wideholy-mcp

Unified MCP server for WideHoly -- cross-religion scripture search, verse comparison, verse of the day, religious calendar, and commentary for AI assistants. Access 236,866 scripture records across 5 world religions through a single MCP server that aggregates tools from all WideHoly religion packages.

Built on the WideHoly platform -- a cross-religion hub aggregating WideBible, WideQuran, WideTorah, WideGita, and WideSutra into a unified scripture search with comparison tools, shared topics, and a religious calendar.

Explore the interactive tools at wideholy.com -- Compare Verses, Religious Calendar, Cross-Religion Topics

Table of Contents

• Install
• Configuration
  • Claude Desktop
  • Cursor
  • Windsurf
• Available Tools
  • Hub Tools (9)
  • Per-Religion Tools
• Usage Examples
• How It Works
• WideHoly Family
• License

Install

# Hub server only (9 cross-religion tools)
pip install wideholy-mcp

# With specific religion tools
pip install "wideholy-mcp[bible]"
pip install "wideholy-mcp[quran]"
pip install "wideholy-mcp[torah,gita,sutra]"

# All religion tools
pip install "wideholy-mcp[all]"

The hub server provides 9 cross-religion tools out of the box. Installing per-religion extras adds religion-specific tools (e.g. Bible cross-references, Quran tafsir lookup, Torah Talmud search) that are dynamically registered on the hub server.

Configuration

Claude Desktop

Add to claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wideholy": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["--from", "wideholy-mcp[all]", "python", "-m", "wideholy_mcp.server"]
    }
  }
}

Cursor

Add to .cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wideholy": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["--from", "wideholy-mcp[all]", "python", "-m", "wideholy_mcp.server"]
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

Add to ~/.windsurf/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wideholy": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["--from", "wideholy-mcp[all]", "python", "-m", "wideholy_mcp.server"]
    }
  }
}

Available Tools

Hub Tools (9)

These tools are always available, regardless of which extras are installed.

Tool	Description
verse_of_the_day	Get curated daily verse for any religion (bible, quran, torah, gita, sutra)
random_verse	Random verse from one or all 5 religions
compare_verses	Side-by-side verse comparison -- same religion or cross-religion
search_all	Search topics, people, and glossary terms across all religions
cross_religion_topic	Thematic comparison across religions (creation, love, prayer, etc.)
get_commentary	Scholarly commentary -- Quran tafsir, Torah Rashi, Gita commentaries
get_calendar	Religious holidays, fasts, festivals across all 5 traditions
search_suggest	Autocomplete suggestions for scripture search
list_religions	List all 5 religions with scripture stats and site URLs

Per-Religion Tools

When you install per-religion extras, their specialized tools are dynamically registered on the hub server with a religion prefix. Tools gracefully degrade -- if a package is not installed, its tools are simply not available.

Extra	Package	Example Tools
bible	widebible	bible_search_verses, bible_get_book, bible_cross_references
quran	widequran	quran_search_ayahs, quran_get_surah, quran_tafsir
torah	widetorah	torah_search_verses, torah_get_book, torah_talmud_search
gita	widegita	gita_get_chapter, gita_get_verse, gita_search
sutra	widesutra	sutra_list_collections, sutra_list_figures, sutra_search_sutra

Usage Examples

Once configured, ask your AI assistant:

• "What is the verse of the day from the Quran?"
• "Compare Genesis 1:1 with the opening of the Quran"
• "What do different religions say about creation?"
• "Show me the religious calendar for April 2026"
• "Get commentary on Quran Al-Fatihah verse 1"
• "Search for verses about compassion across all religions"
• "List all available religions and their scripture counts"
• "Find Buddhist figures related to compassion"

Cross-Religion Topics

The cross_religion_topic tool supports 10 universal themes:

Topic	Description
creation	Origin of the universe and humanity
prayer	Communication with the divine
love	Divine and human love
afterlife	Death, judgment, and eternal life
compassion	Mercy, kindness, and empathy
fasting	Spiritual discipline and abstinence
forgiveness	Repentance and divine pardon
gratitude	Thankfulness and praise
justice	Righteousness and moral law
wisdom	Knowledge, understanding, and truth

How It Works

wideholy-mcp follows the hub-and-spoke pattern:

1. Hub tools (9) make HTTP requests to the WideHoly API for cross-religion functionality
2. Per-religion tools are dynamically imported from installed packages at startup
3. Each per-religion tool is re-registered on the hub server with a religion prefix (e.g. sutra_list_collections)
4. If a religion package is not installed, its tools are silently skipped -- no errors

This means you can start with just the hub (pip install wideholy-mcp) and add religion-specific tools later as needed.

WideHoly Family

Site	Domain	Focus
WideBible	widebible.com	66 books, 124K verses, 6 translations, commentaries
WideQuran	widequran.com	114 surahs, 31K ayahs, tafsir, hadith collections
WideTorah	widetorah.com	24 Tanakh books, 63 Talmud tractates, Rashi commentary
WideGita	widegita.com	18 chapters, 6,800 verses, Sanskrit, multiple commentaries
WideSutra	widesutra.com	5 collections, 5,326 texts, Pali/Sanskrit traditions
WideHoly	wideholy.com	Cross-religion hub -- comparison, calendar, unified search

Package	PyPI	Description
wideholy	PyPI	Python SDK -- API client, CLI, embedded MCP server
wideholy-mcp	PyPI	Unified MCP hub -- 9 tools + per-religion aggregation
widebible	PyPI	Bible SDK -- verses, people, places, cross-references
widequran	PyPI	Quran SDK -- ayahs, surahs, tafsir, hadith
widetorah	PyPI	Torah SDK -- Tanakh, Talmud, Rashi commentary
widegita	PyPI	Gita SDK -- chapters, verses, Sanskrit, commentaries
widesutra	PyPI	Sutra SDK -- collections, figures, concepts, traditions

Learn More About World Scriptures

• Scripture: WideBible · WideQuran · WideTorah · WideGita · WideSutra
• Reference: Cross-Religion Topics · Religious Calendar
• Study: Verse Comparison · Commentary
• Tools: Search · Developer Docs
• API: Developer Docs · OpenAPI Spec

License

MIT License. See LICENSE for details.