INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

list_chapters

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

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LIVE ENDPOINT

https://learnthedao.com/api/mcp

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Connect to this endpoint to inspect the live schema for list_chapters and invoke it with your own arguments.

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Inferred read-only · medium confidence · heuristic, not a guarantee.

No write-capable action terms were found; this is not proof that invocation has no side effects.

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

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.

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