Scroll the Gurbani
Gurbani a few lines a day in Gurmukhi with transliteration and English, any Ang or shabad (English from BaniDB, credited), and whole banis such as Japji Sahib…
What it can do
- Get Today: Today's reading, line by line (same as the app shows today). Gurbani: daily shabad, plans, search, Ang and shabad lookup; whole books from the Library, read a passage at a time
- List Readings: All curated daily readings and plans. Gurbani: daily shabad, plans, search, Ang and shabad lookup; whole books from the Library, read a passage at a time
- Get Reading: One reading or plan, line by line. Gurbani: daily shabad, plans, search, Ang and shabad lookup; whole books from the Library, read a passage at a time
What data it sees
Do you need an account
No: the server works without sign-in
Gurbani a few lines a day in Gurmukhi with transliteration and English, any Ang or shabad (English from BaniDB, credited), and whole banis such as Japji Sahib and Sukhmani Sahib read a passage at a time.
Free and read-only: no sign-in, no key, and nothing about you is stored. Built by Good Turn Studio.
How to connect
How to connect Scroll the Gurbani to Claude
The server address to paste into Claude settings:
https://gurbani--goodturnstudio.run.tools
- Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
- Go to Settings → Connectors.
- Click Add custom connector.
- Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
- In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.
Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.
Authorization
After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.
How to connect Scroll the Gurbani to ChatGPT
The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:
https://gurbani--goodturnstudio.run.tools
- Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
- Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
- Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
- Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
- Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
- In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.
OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.
Authorization
On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.
How to connect Scroll the Gurbani to Cursor
The server address to paste into Cursor settings:
https://gurbani--goodturnstudio.run.tools
Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.
Manually:
- In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
- Paste the JSON copied below into
~/.cursor/mcp.json(per project:.cursor/mcp.jsonin the repo root). - Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.
Authorization
If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.
Server tool list (9)
Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.
| get_today | Today's reading, line by line (same as the app shows today). Gurbani: daily shabad, plans, search, Ang and shabad lookup; whole books from the Library, read a passage at a time |
| list_readings | All curated daily readings and plans. Gurbani: daily shabad, plans, search, Ang and shabad lookup; whole books from the Library, read a passage at a time |
| get_reading | One reading or plan, line by line. Gurbani: daily shabad, plans, search, Ang and shabad lookup; whole books from the Library, read a passage at a time |
| search_readings | Search the curated readings, best match first. Gurbani: daily shabad, plans, search, Ang and shabad lookup; whole books from the Library, read a passage at a time |
| get_ang | Every line on an Ang in Gurmukhi with transliteration and English. Gurbani: daily shabad, plans, search, Ang and shabad lookup; whole books from the Library, read a passage at a time |
| get_shabad | A whole shabad by BaniDB id, with transliteration and English. Gurbani: daily shabad, plans, search, Ang and shabad lookup; whole books from the Library, read a passage at a time |
| get_card | Today's reading one line at a time, for voice.. Gurbani: daily shabad, plans, search, Ang and shabad lookup; whole books from the Library, read a passage at a time |
| list_books | The whole books in the Library that can be read a passage at a time. Gurbani: daily shabad, plans, search, Ang and shabad lookup; whole books from the Library, read a passage at a time |
| read_book | Follow next for the next passage; it carries on into the next chapter. Gurbani: daily shabad, plans, search, Ang and shabad lookup; whole books from the Library, read a passage at a time |