Learn the Dao — Tao Te Ching is an MCP server with 4 tools an agent can call, among them consult, get_chapter, list_chapters. It answers at https://learnthedao.com/api/mcp over streamable HTTP, and it listed its tools to an anonymous client, so no sign-in was needed for that. Our probes reached it 10 of 10 times since 5 September 2026; the last check, on 18 October 2026, succeeded.
Read, search and cite all 81 chapters of the Tao Te Ching, with per-rendering attribution.
Description as the publisher wrote it.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
consult | Given what a person is actually facing — in their own words — find the chapter of the Tao Te Ching that speaks to it, and the one line to hold. Use this when someone describes a situation (a betrayal, burnout, forcing an outcome, never feel Inputs: situation, limit |
get_chapter | Get one chapter (1-81) in both public renderings: the public-domain James Legge (1891) translation and Dao De Kooi, an original rendering by David Kooi. Each carries its own attribution and a ready-to-use citation string. The Kooi rendering Inputs: number |
list_chapters | List all 81 chapters of the Tao Te Ching with their titles, plus the attribution blocks for each available rendering. Start here to orient. |
search_chapters | Search the full corpus for a word or phrase and get the matching lines with their chapter numbers. Use this when the user half-remembers a line and you need to find where it is. Inputs: query, limit |
Every block below points at https://learnthedao.com/api/mcp. Pick your client and copy.
claude mcp add --transport http learn-the-dao-tao-te-ching https://learnthedao.com/api/mcp
{
"mcpServers": {
"learn-the-dao-tao-te-ching": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://learnthedao.com/api/mcp"]
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"learn-the-dao-tao-te-ching": {
"url": "https://learnthedao.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"learn-the-dao-tao-te-ching": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://learnthedao.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}{
"context_servers": {
"learn-the-dao-tao-te-ching": {
"url": "https://learnthedao.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"learn-the-dao-tao-te-ching": {
"serverUrl": "https://learnthedao.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"learn-the-dao-tao-te-ching": {
"url": "https://learnthedao.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}name: Learn the Dao — Tao Te Ching
version: 0.0.1
schema: v1
mcpServers:
- name: Learn the Dao — Tao Te Ching
type: streamable-http
url: https://learnthedao.com/api/mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"learn-the-dao-tao-te-ching": {
"httpUrl": "https://learnthedao.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"learn-the-dao-tao-te-ching": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://learnthedao.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"learn-the-dao-tao-te-ching": {
"url": "https://learnthedao.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}goose://extension?url=https%3A%2F%2Flearnthedao.com%2Fapi%2Fmcp&type=streamable_http&id=learn-the-dao-tao-te-ching&name=Learn%20the%20Dao%20%E2%80%94%20Tao%20Te%20Ching
It answered our last check on 18 October 2026 in 307 ms. Over 10 checks since 5 September 2026 it answered 10. Status here comes from Neuronto's own probes, not from the publisher.
Yes. It is published by learnthedao.com and served from learnthedao.com, the vendor's own domain: https://learnthedao.com/api/mcp.
4, as returned by the server's own tools/list on 31 August 2026: consult, get_chapter, list_chapters, search_chapters.
It answered our last check on 18 October 2026 in 307 ms. Over 10 checks since 5 September 2026 it answered 10.
Put the server under mcpServers in ~/.cursor/mcp.json with the URL https://learnthedao.com/api/mcp. The exact JSON is above, with the same setup for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, VS Code, Windsurf, Zed, Gemini CLI and the rest.
It listed its tools to an anonymous client, so reading the tool list needs no key. Individual tools can still ask for credentials in their own inputs.
Publisher: com.learnthedao. Endpoint host: learnthedao.com. ARD identifier: urn:air:com.learnthedao:mcp:learn-the-dao.
First indexed 31 August 2026. The tools are exactly what the server returned; nothing on this page
is inferred from its name. Ranking in Neuronto search is never for sale.