Dhamma.Gift MCP

An official MCP server provided by Dhamma.gift that allows AI agents to search the Pali Canon, read suttas, compare translations, and list structure. It uses the site's search engine and texts, supporting tools like search, get_text, compare_translations, and list_structure for accessing Pali root texts and translations.

Endpoint and access

No sign-in: your client connects and lists tools immediately, with no account or key.

No sign-inEndpoint checked 2026-10-18Operated by Dhamma.gift

MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)

https://api.dhamma.gift/mcp

Vendor documentation

What you can do with it

Search the Pali Canon for specific keywords or substrings
Read full suttas with Pali and translation texts
Compare translations of specific segments side by side
List collections, books, and available sutta counts

Tools advertised by the last live check:

search
get_text
compare_translations
list_structure

Connect from your client

Each snippet registers the same endpoint; pick the client you use.

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Claude Code

Run this once in a terminal. It registers a Streamable HTTP server. Use --scope project to write .mcp.json for the repo.

Claude Code configuration

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

Codex

Run this once. Codex stores MCP servers in ~/.codex/config.toml (or .codex/config.toml in a trusted project).

Codex configuration

codex mcp add dhamma-gift-mcp --url https://api.dhamma.gift/mcp

Cursor

Merge this server into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, then enable dhamma-gift-mcp in your MCP settings.

Cursor configuration

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

Cline

Merge this into cline_mcp_settings.json (Cline → MCP Servers → Configure). The type must be streamableHttp for a remote HTTP server.

Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dhamma-gift-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://api.dhamma.gift/mcp",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Merge this server into .vscode/mcp.json. Use MCP: List Servers to start dhamma-gift-mcp and inspect its tools.

VS Code configuration

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

Gemini CLI

Run this once. It writes .gemini/settings.json in the current project; pass --scope user for ~/.gemini/settings.json.

Gemini CLI configuration

gemini mcp add --transport http dhamma-gift-mcp https://api.dhamma.gift/mcp

Claude Desktop

Merge this into claude_desktop_config.json (macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\), then restart Claude Desktop.

Claude Desktop configuration

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

Windsurf

Merge this into ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json, then refresh MCP in Cascade. Windsurf remote servers use serverUrl, not url.

Windsurf configuration

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

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