Shepherd Bible API

Bible translations, books, chapters, verses, and search

Should I use this

Quality & Safety

B
Description quality
84%
Schema completeness
68%
Naming quality
80%
Poisoning risk
100%
Permission match
100%
Protocol compliance
100%

Findings (2)

  • LOWTool 'bible_translations' description lacks action verbin bible_translations
  • LOWTool 'bible_verse' description lacks action verbin bible_verse

Based on automated analysis of tool definitions and protocol compliance.

Context Cost

~581Tokens (tool definitions)
~757 BTypical response size
Minimal attention impact (0.45% of 128k context)

This is the approximate number of tokens consumed each time the server's tools are loaded into a model's context. Higher counts reduce the attention available for other tasks.

Install

One-Click Install

Add this to your `claude_desktop_config.json` file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shepherd-bible-api": {
      "url": "https://bible.simplecohortllc.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Remote endpoints

https://bible.simplecohortllc.com/mcpstreamable-http

What it can do

Tool inventory

Tools (5)

🟢 Read-only🟡 Write🔴 Delete⚪ Unknown
🟢bible_translations

Return all available Bible translations.

Input Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {},
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}
🟢bible_books(translation)

Return books and chapter counts for a translation.

Input Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "translation": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "default": "KJV"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}
🟢bible_chapter(translation, book, chapter)

Return all verses, groupings, and red letter data for a chapter.

Input Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "translation": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "default": "KJV"
    },
    "book": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1
    },
    "chapter": {
      "type": "integer",
      "exclusiveMinimum": 0
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "book",
    "chapter"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}
🟢bible_verse(translation, book, chapter, verse)

Return a specific verse, with red letter data if available.

Input Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "translation": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "default": "KJV"
    },
    "book": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1
    },
    "chapter": {
      "type": "integer",
      "exclusiveMinimum": 0
    },
    "verse": {
      "type": "integer",
      "exclusiveMinimum": 0
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "book",
    "chapter",
    "verse"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}
🟢bible_search(q, page, type, translation)

Search for verses by keyword or exact match.

Input Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "q": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 3,
      "maxLength": 100
    },
    "page": {
      "type": "integer",
      "exclusiveMinimum": 0,
      "default": 1
    },
    "type": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "translation": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "default": "KJV"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "q"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}

Community

Rate this Server

Evidence

Recent observations

verifiedversion not recorded5 tools
verifiedversion not recorded5 tools