JW.org Content Tools provides access to Jehovah's Witnesses study materials from JW.org and wol.jw.org. It enables AI assistants to retrieve Bible scriptures with study notes and cross-references, download Christian Life and Ministry workbooks, fetch Watchtower articles, and extract video captions. Key features: - **Bible Scripture Lookup**: Search Bible books, retrieve verses from the New World Translation, and get comprehensive study content including footnotes, cross-references, and research articles from wol.jw.org - **Workbook Access**: Download and parse Christian Life and Ministry workbooks with automatic RTF-to-text conversion for current or specific monthly issues - **Watchtower Articles**: Retrieve study articles with automatic date handling (accounts for the 2-month publication offset) - **Video Captions**: Extract subtitle content and metadata from JW.org videos by video ID - **Smart Content Processing**: RTF parser reduces token usage by 70% by converting rich text to clean, readable plain text - **URL Generation**: Create clickable JW.org links for Bible verses, ranges, or chapters

JW MCP Server

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that provides tools for working with JW.org content, including workbook materials, Watchtower articles, video captions, and comprehensive Bible scripture lookup with study content.

Features

This MCP server provides four main categories of tools:

📖 Bible Scripture Tools (NEW!)

📚 Christian Life and Ministry Workbook Tools

📰 Watchtower Study Tools

🎥 Video Caption Tools

⚡ Smart Features

What's New 🎉

Latest Updates

Quick Start

Installation

Installing via Smithery (Recommended)

To install jw-mcp for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

On this page, click the relevant install option for your client

Manual Local Install

1. Clone this repository 2. Install dependencies:

   npm install
   

Claude Desktop Setup

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jw-mcp": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/Users//jw-mcp/src/index.js"]
    }
  }
}

Replace /Users//jw-mcp with your actual project path.

Available Tools

📖 Bible Scripture Tools

#### search_bible_books Search for Bible books by name, abbreviation, or number. Useful for finding the correct book number to use with other scripture tools.

Input:

Examples:

{
  "query": "matthew"
}
{
  "query": "1 john"
}
{
  "query": "gen"
}

Output:

{
  "query": "matthew",
  "results_count": 1,
  "books": [
    {
      "number": 40,
      "name": "Matthew",
      "testament": "New Testament",
      "relevance_score": 100
    }
  ]
}

#### get_bible_verse Get plain Bible verse text from wol.jw.org. Returns just the verse text without study notes.

Input:

Bible Book Reference: | Range | Testament | Examples | |-------|-----------|----------| | 1-39 | Old Testament | Genesis=1, Psalms=19, Isaiah=23 | | 40-66 | New Testament | Matthew=40, John=43, Revelation=66 |

Example:

{
  "book": 43,
  "chapter": 3,
  "verse": 16
}

Output:

{
  "reference": "John 3:16",
  "book_number": 43,
  "book_name": "John",
  "chapter": 3,
  "verse": 16,
  "text": "16 \"For God loved the world so much that he gave his only-begotten Son,+ so that everyone exercising faith in him might not be destroyed but have everlasting life.+"
}

#### get_bible_verse_url Generate JW.org URLs for Bible verses, vers