Torah MCP vs Bazi MCP — MCP Server Comparison | AllMCPs
Side-by-Side Model Context Protocol Comparison
Torah MCP vs Bazi MCP
In-depth architectural comparison of the Torah MCP and Bazi MCP MCP servers. Compare execution transports, security boundaries, tool capabilities, quality scores, and ready-to-paste client installation snippets for Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code.
At a Glance & Executive Verdict
Torah MCP
Spirituality & Esoterica · Remote HTTP/SSE
Quality: 47/100 (Fair) | Auth: No auth required
Bazi MCP
Spirituality & Esoterica · Local stdio
Quality: 68/100 (Great) | Auth: No auth required
Verdict Summary: Choose Torah MCP if you need specialized Spirituality & Esoterica tools running via a hosted cloud SSE transport. Choose Bazi MCP if your workspace requires Spirituality & Esoterica integration with local subprocess execution. Both servers can be configured concurrently in your client's mcpServers manifest.
Which MCP Server Should You Choose?
Choose Torah MCP when:
You need dedicated capabilities in the Spirituality & Esoterica domain.
You prefer remote streaming HTTP/SSE transport architecture.
Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
Sefaria in Claude: Tanakh, Talmud, halacha, responsa - answers grounded in the actual texts
Deterministic Bazi / Four Pillars MCP server with True Solar Time, lunar/solar conversion, Da Yun luck cycles, branch interactions, reverse Bazi lookup, and OpenFate calculation metadata. Install: npx -y @openfate/bazi-mcp.
The core**: the study method loaded before answering any religious question — sources actually read, exact quotes, [hebrewbooks.org](https://hebrewbooks.org) reading links
hebrewbooks_search
HebrewBooks catalog search (~65,000 scanned seforim) by title/author via their official API — requires a `HEBREWBOOKS_API_KEY` (granted on request: developers@hebrewbooks.org)
mode_etude
Study register — `debutant` (all in French, every term explained, for readers with no background or no Hebrew), `classique` (bilingual, default), `avance` (beit midrash: original text, no glosses, mahloket, girsaot, lomdus). Same source discipline in all three
havrouta_mode
Study-partner mode: Claude asks the questions, makes you defend Rashi against Tosafot, never hands out answers
guide_paracha
AlHaTorah-style weekly study guide: aliyot, three textual questions with diverging commentators, haftarah echo, Shabbat-table questions
Ready-to-Paste Client Configurations
Paste either (or both) of these JSON server blocks into your client config file (e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json).
Torah MCP is categorized under Spirituality & Esoterica and uses a remote streaming HTTP/SSE transport. In contrast, Bazi MCP belongs to Spirituality & Esoterica using local stdio subprocess. Select Torah MCP when you need capabilities focused on spirituality & esoterica and Bazi MCP when you require tools for spirituality & esoterica.
MCP App: an interactive Vilna page in the conversation (Gemara, Rashi, Tosafot, click-to-translate). Also at `/daf
sefaria_text
Text of any reference (Hebrew + translation — **French first when Sefaria has it**, e.g. Bible du Rabbinat for Tanakh, else English): `Berakhot 2a`, `Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 1:1`…
sefaria_links
Linked commentaries and sources (Rashi, Tosafot, midrash, halakhah…), filterable by category
sefaria_search
Full-text search across the whole library (Hebrew or English)
Calculate a deterministic OpenFate Bazi/Four Pillars chart with True Solar Time correction, Day Master, DAYUN_SECOND_V2 onset receipts, Da Yun cycles, and branch interactions. Pass an exact birth time plus timezone or timezoneId for a calculated V2 onset; otherwise inspect the explicit unavailable/fallback receipt.
detect_bazi_interactions
Detect raw Earthly Branch relationship occurrences for a natal chart and optional annual and Da Yun branches. Preserves every matching pillar position, including repeated branches. Covers clashes, six-combinations, the eight central-branch half-trines (COMBINATION_HALF), full trines, directionals, punishments, destructions, and harms. Results establish relationship presence, not weights, cancellation, or automatic transformation; targetElement is an affinity, not transformed energy.
calculate_true_solar_time
Calculate OpenFate True Solar Time from civil birth time, longitude, timezone, and optional DST offset. Use this when explaining why the hour pillar may differ from ordinary clock-time tools.
reverse_bazi_to_solar_times
Find possible Gregorian datetimes that produce a given four-pillar Bazi string. This is useful when a user only has a Bazi chart or screenshot. This lookup uses clock-time pillars without location-based true solar correction.
get_openfate_bazi_policy
Return OpenFate calculation policy and LLM guidance for Bazi chart calls.
get_openfate_bazi_resources
Return canonical OpenFate URLs for charting, readings, compatibility, wealth, true solar time, and AI crawler metadata.