (a client identifier and timestamps) are held in memory for at most 24 hours. Hosting-provider access logs, which contain IP addresses and request paths but not request bodies, are retained for up to 30 days for security and abuse prevention.

Sub-processors. bible-api.com (Bible passages in translations other than the bundled KJV), GurbaniNow (Hukamnama, ang, shabad and Gurmukhi search), and Sefaria (Jewish texts). Each receives the reference or search words and our server's IP address, never yours. Hosting: Vercel (United States regions).

Legal bases and your rights. For users in California, the EU/UK and elsewhere, our processing is necessary to provide the service you request through your assistant. Because we store no personal data beyond short-lived logs, requests to access, correct or delete personal data are usually satisfied automatically; you can still contact agent@connectorbay.com and we will respond within 30 days. We do not sell or share personal information and do not use your data to train models.

Children. Scripture is a general-audience service operated by the adult using the assistant.

Changes. We will post changes here with a new effective date.

Scripture — Terms of Service

Effective 23 September 2026. These terms govern use of the Scripture connector ("the Service") operated by Unify Dynamics LLC ("we", "us").

1. The Service. Scripture returns the text of sacred writings — Bible, Bhagavad Gita, Guru Granth Sahib, Jewish texts, Dhammapada, Tao Te Ching — by reference or search, with a daily reading. It is accessed through an AI assistant or directly over MCP or HTTP.
2. Texts and translations. Texts are public-domain or openly licensed editions: the World English Bible and other translations served by bible-api.com; the King James Version (bundled); Gita translations compiled by vedicscriptures.github.io; Gurbani translations via GurbaniNow; Sefaria's versions (licences stated per response, some CC BY-NC); Bhikkhu Sujato's Dhammapada (CC0); James Legge's Tao Te Ching (1891). Respect each licence when republishing.
3. No interpretation. The Service returns texts; it does not give religious rulings, legal opinions or pastoral advice, and does not represent any religious body.
4. Acceptable use. Do not use the Service to overwhelm the underlying services or to circumvent rate limits. Automated use within the published limits is welcome.
5. Availability. The Service is provided "as is" without warranty. We may change, limit or discontinue it at any time.
6. Data. Our Privacy Policy describes what we process. In short: your reference is served locally or forwarded, and nothing is stored.
7. Attribution. bible-api.com; the King James Version; vedicscriptures.github.io and the named translators; GurbaniNow and SGPC; Sefaria; SuttaCentral / Bhikkhu Sujato; James Legge.
8. Pro keys. Optional Pro API keys are issued at our discretion, are personal to the holder and may be revoked for abuse.
9. Liability. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Unify Dynamics LLC is not liable for any loss arising from use of or reliance on the Service. Our total liability is limited to US $100.
10. Governing law. California law; venue in San Mateo County, California.
11. Contact. Unify Dynamics LLC · agent@connectorbay.com · https://connectorbay.com/scripture

Scripture support

Email agent@connectorbay.com. We answer within two business days.

• MCP endpoint: https://scripture.connectorbay.com/mcp
• REST API: https://scripture.connectorbay.com/openapi.json
• Live status: https://scripture.connectorbay.com/health

When you report a problem, include the question you asked your agent, roughly when, and which agent you used (for example Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini). Never send us passwords, account numbers or ID numbers. Scripture never asks for them.