mcp server
texts
Complete classical & world literature — search + cite exact passages, facing sources, 50+ languages.
Description as published by the maintainer. Source
- version 0.5.0
- active
- retrieval
active — Registry entry last updated 2026-07-05. Dashed tags are derived by ZBS Index from the published description, not stated by the maintainer.
What this server can do
19 functions, named and described by the server itself. Parameter names are shown because they say more about what a function does than its name usually does.
build_source_pack(mode, limit, query, author, category)- Build an evidence pack for an AI answer: source-linked passages, related entities, and citation instructions. Required: query.
cite_passage(url, style, author, work_id, section_id)- Format a Hermitsh work or passage citation in common citation styles.
find_mentions(limit, query, author, entity, work_id, entity_id)- Return source-linked places where a person, place, event, work, institution, or concept is mentioned. Required: author.
get_allusions(limit, author, work_id, section_id)- Get detected allusions, echoes, quotations, suspected sources, and translator notes for a work or section where available. Required: author, work_id.
get_author_persona(mode, author)- Get setup instructions for an AI assistant to answer as, about, or from the corpus of an author while using source-linked evidence. Required: author.
get_crossrefs(limit, author, work_id, section_id)- Get intra-corpus references and self-references for a work or section where available. Required: author, work_id.
get_entity(query, author, entity, entity_id, mention_limit)- Get a named entity and a sample of source-linked mentions. Required: author.
get_language_availability(state, author)- Show source, active, deferred, and live edition status for one author or the whole Hermitsh library.
get_parallel_passage(author, work_id, section_id)- Get aligned source-language text and English translation for a passage when sidecar data is available. Required: author, work_id, section_id.
get_passage(author, work_id, section_id)- Get an exact passage by author, work ID, and section ID. Include the returned url as a link when using the passage. Required: author, work_id, section_id.
get_work(author, work_id, max_passages)- Get metadata and opening passages for a specific work. Required: author, work_id.
get_work_context(author, work_id)- Get richer work metadata: headnote, date context, source provenance, translation status, and edition links. Required: author, work_id.
list_authors(query)- List author corpora available through Hermitsh Texts.
list_works(limit, query, author, category)- List works by author, category, or title/summary query.
search_corpus(limit, query, author, category)- Search passages across one author or the whole Hermitsh corpus and return source-linked results. Each result carries a url — include it as a link when quoting the passage. Required: query.
search_entities(type, limit, query, author)- Search people, places, events, institutions, works, and concepts extracted from an author corpus. Required: query.
search_greek_phrases(limit, query, author, work_id, register, source_certainty)- Search catalogued Greek phrases, glosses, suspected sources, register, and source-certainty metadata.
search_letters(mood, limit, place, query, author, end_date, start_date, carries_greek, correspondent)- Search correspondence metadata by correspondent, place, topic, mood, date range, or Greek usage where available.
search_parallel(field, limit, query, author)- Search aligned source-language and English translation sidecars across the corpus. Required: query.
Last successful function declaration observed on . Source: https://hermitsh.ai/mcp. We list what the server declared; we do not call any of these functions.
Endpoint status observed on . Source: https://hermitsh.ai/mcp.
Signals
These are separate measurements of different things. They are deliberately not combined into one score, because a popularity number that mixes website traffic with saves and stars cannot be checked or acted on.
| Signal | Value | What it measures | Window | Observed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest published version | 0.5.0 | Latest version string the maintainer published to the registry. | as of fetch | Model Context Protocol | |
| Registry record last updated | 2026-07-05 | When the registry record was last updated by its maintainer. | point in time | Model Context Protocol | |
| First listed in the MCP Registry | 2026-07-05 | Date this server was first published to the official MCP Registry. Not a usage or quality measure. | point in time | Model Context Protocol | |
| mcp tools declared | 19 tools | Number of functions the server itself declared when asked to list them. This is what the server offers an agent, not a measure of how well any of them work. | as of probe | hermitsh.ai | |
| mcp endpoint status | ok | The server listed 19 functions when asked. | as of probe | hermitsh.ai |
Where to get it
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