mcp server
Listen to Sadhu
Read-only semantic search over Vedic scripture verses, commentaries, and recorded lectures.
Description as published by the maintainer. Source
- version 1.0.1
- active
- retrieval
active — Registry entry last updated 2026-07-04. Dashed tags are derived by ZBS Index from the published description, not stated by the maintainer.
What this server can do
21 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.
author_list(lang, limit, cursor)- List all authors.
author_resolve(lang, limit, query)- Find a author by name (fuzzy). Required: query.
document_get(id, lang)- Get a document (commentary/prose_chapter/letter) by id. Required: id.
document_list(kind, lang, limit, cursor, source, tokens, author_id)- List documents at a reference / in a book. A verse's purport = document_list(source, tokens, kind:"commentary"). Required: source.
excerpt_prepare(end_ms, start_ms, track_id)- Generate (or fetch, if cached) the audio clip for a lecture passage and return its playable URL. This is the excerpt player's Play action — it is called for you by the player UI on demand. Agents should use excerpt_render to show the player, not call this directly. Idempotent: same track+window returns the same cached clip. Required: track_id, start_ms, end_ms.
excerpt_render(lang, end_ms, start_ms, track_id)- Let the user HEAR a lecture passage inline. Call this when the user wants to LISTEN to a specific moment in a track — e.g. from a search(types:["track"]) hit, pass its track_id plus start_ms/end_ms. Renders an inline audio player that generates the clip on demand (public share-audio, max 10 minutes). Required: track_id, start_ms, end_ms.
location_list(lang, limit, cursor)- List all locations.
location_resolve(lang, limit, query)- Find a location by name (fuzzy). Required: query.
media_render(id, lang)- Show/play an existing corpus VIDEO clip inline. Call this when the user wants to WATCH a clip found via search(types:["media"]) — pass the hit's media_id. Renders an inline video player. Required: id.
search(kind, lang, limit, query, types, source, tokens, date_to, author_id, date_from, min_score, location_id)- Semantic + lexical search over the corpus. Returns verses, documents, track passages and titles matching a natural-language query, each with the id needed to fetch the full record (verse_id→verse_get, document_id→document_get, track_id+start_ms/end_ms→transcript_window; media_id→media_render to play the clip). Every filter is optional. Use min_score to drop weak matches. Required: query.
source_get(id, code, lang)- Get one book by id or code ("source_…" or "BG"/"БГ").
source_list(lang, limit, cursor)- List all books (Caitanya-caritāmṛta is three sources).
source_resolve(lang, limit, query)- Find a book by name (fuzzy): "gita", "бхагаватам", "CC Madhya". Required: query.
track_get(lang, track_id)- Get a track (lecture/conversation): metadata, cited references, transcript/pdf availability. Required: track_id.
track_list(kind, lang, limit, cursor, source, tokens, date_to, author_id, date_from, location_id)- List tracks, filterable by reference (source[+tokens] = tracks citing it), author/location/kind/date/lang. No filter ⇒ recent tracks (date desc).
transcript_window(lang, limit, end_ms, pad_ms, start_ms, track_id)- Read a track's transcript around a time window (from a search track hit or track_list). Widen with pad_ms. Required: track_id, start_ms, end_ms.
verse_get(id, ref, lang, source, tokens)- Fetch a verse's raw fields for your own reasoning (NOT for display — to show a verse to the user, use verse_render). Returns original script + transliteration as line arrays; with lang, also the canonical translation inline plus an `alternatives` manifest of other translation kinds in that language (fetch their text with verse_translation, word-by-word with verse_synonyms). Address by ref ("BG 2.13"), source+tokens, or verse id.
verse_list(lang, limit, cursor, source, tokens)- List the verses of a book / chapter. Skips .0 chapter summaries; collapses merged verses into one item with a covers span. Required: source.
verse_render(id, ref, kind, lang, source, tokens)- Show a verse to the user. THE DEFAULT way to display/read a scripture verse: renders an inline card with the original script (centered), transliteration in the requested language, the word-by-word, and the translation — all at once. Use this whenever the user asks to see, read, open, or quote a specific verse ("покажи БГ 2.13", "read Bhagavad-gita 2.13"). The other verse_* tools are for fetching raw data; for DISPLAY prefer this one. Address by ref ("BG 2.13"), source+tokens, or id; lang sets the script + translation language. Required: lang.
verse_synonyms(id, ref, kind, lang, source, tokens)- Fetch the word-by-word ("Synonyms") as a raw {word, meaning} array for one verse translation (data — verse_render already shows the word-by-word inside the card). Defaults to the canonical rendering; pass `kind` for an alternative. Required: lang.
verse_translation(id, ref, kind, lang, source, tokens)- Fetch the text of ONE translation of a verse (data, not a card — to display a verse use verse_render). Defaults to the canonical (kind=canonical); pass a `kind` from verse_get's `alternatives` manifest to fetch a specific rendering. Required: lang.
Last successful function declaration observed on . Source: https://mcp.listentosadhu.app/mcp. We list what the server declared; we do not call any of these functions.
Endpoint status observed on . Source: https://mcp.listentosadhu.app/mcp.
Signals
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| Signal | Value | What it measures | Window | Observed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest published version | 1.0.1 | Latest version string the maintainer published to the registry. | as of fetch | Model Context Protocol | |
| Registry record last updated | 2026-07-04 | When the registry record was last updated by its maintainer. | point in time | Model Context Protocol | |
| First listed in the MCP Registry | 2026-07-04 | 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 | 21 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 | mcp.listentosadhu.app | |
| mcp endpoint status | ok | The server listed 21 functions when asked. | as of probe | mcp.listentosadhu.app |
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