Learning Resources

learnthedao.com

Provides access to Tao Te Ching chapters with translations and search.

1 endpoint4 known toolsFirst detected August 5, 2026Last detected September 5, 2026

ENDPOINT 1

https://learnthedao.com/api/mcp

No auth detected

MCP server metadata

Name: learn-the-dao
Version: 1.0.0

Capabilities

tools

Known tools 4

list_chapters

List all 81 chapters of the Tao Te Ching with their titles, plus the attribution blocks for each available rendering.

Inferred read-only

get_chapter

Get one chapter (1-81) in both public renderings: the public-domain James Legge (1891) translation and Dao De Kooi, an original rendering by David Kooi.

Inferred read-only

search_chapters

Search the full corpus for a word or phrase and get the matching lines with their chapter numbers.

Inferred read-only

consult

Given what a person is actually facing — in their own words — find the chapter of the Tao Te Ching that speaks to it, and the one line to hold.

Inferred read-only

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

Client installation

Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.learn-the-dao]
url = "https://learnthedao.com/api/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "learn-the-dao": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://learnthedao.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: learn-the-dao
Remote MCP URL: https://learnthedao.com/api/mcp

Add this remote URL as a custom connector in Claude Desktop. Availability depends on the user plan and workspace policy.

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "learn-the-dao": {
      "url": "https://learnthedao.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "learn-the-dao": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://learnthedao.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "learn-the-dao",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://learnthedao.com/api/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.

TRUST AND VERIFICATION EVIDENCE

Trust Data Available

BuiltWith Trust API v2 evidence for learnthedao.com was fetched 2026-08-24T00:52:19.207Z.

Trust status Trusted

learnthedao.com is assessed as Trusted: Domain runs a meaningful technology spend, consistent with a real business.

Indexed

Evidence is source-attributed and does not guarantee that a third-party server is safe. Risk labels are conservative metadata heuristics.