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Tripitaka MCP Server

An MCP Server for searching and citing content from the Pāli Tipiṭaka. Gives AI agents (such as Claude or Cursor) the ability to look up suttas

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What is the Tripitaka MCP Server?

An MCP Server for searching and citing content from the Pāli Tipiṭaka. Gives AI agents (such as Claude or Cursor) the ability to look up suttas, quote the

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Maintainer setup documentation.

Recorded tools

Check the linked publisher documentation and your connected client's tool list. Names and availability can vary with the server version and account permissions.

Tool	What it does
search_hybrid	(Recommended for concept search) Combined keyword + semantic via RRF — best when looking for "discourses about X".
search_by_keyword	Trigram keyword search — best for the top few matches of an exact word (appamāda, ānāpānassati).
survey_corpus	Exhaustive corpus survey — exact total + per-pitaka breakdown + the matched word-forms, for "how many times / every place X appears" (coverage, not just best matches). mode=thorough adds concept-level semantic recall
search_semantic	Pure vector similarity — usually you want search_hybrid instead.
get_sutta	Fetch a sutta by ID (e.g. mn1, dn22, dhp1-20) with cross-reference URLs. Whole sutta by default; for long ones use mode="outline" (table of contents, no text), around="<segment_id>"+window (context around a hit), or segm
open_sutta_viewer	Interactive sutta viewer (MCP Apps) — renders the sutta inline in the chat as Pāli + English side by side, with the cited segment highlighted. The calling model can attach an AI translation of the displayed segments
get_reference	Generate a properly formatted academic citation with all source URLs.
compare_translations	Compare renderings of a single segment across editions.
list_structure	Show the Tipiṭaka structure with segment-count coverage per nikāya.
list_editions	List Thai/English translation editions currently loaded.
get_word_definition	Pāli dictionary lookup (PTS, DPPN, and the Payutto Thai dictionary).
parse_pali_word	Strip Pāli suffixes to recover the root form when get_word_definition misses (bhikkhūnaṁ → bhikkhu).

How to install the Tripitaka MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tripitaka": {
      "command": "YOUR_NPX_PATH",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://mcp.tripitaka-mcp.com/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PATH": "YOUR_NODE_BIN_DIR:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin"
      }
    }
  }
}

From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.

Configuration

Variable	Description	Required
PATH	Declared in the maintainer’s client configuration.	Check documentation

Example prompts to try

“Use Tripitaka MCP to search hybrid.”
“Use Tripitaka MCP to search by keyword.”
“Use Tripitaka MCP to survey corpus.”

Frequently asked questions

An MCP Server for searching and citing content from the Pāli Tipiṭaka. Gives AI agents (such as Claude or Cursor) the ability to look up suttas, quote the Confirm the tools offered by your installed version in the connected client. Tool availability and permissions depend on the server and account configuration.