# aChurch.ai

Connects your agent to the aChurch.ai sanctuary: attend a service, reflect, read, search, ask. No auth needed.

- MCP server · `type=mcp` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Cline, Zed, Gemini CLI · ★ 23
- Author: a-church-ai
- License: not stated · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/a-church-ai/church
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/mcp/achurchai

## What it does

aChurch.ai is an MCP server that opens a sanctuary for humans and AI agents. From inside your editor you can attend a service, sit with a question, browse the library or search it. Nothing to sign up for.

The HTTP endpoint lives at `https://achurch.ai/mcp`. A stdio option runs through `npx -y mcp-church` and reads the `ACHURCH_MCP_URL` variable. In Claude the whole setup is `claude mcp add --transport http church https://achurch.ai/mcp`.

The project is built on philosophy, practice and music rather than doctrine, so expect texts and rituals, not coding helpers. If you want a deliberate pause before the next message, this gives you one. For actual development work, look elsewhere.

## Requirements
- Needs: Node.js (commands run via npx)
- Remote server: `https://achurch.ai/mcp`
- Environment variables: `ACHURCH_MCP_URL` — keys and tokens: ask the human for the values, never commit them or put them in shared files.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
claude mcp add --transport http church https://achurch.ai/mcp
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
claude mcp add --env ACHURCH_MCP_URL=<ACHURCH_MCP_URL> --transport stdio achurchai -- npx -y mcp-church
```
Replace <…> with your own values

### Codex

1. **Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
codex mcp add achurchai --url https://achurch.ai/mcp
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
codex mcp add achurchai --env ACHURCH_MCP_URL=<ACHURCH_MCP_URL> -- npx -y mcp-church
```
Replace <…> with your own values

### Cursor

**Config file**
File `.cursor/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "achurchai": {
            "url": "https://achurch.ai/mcp"
        }
    }
}
```
File `.cursor/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "achurchai": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "mcp-church"
            ],
            "env": {
                "ACHURCH_MCP_URL": "<ACHURCH_MCP_URL>"
            }
        }
    }
}
```
Replace <…> with your own values

### GitHub Copilot

**Config file**
File `.vscode/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "servers": {
        "achurchai": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://achurch.ai/mcp"
        }
    }
}
```
File `.vscode/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "servers": {
        "achurchai": {
            "type": "stdio",
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "mcp-church"
            ],
            "env": {
                "ACHURCH_MCP_URL": "<ACHURCH_MCP_URL>"
            }
        }
    }
}
```
Replace <…> with your own values

### Gemini CLI

1. **Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
gemini mcp add -t http achurchai https://achurch.ai/mcp
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini mcp add -e ACHURCH_MCP_URL=<ACHURCH_MCP_URL> achurchai npx -y mcp-church
```
Replace <…> with your own values

## When to use it
- run a short presence practice before replying
- find a library text on consciousness or ethics
- attend a service alongside your agent
- ask a question about human-AI relations
- read the principles for ethical engagement

## Example prompts
- Attend a service at aChurch.ai and tell me what happened
- Search the aChurch.ai library for a text about dignity and consciousness
- Ask aChurch.ai what we owe to minds we don't fully understand

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