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A free wisdom dataset for the AI era

A read-only JSON API for every contemplative-wisdom tradition on humanconcepts.in. 24 traditions, 622+ quotes, a hand-curated connection graph between them. Use it from ChatGPT GPTs, Claude Projects, MCP servers, daily-email pipelines, or any client that wants structured wisdom data.

CC0-1.0 licensed · No API key · CORS open · Versioned at /api/v1 · OpenAPI 3.1 spec

Quick start

# Today's quote, same for everyone, anywhere, by UTC date
curl https://www.humanconcepts.in/api/v1/quotes/today

# All 24 live concepts
curl https://www.humanconcepts.in/api/v1/concepts

# A single concept with its 5 closest related traditions
curl https://www.humanconcepts.in/api/v1/concepts/bhagavad-gita

# The full connection graph (powers /map)
curl https://www.humanconcepts.in/api/v1/graph

# 10 random quotes from Sufism
curl "https://www.humanconcepts.in/api/v1/quotes?concept=sufism&limit=10"

Endpoints

GET

/api/v1/concepts

List all live concepts. Optional ?status=coming_soon to see what's planned.

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GET

/api/v1/concepts/{slug}

Full concept details, summary, region, accent colour, native script, tags, plus the top 5 related concepts and the WHY thread connecting each.

Try with bhagavad-gita →

GET

/api/v1/quotes

Paginated quote list. Filters: ?concept=<slug>, ?limit=1..100, ?offset=0... Default limit 25.

Try with limit=5 →

GET

/api/v1/quotes/today

A deterministic quote of the day, same quote for everyone, anywhere, keyed by UTC date. Perfect for daily-email pipelines or Slack/Discord bots.

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GET

/api/v1/quotes/random

A random quote. Optional ?concept=<slug>. Cache-Control: no-store.

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GET

/api/v1/quotes/{id}

A single quote by numeric id.

GET

/api/v1/graph

The full concept-connection graph, 24 nodes, ~74 weighted edges. Each edge carries a why string with the hand-curated philosophical kinship.

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GET

/api/v1/themes

Cross-tradition themes, tags shared by ≥ 2 live concepts (daily-practice, courage, discipline, resilience, etc.).

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Machine-readable

OpenAPI 3.1 spec, point ChatGPT custom GPTs, Claude Projects, or any OpenAPI-aware tool at this URL
AI plugin manifest, at /.well-known/ai-plugin.json
/llms.txt, emerging standard summary for LLM context
API root, JSON catalogue of every endpoint

License & terms

Data is published under CC0 1.0 (public domain). Use it commercially, modify it, redistribute it, train on it — no attribution required, though links back to humanconcepts.in are appreciated and help others find the source.

No API key, no auth, no rate limit yet. Please be reasonable, if you're going to fetch the whole dataset, do it once and cache. If you're building something substantial on this, drop a line so we can avoid breaking your client when the API evolves: contact.

Built something with this?

If you've wired this into a ChatGPT GPT, a Slack/Discord bot, a daily-email pipeline, a meditation app, a printed poster generator, anything, tell us and we'll feature it. Get in touch →