Connect Apibible to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, GitHub Copilot and any other MCP client, for your whole team. Metorial adds security, governance, and tracing, and gives everyone one Magic MCP URL to connect.
Ask your agent in plain language. Each of these maps to a real tool on the server.
Use the get chapter tool in Apibible
Use the get books tool in Apibible
Use the get sections tool in Apibible
Use the get verse tool in Apibible
Use the get audio chapter tool in Apibible
Use the search bible tool in Apibible
Supported Tools
get_chapter
Get Chapter
Retrieve chapter content or list chapters in a book. When a chapter ID is provided, returns the full scripture text in HTML format along with verse count, copyright, and navigation links. When only a book ID is provided, lists all chapters in that book.
get_books
Get Books
List all books in a Bible version, or retrieve details for a specific book. Returns book names, abbreviations, and IDs that can be used to navigate chapters and verses.
get_sections
Get Sections
Retrieve thematic sections of scripture for a book, chapter, or specific section. Sections provide named groupings of verses (e.g., "The Birth of Jesus Christ") that can span chapter boundaries. When a section ID is provided, returns the full content of that section.
get_verse
Get Verse
Retrieve verse content or list all verses in a chapter. When a verse ID is provided, returns the scripture text. When only a chapter ID is provided, lists all verse references in that chapter.
get_audio_chapter
Get Audio Chapter
Retrieve audio Bible content. Can list books in an audio Bible, list chapters for a book, or get the audio resource URL for a specific chapter. The audio file is available to download; its signed resource URL expires.
search_bible
Search Bible
Search for keywords or references within a Bible version. Returns matching verses with their text and references. Supports pagination, sorting, fuzzy matching, and scoping to specific book ranges.
list_audio_bibles
List Audio Bibles
Browse available audio Bible versions. Returns metadata about each audio version including name, language, and countries. Can be filtered by language.
list_bibles
List Bibles
Browse available Bible versions (translations/editions). Returns metadata about each version including name, abbreviation, language, and countries. Can be filtered by language or searched by name/abbreviation.
get_bible
Get Bible
Retrieve detailed metadata for a specific Bible version including name, language, copyright, and description information. Use the Bible ID from the List Bibles tool.
get_passage
Get Passage
Retrieve a range of scripture content by combining two verse IDs with a dash, or by specifying a single chapter/verse reference. Useful for fetching a specific portion of text spanning multiple verses.
get_audio_bible
Get Audio Bible
Retrieve metadata, copyright and publisher information for an audio Bible. Use list_audio_bibles to discover licensed audio Bible IDs.
Enable Apibible in Metorial. In your Metorial portal, enable the Apibible MCP server and sign in with the account that owns the data. Access stays governed by your team policies.
Add a custom connector. Open Customize, then Connectors. Select Add, then Custom, then Web.
Paste your Metorial MCP URL. Name it Metorial, paste your Magic MCP URL (<your-magic-mcp-url>) and continue.
Sign in. Select Add and sign in to load Apibible tools.
Enable Apibible in Metorial. In your Metorial portal, enable the Apibible MCP server and sign in with the account that owns the data. Access stays governed by your team policies.
Add a custom MCP server. On ChatGPT web, open Plugins, select +, then Add custom MCP server.
Paste your Metorial MCP URL. Name it Metorial, paste your Magic MCP URL (<your-magic-mcp-url>), choose OAuth and accept the risk notice.
Create and install the plugin. Select Create as a plugin, install it and sign in to load Apibible tools.
Enable Apibible in Metorial. In your Metorial portal, enable the Apibible MCP server and sign in with the account that owns the data. Access stays governed by your team policies.
Add Metorial to your MCP config. Use ~/.cursor/mcp.json for every project, or .cursor/mcp.json for one.
Sign in. Open Customize in the sidebar, find Metorial and sign in to load Apibible tools.
{
"mcpServers":{
"metorial":{
"url":"<your-magic-mcp-url>"
}
}
}
Enable Apibible in Metorial. In your Metorial portal, enable the Apibible MCP server and sign in with the account that owns the data. Access stays governed by your team policies.
Add the server over HTTP. Add --scope user to use it in every project.
Sign in. Run /mcp, select Metorial and sign in to load Apibible tools.
claude mcp add --transport http metorial <your-magic-mcp-url>
Enable Apibible in Metorial. In your Metorial portal, enable the Apibible MCP server and sign in with the account that owns the data. Access stays governed by your team policies.
Add the server and sign in. The Codex CLI, IDE extension and ChatGPT desktop app share this config.
Check the connection. Type /mcp in Codex to see Metorial and its Apibible tools.
codex mcp add metorial --url <your-magic-mcp-url>
codex mcp login metorial
Run Apibible through the Metorial gateway
One governed layer for every app your agents reach, not a separate connector per tool.
Give Apibible and every other app to your whole team through one MCP gateway, behind your SSO.
Scope which teams and agents can use Apibible tools with role-based access control, and trace every call.
Prefer to run it yourself? Metorial is open source and self-hostable.
Browse Bible editions and books, retrieve scripture in HTML, text or JSON form, search keywords and references, and download licensed audio chapters. Responses retain copyright and scripture engagement metadata.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about connecting Apibible to AI agents with Metorial.
How many tools does the Apibible MCP server have?
The Apibible MCP server exposes 11 tools, including Get Chapter, Get Books, Get Sections. Each one is governed and traced through Metorial.
Does the Apibible MCP server support triggers?
Apibible exposes tools your agents call on demand; it does not publish event triggers yet. Everything still runs through one governed MCP URL.
Which AI clients can use the Apibible MCP server?
Any MCP client, including VS Code, Windsurf, Zed, OpenCode and Grok. Each one reaches the Apibible MCP server through the same Metorial URL.
How do I give only some teams access to Apibible?
Use role-based access control to decide which teams, users, and agents can use Apibible and which of its tools they can call.
Can I self-host the Apibible MCP server?
Yes. Metorial is open source, so you can run the Apibible MCP server yourself or use the hosted gateway.
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