Connect your AI agent

Every setup below uses this endpoint:

https://api.vedas.guyanagurukula.com/api/mcp

Run this in your terminal, then check the connection with /mcp:

claude mcp add --transport http vedas https://api.vedas.guyanagurukula.com/api/mcp

1. Open Settings → Connectors and choose Add custom connector.
2. Enter the name Vedas and paste the server URL below.
3. Enable the connector for your chat from the tools menu.

https://api.vedas.guyanagurukula.com/api/mcp

Add the server to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (all projects) or .cursor/mcp.json (this project only):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vedas": {
      "url": "https://api.vedas.guyanagurukula.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Create .vscode/mcp.json in your workspace, or run MCP: Add Server from the Command Palette:

{
  "servers": {
    "vedas": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.vedas.guyanagurukula.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Add the server to ~/.gemini/settings.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vedas": {
      "httpUrl": "https://api.vedas.guyanagurukula.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Any client that supports the Streamable HTTP transport can connect with the URL alone. For clients that only launch local (stdio) servers, bridge with mcp-remote (requires Node.js):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vedas": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://api.vedas.guyanagurukula.com/api/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

• ask_vedas — Finds the passages most relevant to a question (semantic + keyword) so the agent answers from this archive first.
• search_mantras — Keyword search across verses, interpretations and tags.
• get_mantra — Fetches a single mantra by id or reference, e.g. "RV 1.1.1".
• list_vedas — Lists the Vedas in the archive with their mantra counts.
• transliterate — Converts between Devanagari and IAST / Harvard-Kyoto / ITRANS.

The server is read-only. It exposes published mantras only, never drafts, submissions or user data.

Once connected, ask your agent something like:

• What does the Rigveda say about Agni? Cite the mantras.
• Compare the Griffith and Dayananda interpretations of Rigveda 1.1.1.
• Transliterate "agnimīḷe purohitaṃ" into Devanagari.

If the agent doesn’t use the archive, say so in your prompt, e.g. “use the Vedas tools”.

Content retrieved through MCP is covered by the same Terms of Use as the website: quote with attribution to the Institute of Vedic Studies & Research Center, and don’t bulk-extract the archive.