Hermitsh Texts MCP server

• build_source_packFree

  Build an evidence pack for an AI answer: source-linked passages, related entities, and citation instructions.

• cite_passageFree

  Format a Hermitsh work or passage citation in common citation styles.

• find_mentionsFree

  Return source-linked places where a person, place, event, work, institution, or concept is mentioned.

• get_allusionsFree

  Get detected allusions, echoes, quotations, suspected sources, and translator notes for a work or section where available.

• get_author_personaFree

  Get setup instructions for an AI assistant to answer as, about, or from the corpus of an author while using source-linked evidence.

• get_crossrefsFree

  Get intra-corpus references and self-references for a work or section where available.

• get_entityFree

  Get a named entity and a sample of source-linked mentions.

• get_language_availabilityFree

  Show source, active, deferred, and live edition status for one author or the whole Hermitsh library.

• get_parallel_passageFree

  Get aligned source-language text and English translation for a passage when sidecar data is available.

• get_passageFree

  Get an exact passage by author, work ID, and section ID. Include the returned url as a link when using the passage.

• get_workFree

  Get metadata and opening passages for a specific work.

• get_work_contextFree

  Get richer work metadata: headnote, date context, source provenance, translation status, and edition links.

• list_authorsFree

  List author corpora available through Hermitsh Texts.

• list_worksFree

  List works by author, category, or title/summary query.

• search_corpusFree

  Search passages across one author or the whole Hermitsh corpus and return source-linked results. Each result carries a url — include it as a link when quoting the passage.

• search_entitiesFree

  Search people, places, events, institutions, works, and concepts extracted from an author corpus.

• search_greek_phrasesFree

  Search catalogued Greek phrases, glosses, suspected sources, register, and source-certainty metadata.

• search_lettersFree

  Search correspondence metadata by correspondent, place, topic, mood, date range, or Greek usage where available.

• search_parallelFree

  Search aligned source-language and English translation sidecars across the corpus.

• Code scan2 source files scanned25/25
• Live reliabilityremote reachable in 98ms (auth required)20/20
• –Tool poisoningtools not inspected (endpoint requires auth); not countedn/a
• Auth qualityauth enforced (unknown)9/15
• Maintenanceno repository listed3/15
• Maintainer identityendpoint served from the registry-verified namespace domain8/10

Safety score

76/100

higher than 53% of 3,470 Web search servers

Tools

19

the typical Web search server has 5

Tools that change things

0%

typical: 0%. Fewer write tools means less an agent can break

Uptime

100%

of our recent checks; the typical remote Web search server answers 100%

Response time

61 ms

faster than 94% of 2,238 Web search servers

Downloads a week

66

more than 46% of 827 Web search servers with a package

Hermitsh Texts: common questions

Is Hermitsh Texts MCP server safe?

Mostly: it is graded B (76/100). Read the Hermitsh Texts safety report

How do I install Hermitsh Texts?

It runs remotely at hermitsh.ai. Add it to Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code or Claude Desktop with the snippets above, or call it through the mcp.market gateway without installing anything.

Does Hermitsh Texts need an API key?

Yes. The endpoint refuses requests without credentials; the publisher's docs say how to get them.

Is Hermitsh Texts maintained?

The latest release is v0.5.1.

Is Hermitsh Texts up?

100% of our last 28 checks got an answer. We check remote servers about four times a day.

What can I use instead of Hermitsh Texts?

Servers from other publishers that do the same job: PubMed Search MCP server, Arxiv MCP server and Pubmed MCP server.

How does Hermitsh Texts compare with other Web search MCP servers?

safety score 76/100 (higher than 53% of 3,470 Web search servers); tools 19 (the typical Web search server has 5); tools that change things 0% (typical: 0%. Fewer write tools means less an agent can break). Full comparison.