Urantia Papers

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Read and search the Urantia Papers, with cross-references to the Bible and 21 other texts. No key.

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "Urantia Papers": {
      "url": "https://api.urantia.dev/mcp",
      "transport": "streamable-http"
    }
  }
}

Measured tools (26)

• toc.get read-only

  Get the full table of contents of the Urantia Papers. Returns the Foreword and the 4 parts, with all 197 papers and their titles.

  Parameters:

  • lang — string — Language of the text and titles. "es" gives the Spanish translation (a machine translation, CC0); each paragraph then has `language` and a `translation` label. Default "eng".

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

• papers.list read-only

  List all 197 papers of the Urantia Papers with their metadata (id, title, partId, labels), as a flat list.

  Parameters:

  • lang — string — Language of the text and titles. "es" gives the Spanish translation (a machine translation, CC0); each paragraph then has `language` and a `translation` label. Default "eng".

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

• papers.get read-only

  Get a single paper with all its paragraphs. Paper IDs range from 0 (Foreword) to 196. Each paragraph has its reference, section, and plain text, so a whole paper fits in one call. `paper.audio` is one audio file of the whole paper (null when there is none). Optionally include entity mentions.

  Parameters:

  • paper_id (required) — string — Paper ID (0-196). Example: '1'
  • lang — string — Language of the text and titles. "es" gives the Spanish translation (a machine translation, CC0); each paragraph then has `language` and a `translation` label. Default "eng".
  • include_entities — boolean — Include entity mentions in each paragraph

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

• papers.sections read-only

  Get all sections within a paper, ordered by section number. Useful for understanding paper structure before reading specific sections.

  Parameters:

  • paper_id (required) — string — Paper ID (0-196). Example: '1'
  • lang — string — Language of the text and titles. "es" gives the Spanish translation (a machine translation, CC0); each paragraph then has `language` and a `translation` label. Default "eng".

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

• paragraphs.random read-only

  Get a random paragraph from the Urantia Papers. Great for daily quotes, exploration, or discovering new passages.

  Parameters:

  • lang — string — Language of the text and titles. "es" gives the Spanish translation (a machine translation, CC0); each paragraph then has `language` and a `translation` label. Default "eng".
  • include_entities — boolean — Include entity mentions
  • include_bible_parallels — boolean — Include the top-10 Bible verses semantically nearest to this paragraph (Urantia → Bible). Pre-computed via text-embedding-3-large cosine similarity.
  • include_urantia_parallels — boolean — Include the top-10 most-similar OTHER Urantia paragraphs ('see also'). Pre-computed via text-embedding-3-large cosine similarity.

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent no · open-world no

• paragraphs.get read-only

  Look up a specific paragraph by reference. Supports three formats: globalId ("1:2.0.1"), standardReferenceId ("2:0.1"), or paperSectionParagraphId ("2.0.1"). The format is auto-detected.

  Parameters:

  • ref (required) — string — Paragraph reference in any format. Examples: "1:2.0.1", "2:0.1", "2.0.1"
  • lang — string — Language of the text and titles. "es" gives the Spanish translation (a machine translation, CC0); each paragraph then has `language` and a `translation` label. Default "eng".
  • include_entities — boolean — Include entity mentions
  • include_bible_parallels — boolean — Include the top-10 Bible verses semantically nearest to this paragraph (Urantia → Bible).
  • include_urantia_parallels — boolean — Include the top-10 most-similar OTHER Urantia paragraphs ('see also' across the corpus).

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

• paragraphs.context read-only

  Get a paragraph with surrounding context (N paragraphs before and after within the same paper). Useful for understanding passages in context.

  Parameters:

  • ref (required) — string — Paragraph reference. Examples: "1:2.0.1", "2:0.1", "2.0.1"
  • lang — string — Language of the text and titles. "es" gives the Spanish translation (a machine translation, CC0); each paragraph then has `language` and a `translation` label. Default "eng".
  • window — number — Number of paragraphs before and after (1-10, default 2)
  • include_entities — boolean — Include entity mentions

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

• search.fulltext read-only

  Keyword search across all paragraphs of the Urantia Papers. Mode "auto" (default): a reference such as "68:6.3", "103:2", "Paper 68", or a bare number such as "68" (0 to 196) gives those paragraphs; otherwise the exact phrase first, then every word, then (when few) typo fixes and most of the words. Each result has `match` (reference, exact, all, near, most); `meta.didYouMean` gives the fixed query and `meta.see` names another work the query names. Other modes: "and" (all words), "or" (any word), "phrase" (exact phrase).

  Parameters:

  • q — string — Alias for `query` (REST compatibility).
  • lang — string — Language to search. "es" searches the Spanish text (words match with or without accents; "documento 1" is a reference) and gives Spanish rows. Default "eng".
  • page — integer — Page number (0-indexed)
  • type — string — Search mode: auto, phrase, and, or
  • limit — integer — Results per page (1-100)
  • query — string — Search query. Example: "nature of God"
  • part_id — string — Filter to a specific part ID (1-4)
  • paper_id — string — Filter to a specific paper ID
  • include_entities — boolean — Include entity mentions
  • include_bible_parallels — boolean — Include the top-10 Bible verses semantically nearest to each result (Urantia → Bible).
  • include_urantia_parallels — boolean — Include the top-10 most-similar OTHER Urantia paragraphs for each result.

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

• search.semantic read-only

  Search the Urantia Papers using semantic similarity (vector embeddings). Returns conceptually related results even without exact keyword matches. A reference such as "99:1.1" gives those paragraphs; a pasted paragraph gives itself first. Each result has `strength` (strong, related, weak) and `match` (reference, exact, similar). The list holds the 100 nearest; `meta.total` is the length of that list, and `meta.related` counts the related or better.

  Parameters:

  • q — string — Alias for `query` (REST compatibility).
  • lang — string — Language of the results. "es" gives the Spanish text and titles; the question can be in Spanish or English, and `strength` allows for the lower similarity of a Spanish question. Default "eng".
  • page — integer — Page number (0-indexed)
  • limit — integer — Results per page (1-100)
  • query — string — Natural language query. Example: "What is the meaning of life?"
  • part_id — string — Filter to a specific part ID (1-4)
  • paper_id — string — Filter to a specific paper ID
  • include_entities — boolean — Include entity mentions
  • include_bible_parallels — boolean — Include the top-10 Bible verses semantically nearest to each result (Urantia → Bible).
  • include_urantia_parallels — boolean — Include the top-10 most-similar OTHER Urantia paragraphs for each result.

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world yes

• entities.list read-only

  Browse the entity catalog: beings, places, orders, races, religions, and concepts mentioned in the Urantia Papers. Supports filtering by type and searching by name.

  Parameters:

  • q — string — Alias for `query` (REST compatibility).
  • page — integer — Page number (0-indexed)
  • type — string — Filter by entity type
  • limit — integer — Results per page (1-100)
  • query — string — Search entities by name or alias

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

• entities.get read-only

  Get detailed information about a specific entity by its slug ID. Returns name, type, aliases, description, related entities, and citation count.

  Parameters:

  • entity_id (required) — string — Entity slug ID. Example: "god-the-father"

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

• entities.paragraphs read-only

  Get all paragraphs that mention a specific entity, ordered by position in the text. Useful for studying everything said about a particular being, place, or concept.

  Parameters:

  • entity_id (required) — string — Entity slug ID. Example: "god-the-father"
  • page — integer — Page number (0-indexed)
  • limit — integer — Results per page (1-100)

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

• audio.get read-only

  Get the audio file URL for a specific paragraph. Accepts any paragraph reference format (globalId "1:2.0.1", standardReferenceId "2:0.1", or paperSectionParagraphId "2.0.1").

  Parameters:

  • paragraph_ref (required) — string — Paragraph reference. Example: "2:0.1"

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

• bible.books read-only

  List all 81 books of the World English Bible (eng-web): 39 Old Testament + 15 deuterocanonical + 27 New Testament. Each entry includes OSIS book code, full name, abbreviation, canonical order, canon, and chapter/verse counts.

  Parameters:

  • lang — string — Language of the catalog words: titles, traditions, summaries, labels, chapter titles, and Bible book names. "es" gives them in Spanish (a machine translation, CC0) with a `catalogTranslation` label. The text of each work stays English (`textLanguage`). Default "eng".

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

• bible.book read-only

  Get metadata for a single Bible book including chapter and verse counts. Accepts OSIS codes ("Gen"), USFM codes ("GEN"), full names ("Genesis"), and aliases ("genesis", "1-maccabees") — case-insensitive, hyphens/underscores tolerated.

  Parameters:

  • book_code (required) — string — Book identifier. Examples: "Gen", "GEN", "Genesis", "1Macc", "DanGr"

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

• bible.chapter read-only

  Get every verse in a Bible chapter, ordered by verse number. Accepts OSIS, USFM, full name, or alias for `book_code`.

  Parameters:

  • book_code (required) — string — Book identifier. Example: "Gen" or "Genesis"
  • chapter (required) — integer — Chapter number (1-indexed)

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

• bible.verse read-only

  Get a single verse from the World English Bible (eng-web). Accepts OSIS, USFM, full name, or alias for `book_code`.

  Parameters:

  • book_code (required) — string — Book identifier. Example: "John" or "Joh"
  • chapter (required) — integer — Chapter number
  • verse (required) — integer — Verse number

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

• bible.verse.urantia_parallels read-only

  Returns the top 10 Urantia paragraphs whose embeddings are nearest to the Bible chunk that contains this verse. Pre-computed at seed time with text-embedding-3-large (3072-d) cosine similarity. Each result carries a similarity score (0..1) and rank (1..10). These are semantic neighbors, not a curated list of parallels.

  Parameters:

  • book_code (required) — string — Book identifier. Example: "Matt"
  • chapter (required) — integer — Chapter number
  • verse (required) — integer — Verse number

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

• bible.search.semantic read-only

  Free-form natural-language search across all Bible chunks, ranked by cosine similarity. Each result includes the top-N pre-computed Urantia paragraphs related to that chunk. One query surfaces both Bible matches and the relevant Urantia content. Optional filters: `canon` (`ot`, `deuterocanon`, `nt`) and `book_code`. Set `urantia_parallel_limit` to 0 to leave out the Urantia paragraphs.

  Parameters:

  • q — string — Alias for `query` (REST compatibility).
  • page — integer — Page number (0-indexed)
  • canon — string — Filter by canon: ot, deuterocanon, nt
  • limit — integer — Bible results per page (1-100)
  • query — string — Natural language query. Example: "blessed are the poor"
  • book_code — string — Restrict to a single book. Example: "Matt" or "Matthew"
  • urantia_parallel_limit — integer — How many Urantia paragraphs to attach per Bible result (0-10, default 3). 0 disables.

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world yes

• works.list read-only

  The works beside the Urantia Papers: the Bible (World English Bible) and 21 texts of the world's religions and traditions, each in the US public domain. `id` is what the other works.* tools take ("bible" or a slug such as "dhammapada"); `unitLabel` is the word for one unit of each work.

  Parameters:

  • lang — string — Language of the catalog words: titles, traditions, summaries, labels, chapter titles, and Bible book names. "es" gives them in Spanish (a machine translation, CC0) with a `catalogTranslation` label. The text of each work stays English (`textLanguage`). Default "eng".

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

• works.search read-only

  Keyword search across the Bible and the other works, or one work with `work`. A reference such as "John 3:16", "Jn 3:16-18", "Dhp 183", or "BG 2.47" gives those units first. Otherwise the exact phrase first, then every word, then (when few) a typo fix in `meta.didYouMean`. Each result has `match`, `url`, and its nearest Urantia paragraphs (semantic parallels, not curated ones).

  Parameters:

  • q — string — Alias for `query` (REST compatibility).
  • page — integer — Page number (0-indexed)
  • work — string — One work only: "bible" or a work id from works.list, such as "dhammapada".
  • limit — integer — Results per page (1-100)
  • query — string — Search query. Example: "love your enemies"
  • urantia_parallel_limit — integer — How many Urantia paragraphs to attach to each result (0-10, default 3).

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

• works.search.semantic read-only

  Natural-language search across the Bible and the other works, or one work with `work`. The list holds the 100 nearest chunks (a few verses each); each has `similarity` and `strength` (strong, related, weak), and `meta.total` is the length of that list, and `meta.related` counts the related or better. Each result has `url` and its nearest Urantia paragraphs (semantic parallels, not curated ones).

  Parameters:

  • q — string — Alias for `query` (REST compatibility).
  • page — integer — Page number (0-indexed)
  • work — string — One work only: "bible" or a work id from works.list, such as "dhammapada".
  • limit — integer — Results per page (1-100)
  • query — string — Search query. Example: "love your enemies"
  • urantia_parallel_limit — integer — How many Urantia paragraphs to attach to each result (0-10, default 3).

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world yes

• works.read read-only

  The units of a reference in one work, in order, at most 200, each with its link: one verse or passage, a short range of up to 50, or a chapter. The prefix is optional ("BG 2.47" and "2.47" are the same); for the Bible, name the book ("John 3:16").

  Parameters:

  • work (required) — string — "bible", or a work id from works.list, such as "bhagavad-gita".
  • ref (required) — string — A unit, a short range, or a chapter: "John 3:16", "2.47", "Dhp 183", "John 3".
  • lang — string — Language of the catalog words: titles, traditions, summaries, labels, chapter titles, and Bible book names. "es" gives them in Spanish (a machine translation, CC0) with a `catalogTranslation` label. The text of each work stays English (`textLanguage`). Default "eng".

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

• works.urantia_parallels read-only

  The 10 Urantia paragraphs closest in meaning to one unit of a work (the chunk that holds it). Semantic parallels, not curated ones: they do not claim that two teachings are the same. The reference must name one unit.

  Parameters:

  • work (required) — string — "bible", or a work id from works.list, such as "bhagavad-gita".
  • ref (required) — string — A unit, a short range, or a chapter: "John 3:16", "2.47", "Dhp 183", "John 3".

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

• quotes.verify read-only

  Checks whether a quoted passage is in the Urantia Papers. Returns `verdict` (exact, close, not_found), the reference and exact text of the best match, each word that differs, and other places the quote appears. Case and punctuation are ignored. A quote must be at least 4 words and fall within one paragraph. Give `ref` (such as "2:5.1") to also check the reference the quote claims.

  Parameters:

  • text (required) — string — The quoted passage to check. At least 4 words.
  • ref — string — The reference the quote claims, such as "2:5.1".

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

• cite.get read-only

  A formatted citation of one paragraph of the Urantia Papers in APA, MLA, Chicago, or BibTeX. The ref is "196:2.1", "1:196.2.1", or "196.2.1".

  Parameters:

  • ref (required) — string — The paragraph, such as "196:2.1".
  • style — string — apa, mla, chicago, or bibtex

  Hints: read-only yes · destructive no · idempotent yes · open-world no

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