A side-by-side look at the Fojin — Buddhist Canon Tools and Uiule MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Fojin — Buddhist Canon Tools for spirituality & esoterica work as a local process; choose Uiule for spirituality & esoterica as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
get_verse, get_passage, random_verse.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Spirituality & Esoterica | Spirituality & Esoterica |
| Quality signal | 47/100 · Fair | 49/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 350 | 0 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | Not listed | 3 |
| Full listing | View Fojin — Buddhist Canon Tools | View Uiule |
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
get_verseGet a specific Bible verse or range by reference (e.g., "john 3:16", "romans 8:28", "psalm 23:1-6"). Returns verse text in World English Bible translation.get_passageGet a Bible passage in your choice of translation (KJV, WEB, OEB, BBE, Cherokee, DRA, and more). Returns full text with reference and translation metadata.random_verseFetch a random Bible verse from the World English Bible (WEB) translation. Returns the reference, full verse text, translation ID, and per-verse breakdown with book, chapter, and verse number.Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
{
"mcpServers": {
"fojin-buddhist-canon-tools": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"fojin-mcp"
]
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"uiule": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-bible"
]
}
}
}