# Hermitsh Texts MCP Server

Complete classical & world literature — search + cite exact passages, facing sources, 50+ languages.

**Tools observed.** Pod connected on 2026-09-05 and the server listed 19 tools directly. Verified.

## Status

Pod connected to Hermitsh Texts on 2026-09-05. It answered and listed its tools, responding in 10820ms.

It identifies itself as `hermitsh-texts` version 0.4.0, speaking streamable-http. That name comes from the server's own handshake, not from the registry entry, so it is the one field here that a mislabelled listing cannot fake.

## Tools

Pod observed 19 tools when it connected:

- `list_authors`
- `list_works`
- `search_corpus`
- `get_work`
- `get_passage`
- `cite_passage`
- `get_parallel_passage`
- `get_work_context`
- `search_parallel`
- [`search_entities`](/mcp/tool/search-entities)
- `get_entity`
- `find_mentions`
- `search_letters`
- `search_greek_phrases`
- `get_crossrefs`
- `get_allusions`
- `get_language_availability`
- `build_source_pack`
- `get_author_persona`

## Connect

A hosted endpoint at `https://hermitsh.ai/mcp`, over streamable-http. Nothing to install.

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hermitsh-texts": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://hermitsh.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

Published as `@hermitsh/texts-mcp` on npm. Runs locally.

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

## Firsthand observations

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## For agents

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