# Thewholetorah MCP server

Source: https://glimind.com/server/mcp-registry%2Fai.thewholetorah%2Fthewholetorah
Registry id: `mcp-registry/ai.thewholetorah/thewholetorah`
Status: live (checked 2026-10-27T09:18:57.176Z)

## Verdict

Thewholetorah MCP server answered 100% of Glimind's liveness checks over 30 days, better than 42% of MCP servers, with 970 ms median handshake and 0 outages in 90 days. Its agent-readiness grade is A (96/100) across 8 tools, costing an agent about 921 tokens to load. Checked every few minutes; no tool is ever called.

## Measurements (30 days)

| Metric | Value | Better than |
|---|---|---|
| Uptime, 30 days | 100% | 42% of MCP servers |
| Median handshake latency | 970 ms | 19% of MCP servers |
| p95 handshake latency | 3321 ms | — |
| Checks in 30 days | 4,977 | — |
| Outages, 90 days | 0 | — |
| Median recovery | — | — |
| Agent-readiness score | 96/100 (A) | 82% of MCP servers |
| Tools | 8 | — |
| Tool-list size for an agent | ~921 tokens | 75% of MCP servers |
| Days observed | 29 | — |

## Install

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "thewholetorah-mcp-server": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.thewholetorah.ai/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

Claude Code:

```sh
claude mcp add --transport http thewholetorah-mcp-server https://www.thewholetorah.ai/api/mcp
```

## Tools (8)

- `ask`: Ask a question and get an answer grounded ONLY in TheWholeTorah.ai's own lessons and sources, with citations. It will say when it does not know rather than gues
- `get_audio`: Narration links for a lesson by slug: one MP3 URL per language that has a published recording, so the lesson can be listened to, not just read.
- `get_daily`: The Hayom Yom entry for a civil date (default: today in Jerusalem). Hayom Yom is the Rebbe's calendar of daily Chassidus teachings, one short entry per Hebrew c
- `get_lesson`: Fetch one lesson by its slug (from search_lessons). Returns the lesson's opening in full and a link to read or listen to the rest on TheWholeTorah.ai.
- `get_source_text`: Fetch the classical source text a lesson is built on (Mishnah, Shulchan Aruch, Tanya), vocalized, in full. These are public-domain texts via Sefaria.
- `list_books`: The catalog: every book and collection on TheWholeTorah.ai with its sections and published lesson counts. Use it to see what the library covers before searching
- `search_lessons`: Search TheWholeTorah.ai for lessons on a topic, across Mishnah, Tanya, Hayom Yom and Chassidus. Returns titles, links and short excerpts. Use this first to find
- `search_sources`: Hybrid search over the classical text corpora themselves (Mishnah, Talmud, Rashi, Rambam, Shulchan Aruch, Tanya, the commentaries and more), separate from our l

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