Hermitsh Texts

Search and cite exact passages across complete classical and world-literature corpora.

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Hermitsh Texts MCP

Search complete classical and world-literature corpora, retrieve exact passages, and cite stable source links from any MCP-compatible AI assistant.

Hermitsh Texts is free, read-only, and requires no account or API key.

Recommended: connect directly

Clients that support remote Streamable HTTP MCP servers should connect directly:

https://hermitsh.ai/mcp

npm / STDIO connection

For clients that expect a local command:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hermitsh-texts": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@hermitsh/texts-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

You can also start the bridge directly:

npx -y @hermitsh/texts-mcp

The package is a narrow STDIO bridge to the public, canonical endpoint at https://hermitsh.ai/mcp. Corpus content and tool behavior are served by Hermitsh Press, so improvements become available without reinstalling the package.

What agents can do

  • Search complete author corpora by word, phrase, or topic.
  • Retrieve exact passages with stable links.
  • Build source packs for evidence-grounded answers.
  • Get work context, parallel passages, cross-references, and allusions.
  • Search letters and Greek phrases where supported.
  • Format citations without inventing references.

Every returned passage includes a source URL. AI assistants should link the passage whenever quoting it or relying on it as evidence.

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License

The bridge code is MIT licensed. Individual texts and editions have their own source and rights information on Hermitsh Texts.