> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.urantia.dev/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# List the Works

> The Bible (World English Bible) and 21 texts of the world's religions and traditions, each in the US public domain. `id` is what the other `/works` endpoints take: `"bible"` or a slug such as `"dhammapada"`. `unitLabel` is the word for one unit of each work (verse, section, pauri).



## OpenAPI

````yaml GET /works
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Urantia Papers API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: >-
    An API and MCP server for the Urantia Papers. Structured access to all 197
    papers and more than 14,500 paragraphs, with full-text and semantic search,
    named entities, cross-references to public domain texts of the world's
    religions, and audio. No key needed. Docs: https://docs.urantia.dev
  termsOfService: https://docs.urantia.dev/terms-of-service
  contact:
    name: urantia.dev
    url: https://docs.urantia.dev/help
    email: kelson@urantia.dev
  license:
    name: MIT
    url: https://github.com/urantia-hub/urantia-dev-api/blob/main/LICENSE
servers:
  - url: https://api.urantia.dev
    description: Production
  - url: http://localhost:3000
    description: Local development
security: []
paths:
  /works:
    get:
      tags:
        - Works
      summary: List the works beside the Papers
      description: >-
        The Bible (World English Bible) and 21 texts of the world's religions
        and traditions, each in the US public domain. `id` is what the other
        `/works` endpoints take: `"bible"` or a slug such as `"dhammapada"`.
        `unitLabel` is the word for one unit of each work (verse, section,
        pauri).
      operationId: listWorks
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The works
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        id:
                          type: string
                          description: >-
                            The work id: "bible", or the slug of a text such as
                            "dhammapada".
                        title:
                          type: string
                        religion:
                          type: string
                          description: The same as `tradition`, kept for older clients.
                        tradition:
                          type: string
                          description: >-
                            The people or the religion of the work: "Buddhist",
                            "Norse", "Ancient Greek".
                        kind:
                          type: string
                          enum:
                            - scripture
                            - classic
                            - recorded
                          description: >-
                            "scripture": read as sacred by its tradition.
                            "classic": a story, history, or teaching that is not
                            read as scripture. "recorded": an oral tradition
                            that an outside observer wrote down.
                        summary:
                          type: string
                          description: One plain sentence on what the work is.
                        translator:
                          type: string
                        year:
                          type:
                            - integer
                            - 'null'
                        refPrefix:
                          type:
                            - string
                            - 'null'
                          description: >-
                            The prefix of its references, such as "Dhp". Null
                            for the Bible (a book name).
                        unitLabel:
                          type: string
                          description: >-
                            The word for one unit of the work: "verse",
                            "section", "pauri".
                        units:
                          type: integer
                        urantiaSection:
                          type:
                            - string
                            - 'null'
                      required:
                        - id
                        - title
                        - religion
                        - tradition
                        - kind
                        - summary
                        - translator
                        - year
                        - refPrefix
                        - unitLabel
                        - units
                        - urantiaSection
                required:
                  - data
              example:
                data:
                  - id: bible
                    title: The Bible (World English Bible)
                    tradition: Jewish and Christian
                    religion: Jewish and Christian
                    kind: scripture
                    summary: The Hebrew Bible, the deuterocanon, and the New Testament.
                    translator: World English Bible
                    year: null
                    refPrefix: null
                    unitLabel: verse
                    units: 38034
                    urantiaSection: null
                  - id: diogenes-laertius-6
                    title: 'Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Book 6: The Cynics'
                    religion: Cynic
                    tradition: Cynic
                    kind: classic
                    summary: >-
                      The lives and sayings of Diogenes and the other Cynic
                      philosophers.
                    translator: R. D. Hicks
                    year: 1925
                    refPrefix: DL
                    unitLabel: section
                    units: 105
                    urantiaSection: '131:1'
          headers:
            X-RateLimit-Limit:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Limit'
            X-RateLimit-Remaining:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Remaining'
            X-RateLimit-Reset:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Reset'
        '429':
          description: Too many requests
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProblemDetails'
          headers:
            X-RateLimit-Limit:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Limit'
            X-RateLimit-Remaining:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Remaining'
            X-RateLimit-Reset:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Reset'
        '500':
          description: Internal server error
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProblemDetails'
          headers:
            X-RateLimit-Limit:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Limit'
            X-RateLimit-Remaining:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Remaining'
            X-RateLimit-Reset:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Reset'
components:
  headers:
    X-RateLimit-Limit:
      description: The number of requests allowed in the current window.
      schema:
        type: integer
      example: 200
    X-RateLimit-Remaining:
      description: The number of requests left in the current window.
      schema:
        type: integer
      example: 199
    X-RateLimit-Reset:
      description: The time the window resets, in Unix seconds.
      schema:
        type: integer
      example: 1791152213
  schemas:
    ProblemDetails:
      type: object
      description: An RFC 9457 problem details object. Every error response uses it.
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: A URI that names the error type.
        title:
          type: string
          description: The short name of the status.
        status:
          type: integer
          description: The HTTP status code.
        detail:
          type: string
          description: What went wrong in this request.
      required:
        - type
        - title
        - status
        - detail
      example:
        type: https://urantia.dev/errors/not-found
        title: Not Found
        status: 404
        detail: Paragraph not found

````

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