Dhamma.Gift — Pāli Canon

Name: Dhamma.Gift — Pāli Canon
Author: dhammagift

by dhammagiftversion 1.0.0i★ –iRuns in the cloud

Registry namegift.dhamma/pali-canon

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Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

Search and read the Pāli Canon: Pāli root texts with Russian and English translations.

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Our basic checksi3 of 3 passedChecked from public information; code not scanned yet
UsageiVery new★ –

What you can do with it

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Connection: Runs in the cloud
Transport: Streamable HTTP
Category: Search & AI memory

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Before you install

Basic checks: 3 of 3 passed
Runs on the maker’s server: what you ask it goes through their server.
Can do 5 things (tools) search, get_text, compare_editions, compare_translations …
The registry lists no key to fill in.

You need

Runs in the cloudNothing to install; it connects over the internet

Which app do you use?

ClaudeClaude CodeCursorVS CodeChatGPT

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

Works in Claude on the web, desktop and mobile:

Open Settings → Connectors
Press Add custom connector
Paste the address below and press Add
If it asks you to sign in, sign in with the maker

https://api.dhamma.gift/mcp

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add --transport http pali-canon https://api.dhamma.gift/mcp

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pali-canon": {
      "url": "https://api.dhamma.gift/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "pali-canon": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.dhamma.gift/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

ChatGPT connects only to servers on the internet:

Open ChatGPT on the web → Settings → Connectors (Apps)
Press Create or Add (some plans need Developer mode under Advanced first)
Paste the address below, give it a name and save
If it asks you to sign in, sign in with the maker

https://api.dhamma.gift/mcp

Menu names can differ slightly by plan and over time.

Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

Tool names and descriptions exactly as the server reported them on Nov 7, 2026. The maker wrote them, not us; we show them as plain text.

search
Search the Pali Canon on dhamma.gift by keyword/substring or REGEX (min 3 letters, no semantic search). Patterns like "kata.*dukkha", "vucc.*dukkha", "katha.*dukkha" find the canon's own definitions and expositions of a term. Returns a CENSUS of every matching sutta — id, title,
get_text
Fetch a sutta by id (e.g. "dn22", "mn1", "sn56.11") — the Pali text (Mahāsaṅgīti) of every segment. Pali only by default; pass langs for translations, translators to name a translator (e.g. ["en_sujato"]), editions for the whole text of other Pali editions line by line (DN, MN, S
compare_editions
Compare the Pali Canon's editions line by line: the Mahāsaṅgīti beside Buddha Jayanti (Sri Lanka), Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana (Myanmar), Siam Rath (Thailand), the printed Mahāsaṅgīti of 2005 and the PTS editions (DN, MN, SN, AN). Give a sutta ("sn56.11"), a line ("dn22:18.1") or a range (
compare_translations
One segment of the canon in the Pali root and every available translation side by side. Use a segment id from search/get_text, e.g. "mn129:21.3". Sujato (en_sujato) is excluded unless named in translators.
list_structure
What texts exist. Without arguments: collections (sutta/vinaya/abhidhamma/khuddaka), books by id prefix with sutta counts, and translation languages with translators. With prefix (e.g. "mn", "sn56", "an4"): the suttas under it with titles.

Basic checksi

We check information anyone can see; we have not read the code. Checks that do not apply are left out of the count. · Checked Nov 9, 2026

✓ Pass
Maker matches the repo
The registry name was verified against the domain dhamma.gift (the registry checks domain ownership)
… Not checked yet
Still maintained
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
… Not checked yet
Has a licence
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
✓ Pass
Endpoint responds
Responded in 595 ms (HTTP 200)
– Not applicable
Sign-in with OAuth
No sign-in needed
✓ Pass
No hidden instructions in tool descriptions
Read 5 tool descriptions and found no hidden instructions to the AI

Compared with others in Search & AI memoryi

More stars than 0% of the other 5760 servers in this category
Published to the registry more recently than 63% of the other 5760 servers in this category
Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 5760 servers in this category

Compared with every active server in this category in the registry. Stars count only when the publisher owns the repo.

Common questions

Is Dhamma.Gift — Pāli Canon safe?

It passed 3 of 3 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

The registry does not list a required key, though some servers ask you to sign in on first use.

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs in the maker’s cloud. Connect over the internet with nothing to install, but what you send passes through the maker’s servers.

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (1.0.0) reached the registry 23 days ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. It connects by URL, so apps that accept remote MCP servers work too, such as ChatGPT in developer mode.

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README from the maker

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dg-node

Node.js backend for searching and reading Pāli Canon texts using SuttaCentral Bilara and DhammaGift translations.

This project powers the search index, reader endpoints, static assets, and compatibility layer for the legacy Dhamma.Gift stack. The production server runs on Fastify; the older Express-based implementation is kept only for legacy support.

Architecture and development rules: CLAUDE.md

Features

Search across the Pāli Canon with SQLite/FTS5
Reader routes for clean URLs such as /dn22 and /dn22:12.1
Segment-aware links and scroll targets
Support for offline mirror data and environment-based path resolution
Legacy compatibility with older PHP/Apache frontends

Quick start

git pull

npm install npm run build-search-db # build dg.db (SQLite/FTS5) from fresh Bilara data npm start # run the production server (dg-fastify.js), port 3000

build-search-db should be rerun whenever source texts or translations change on disk. The server reads data directly from disk and rebuilds the search index as needed.

Data paths such as SC_BILARA, DG_OFFLINE, and offline mirrors are resolved automatically based on the runtime environment (Termux, Windows development, local server, etc.).

unused/dg-light.js and unused/dblight.js (npm run start:express) are legacy Express + grep services and are not used in production. See CLAUDE.md for details.

Deployment checks

curl "http://localhost:3000/search?q=kacchapa&scope=dhamma&langs=ru,en"

curl -I "http://localhost:3000/assets/js/datatables/datatables.min.js" # 200 from public/overrides/js/datatables, not from the legacy repo curl -I "http://localhost:3000/dn22" # reader via clean URL curl -I "http://localhost:3000/dn22:10.5" # segment link (scroll to 10.5)

Manual browser checks:

/nodejs/res/?q=kacchapa&scope=dhamma — search, DataTables, export
/dn22 — full-text reader
Pāli / Russian toggle (three modes: Pāli + translation → Pāli only → translation only) — should actually hide/show content correctly
/?q=dn22#12.1 (legacy format) — should continue to work alongside /dn22:12.1

Deployment notes for Apache/PHP

If the public Dhamma.Gift site is currently hosted by Apache/PHP while Node runs as a separate backend proxied only to /search, note the following:

search requests may route to the Node backend
static files and reader routes may still be served by Apache/PHP
root-domain routing can differ from the local development environment
dg-fastify is the modern backend, while legacy PHP pages remain in parallel for compatibility

Project structure

dg-fastify.js         — production server (Fastify + SQLite/FTS5, dg.db): /search, /api/text/:suttaId,

static files (search/, reader/, siteroot/assets/), offline mirrors, clean URLs (/dn22, /dn22:12.1) unused/dg-light.js — legacy Express + grep server, not used in production (see CLAUDE.md) unused/dblight.js — build script for dg-light.js → dg_db_light.json (legacy, not needed with dg.db) search/ — search page (DataTables); legacy URL remains /nodejs/res/... (see CLAUDE.md) reader/ — reader frontend (reader-template.html + megareader.js) configs/ — project JSON configs (openapi, reader/*, search/*), see CLAUDE.md docs/ — project documentation and compatibility notes (SPA plans, backward compatibility) siteroot/ — root-site publication: assets/ (legacy assets), 4nt/config/login/, memo/read (legacy tools), see CLAUDE.md

License

See the repository license and project-specific notes in the root of the project.

Dhamma.Gift — Pāli Canon

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

What it can do

Basic checksi

Maker matches the repo

Still maintained

Has a licence

Endpoint responds

Sign-in with OAuth

No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

Compared with others in Search & AI memoryi

Common questions

Alternatives

Context7

Codebase Memory

Exa

README from the maker

dg-node

Features

Quick start

Deployment checks

Deployment notes for Apache/PHP

Project structure

License