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October 2026

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October 7, 2026

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World religions texts, phase 2

  • Added five public domain texts: Diogenes Laertius, Book 6 (Hicks, 1925), and Epictetus, Discourses 3.22 (Oldfather, 1928), for Cynicism; Shinto oracles quoted by Aston (1905); the Koran (Pickthall, 1930); and the Japji (Macauliffe, 1909). See World religions
  • References can now have three levels, such as Epictetus 3.22.45. Each text states its refLevels and has notes on how it is numbered
  • ?include=scriptureParallels now returns the 3 closest passages from each of the nine texts

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October 6, 2026

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World religions texts

  • Added four public domain texts of the religions in Paper 131: the Dhammapada, the Tao Te Ching, the Analects, and the Bhagavad Gita. See World religions
  • Each passage links to the closest Urantia paragraphs, and each paragraph links back with ?include=scriptureParallels
  • Added GET /scriptures, GET /scriptures/{corpus}, GET /scriptures/{corpus}/{ref}, GET /scriptures/{corpus}/{ref}/urantia-parallels, and POST /scriptures/search/semantic

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Verify a quote

  • Added POST /quotes/verify. It checks whether a quoted passage is in the Urantia Papers, and returns the reference, the exact text, and each word that differs. See Verify a quote
  • The lang parameter now says that paragraph text is English only. Entity names and descriptions are translated

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October 5, 2026

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OpenAPI spec

  • Every operation in the OpenAPI spec now carries an example. The response examples are real output from the API
  • Every error response references one shared ProblemDetails schema (RFC 9457)
  • The spec documents the X-RateLimit-* headers on every response, and the 429 response
  • Added an API catalog at /.well-known/api-catalog (RFC 9727)
  • robots.txt on urantia.dev and api.urantia.dev now states that search, AI answers, and AI training are all allowed

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October 4, 2026

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AI assistants

  • Added AI Assistants: steps to connect Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, or Gemini to the Urantia Papers, with no code
  • The plugin now installs as a Gemini CLI extension. See MCP Servers
  • Rewrote MCP Servers with the install commands for Claude Code, Cursor, and Gemini CLI
  • Published a Postman workspace with 28 requests that run as is

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October 3, 2026

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Documentation

  • Removed the Concepts and Quotes sections and two blog posts. The docs now cover the API, the MCP server, the SDKs, and tutorials. Old links to those pages redirect to the docs home
  • Renamed the Blog tab to Tutorials
  • Added Help and Contact

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October 2, 2026

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Feedback endpoint

  • Added POST /feedback for bug reports, docs gaps, and ideas. No authentication required
  • Limit of 5 requests per minute and 10 per 15 minutes per IP address
  • See the Feedback guide and the API reference
  • @urantia/api 0.5.0 adds api.feedback.submit (SDK docs)

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Documentation & Developer Experience

MCP Server Expansion
  • Expanded MCP server from 13 to 19 tools with full Bible integration
  • Added 6 new Bible endpoint tools:
    • bible.books — List all Bible books
    • bible.book — Get specific Bible book details
    • bible.chapter — Retrieve Bible chapter content
    • bible.verse — Get specific Bible verse
    • bible.verse.urantia_parallels — Find Urantia paragraphs for a Bible verse
    • bible.search.semantic — Semantic search across Bible content
  • MCP server now available via Smithery with one-click installation
Developer Onboarding Improvements
  • Added comprehensive Daily Quote Bot Tutorial with examples for:
    • Discord, Slack, email, and Twitter/X integrations
    • Multiple scheduling approaches (GitHub Actions, Cloudflare Workers, cron)
    • Enhancement patterns (topic filtering, audio narration, history tracking)
  • Enhanced Quickstart guide with multi-language SDK examples:
    • Added tabbed code samples showing cURL, TypeScript SDK, JavaScript, and Python
    • Integrated demo.urantia.dev references throughout
    • Added “Next Steps” section for developer onboarding flow
Documentation Clarity
  • Clarified alias branding: urantiapapers.com and openurantia.com redirect to UrantiaHub
  • Updated ecosystem documentation to reflect correct platform relationships
  • Improved OpenUrantia.com repository descriptions

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Initial Release - September 2026

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Core API Features

REST API Endpoints (19 total)
  • Full access to 197 papers, 1,626 sections, 14,500+ paragraphs
  • Full-text and semantic search capabilities
  • Bible integration with cross-reference support
  • Audio narration endpoints with multi-voice support
  • Citation generation and OG image creation
  • Embeddings export for AI applications
SDKs & Developer Tools MCP Server (Initial 13 tools)
  • Core content access (papers, paragraphs, entities)
  • Search capabilities (full-text and semantic)
  • Audio narration integration
  • Citation and reference lookup
  • Compatible with Claude, Cursor, and other AI agents
Documentation
  • Complete API reference with interactive examples
  • Comprehensive guides for papers, paragraphs, entities, audio, and Bible data
  • Use case examples and integration guides
Note: This changelog tracks documentation, API, and tooling updates. For underlying platform updates, see the UrantiaHub repository.

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