Listen to Sadhu MCP MCP server

A read-only MCP server providing semantic search over Vedic scripture verses, commentaries, and recorded lectures by Śrīla Prabhupāda. It allows AI assistants to retrieve original text with transliteration and translation, access purports, and play inline audio and video excerpts from transcribed lectures.

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No sign-inEndpoint checked 2026-10-05Operated by Jiva Studio

MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)

https://mcp.listentosadhu.app/mcp

Vendor documentation

What you can do with it

Explain Bhagavad-gītā 2.13 with Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport
Find a lecture where Prabhupāda explains that the soul is eternal and play the passage
What did Prabhupāda teach about truthfulness (satya)? Cite the verses

Tools advertised by the last live check:

author_list
author_resolve
document_get
document_list
excerpt_prepare
excerpt_render
location_list
location_resolve
media_render
search
source_get
source_list
source_resolve
track_get
track_list
transcript_window
verse_get
verse_list
verse_render
verse_synonyms
verse_translation

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 listen-to-sadhu-mcp https://mcp.listentosadhu.app/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 listen-to-sadhu-mcp --url https://mcp.listentosadhu.app/mcp

Cursor

Merge this server into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, then enable listen-to-sadhu-mcp in your MCP settings.

Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "listen-to-sadhu-mcp": {
      "url": "https://mcp.listentosadhu.app/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": {
    "listen-to-sadhu-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://mcp.listentosadhu.app/mcp",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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

VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "listen-to-sadhu-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.listentosadhu.app/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 listen-to-sadhu-mcp https://mcp.listentosadhu.app/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": {
    "listen-to-sadhu-mcp": {
      "url": "https://mcp.listentosadhu.app/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": {
    "listen-to-sadhu-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://mcp.listentosadhu.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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