Learn the Dao — Tao Te Ching

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Learn the Dao — Tao Te Ching is healthy: it completed an MCP handshake in 2271 ms and exposes 4 tools.

Read, search and cite all 81 chapters of the Tao Te Ching, with per-rendering attribution.

Endpoint: https://learnthedao.com/api/mcp (streamable-http)

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Last checked (UTC)2026-10-14T20:15:49.426Z

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Tools (4)

list_chaptersList all 81 chapters of the Tao Te Ching with their titles, plus the attribution blocks for each available rendering. Start here to orient.
get_chapterGet 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 is NOT public domain.
search_chaptersSearch 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.
consultGiven 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 feeling satisfied) rather than asking about the text. Unlike sea