Skills for ministry work.
Agent skills built for pastors — copy one command, add it to your harness, and the workflow runs the way chapter six says it should: Bible first, AI second, pastor last.
Skills are the method. The MCP server is the library.
These skills teach the model how to research — which tool answers which question, how to cite, and when to admit the sources came up empty. The OpenLumin MCP server provides the thirty research tools they call. You need both: the server alone has no judgement, and the skills alone have nothing to call. Connect it once, then install any skill below.
$ claude mcp add --transport http openlumin https://api.openlumin.com/mcp/openlumin/mcp$ codex mcp add openlumin --url https://api.openlumin.com/mcp/openlumin/mcp && codex mcp login openluminText to Sunday — research, structure, illustration, and application, with AI as a research librarian, never a ghostwriter.
$ npx skills add kalib-code/openlumin-skills --skill sermon-preparationWhat a passage actually means — wording, structure, original-language keywords, cross-references, and historical setting.
$ npx skills add kalib-code/openlumin-skills --skill passage-exegesisWhat a Greek or Hebrew word really means and how the Bible uses it — beyond the lexicon gloss.
$ npx skills add kalib-code/openlumin-skills --skill word-studyTrace what scripture teaches about a theme across both testaments — not just a proof-text list.
$ npx skills add kalib-code/openlumin-skills --skill topical-studyThe full picture of a person in the Bible — family, geography, timeline, and every passage they appear in.
$ npx skills add kalib-code/openlumin-skills --skill character-studyWhat the original audience assumed — divine council, cosmic geography, covenant forms, and the ancient Near Eastern world.
$ npx skills add kalib-code/openlumin-skills --skill biblical-backgroundsWhy translations differ on whether a verse belongs — and what the manuscripts actually say.
$ npx skills add kalib-code/openlumin-skills --skill textual-criticismTurn a passage into material a lay leader can run — discussion questions, leader notes, application prompts.
$ npx skills add kalib-code/openlumin-skills --skill small-group-guideCheck a draft against scripture, the historic creeds, and your denomination’s stated doctrine before it is taught.
$ npx skills add kalib-code/openlumin-skills --skill theological-reviewDecide whether AI should be used for a ministry task at all, before deciding how. The AG Test, as a skill.
$ npx skills add kalib-code/openlumin-skills --skill sacred-testThe shared discipline the other ten rely on — how to cite evidence, and when to admit the sources came up empty. Install it alongside any skill.
$ npx skills add kalib-code/openlumin-skills --skill bible-evidence-groundingSermon prep with nothing but Claude — no accounts or servers. Still a research librarian, never a ghostwriter.
$ npx skills add kalib-code/ministry-skills --skill sermon-preparationWork through what a passage means using Claude alone — exegesis before commentary, unverified details labeled "from memory".
$ npx skills add kalib-code/ministry-skills --skill passage-exegesisGreek and Hebrew word studies without a lexicon server — usage before glosses, lexical claims labeled unless verified.
$ npx skills add kalib-code/ministry-skills --skill word-studyTrace a theme across both testaments with Claude alone — not just a proof-text list, and never an invented citation.
$ npx skills add kalib-code/ministry-skills --skill topical-studyDiscussion questions, leader notes, and application prompts a lay leader can run — built with no tools beyond Claude itself.
$ npx skills add kalib-code/ministry-skills --skill small-group-guideThe honesty discipline the free skills work under — public-domain quoting, "from memory" labels, no invented citations.
$ npx skills add kalib-code/ministry-skills --skill bible-study-groundingPhilippine legal questions churches actually ask — donations, BIR tax exemption, SEC registration, church workers, property, permits. Research with citations, never legal advice: red-flag cases get a lawyer referral, not a how-to.
$ npx skills add kalib-code/ph-church-legalBuilt a skill for ministry? Get it listed.
Every submission is reviewed by hand against the rule of the book before it goes in the registry. Tell us what it does and where the pastor stays in the loop.
