Sefaria Library

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get_calendars

Returns daily learning schedules (Parashat Hashavua, Daf Yomi, etc.) for a specific date

datestring

Date in YYYY-MM-DD format (defaults to today)

customnumber

Customization (1 for diaspora, 0 for Israel parasha scheme)

timezonestring

Timezone name (e.g., 'America/New_York', 'Asia/Jerusalem')

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get_calendars

Returns daily learning schedules (Parashat Hashavua, Daf Yomi, etc.) for a specific date

Argument	Type	Description
date	string	Date in YYYY-MM-DD format (defaults to today)
custom	number	Customization (1 for diaspora, 0 for Israel parasha scheme)
timezone	string	Timezone name (e.g., 'America/New_York', 'Asia/Jerusalem')

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "properties": {
    "date": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Date in YYYY-MM-DD format (defaults to today)"
    },
    "custom": {
      "type": "number",
      "default": 1,
      "description": "Customization (1 for diaspora, 0 for Israel parasha scheme)"
    },
    "timezone": {
      "type": "string",
      "default": "America/New_York",
      "description": "Timezone name (e.g., 'America/New_York', 'Asia/Jerusalem')"
    }
  }
}

get_index

Returns metadata for a specific text, such as section names and categories

Argument	Type	Description
v2	boolean	Use v2 index for more detailed records
title*	string	The title of the text (e.g., 'Genesis')

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "title"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "v2": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "default": true,
      "description": "Use v2 index for more detailed records"
    },
    "title": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The title of the text (e.g., 'Genesis')"
    }
  }
}

get_links

Returns a list of known connections (commentary, citations, etc.) for a specific text segment

Argument	Type	Description
ref*	string	The text reference to find links for
with_text	boolean	Include the text of the linked source

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "ref"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "ref": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The text reference to find links for"
    },
    "with_text": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "default": true,
      "description": "Include the text of the linked source"
    }
  }
}

get_shape

Returns the structure and section counts for a specific text reference

Argument	Type	Description
ref*	string	The text reference (e.g., 'Genesis')

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "ref"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "ref": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The text reference (e.g., 'Genesis')"
    }
  }
}

get_text

Retrieve the text and metadata for a specific reference (e.g., 'Genesis.1.1' or 'Berakhot 2a')

Argument	Type	Description
ref*	string	The citation reference
context	number	0 to return just the specific text, 1 to include surrounding context

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "ref"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "ref": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The citation reference"
    },
    "context": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "0 to return just the specific text, 1 to include surrounding context"
    }
  }
}

get_toc

Returns the table of contents for all texts in the library, grouped by category

No arguments.

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "properties": {}
}

get_topics

Returns a list of JSON objects containing metadata for topics in the database

No arguments.

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "properties": {}
}

get_versions

Returns available text versions for a specific reference

Argument	Type	Description
ref*	string	The text reference (e.g., 'Genesis.1.1')

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "ref"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "ref": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The text reference (e.g., 'Genesis.1.1')"
    }
  }
}

search_texts

Search the Sefaria library for a query string.

Argument	Type	Description
size	number	Number of results to return
type	string	Type of documents to search
query*	string	The search query

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "size": {
      "type": "number",
      "default": 10,
      "description": "Number of results to return"
    },
    "type": {
      "enum": [
        "text",
        "sheet"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "default": "text",
      "description": "Type of documents to search"
    },
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The search query"
    }
  }
}