ask_question
Ask a biblical or theological question and get a concise pastoral answer (250-400 words) grounded in Reformed theology with Scripture references. Best for practical faith questions, doctrine overviews, and life application.
LABSCO SUMMARY
search_sources is the tool to reach for when you want to check the answer rather than take it.
Two of these generate prose and one returns the passages the prose would have been built from. For research — as opposed to devotional reading — the raw retrieval is the honest one: you see what the corpus actually says and judge it yourself. The theological position is declared up front rather than implied, which is the right way to publish something like this. No account, no stored data, and a rate limit as the only gate.
What it is
BEREAN.AI's endpoint, open and rate-limited by IP. Five tools: two answer questions, one searches the corpus directly, two return the day's readings.
What you get
- ask_question — a concise pastoral answer of 250-400 words grounded in Reformed theology
- scholar_query — academic research using two-stage retrieval: dense vector search followed by cross-encoder reranking
- search_sources — the knowledge base itself, returning passages without a generated answer
- get_daily_devotion — today's Scripture reference, verse text and devotional message
- get_daily_exposition — the One Year Bible reading with its exposition
Requirements
None. No account, and the vendor states no personal data is collected — there is nothing stored to opt out of.
Setup effort
Paste a URL — add the endpoint to your client
USE CASES
01
Asking a theological question
Get a short pastoral answer grounded in the corpus rather than the model's own recollection.
02
Doing the research properly
Run the academic query, then pull the underlying passages to check what the answer rests on.
03
Reading the day's passage
Fetch today's devotion or the One Year Bible reading with its exposition.
5 tools
Counted once with only startup setup. Other versions, modes or optional credentials may expose a different list.
scholar_query
Academic biblical research query powered by two-stage retrieval (dense vector search + cross-encoder reranking) across 2M+ indexed scholarly passages. Searches Greek/Hebrew lexicons, Bible translations, morphological data, commentaries from 15+ traditions (Reformed, Catholic, Orthodox, Jewish, etc.), the Babylonian Talmud, Mishnah, Aquinas, Josephus, church fathers, Dead Sea Scrolls, and creeds/confessions. Returns detailed academic answers with source citations.
search_sources
Search the BEREAN.AI knowledge base directly for relevant passages without generating an AI answer. Uses dense vector retrieval with cross-encoder reranking on interpretive sources. Returns raw source passages from lexicons, commentaries, Bible texts, etc. Useful for getting primary source data.
get_daily_devotion
Get today's daily devotion from BEREAN.AI. Returns a Scripture reference, the verse text, and a devotional message for the current date. Updated daily.
get_daily_exposition
Get today's One Year Bible reading exposition from BEREAN.AI. Returns the daily Scripture reading references (OT, NT, Psalms, Proverbs), a teaser summary, and a full exposition/commentary on the passages. Updated daily.
BEFORE YOU INSTALL
What to know first
Tools you get
5 tools when we connected.
Requires
an MCP client that can reach a remote endpoint
CONTEXT COST
Light Standing cost
Rated by the size of the 5 tool definitions that ride along on every turn, not by how many there are
INSTALLATION
Connect your client
Add the endpoint to your client.
Server setup
ENDPOINT URL
https://berean.ai/mcpRequirements
- None — open endpoint, rate-limited by IP
