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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.
Quick start
# Today's quote — same for everyone, anywhere, by UTC date
curl https://humanconcepts.in/api/v1/quotes/today
# All 24 live concepts
curl https://humanconcepts.in/api/v1/concepts
# A single concept with its 5 closest related traditions
curl https://humanconcepts.in/api/v1/concepts/bhagavad-gita
# The full connection graph (powers /map)
curl https://humanconcepts.in/api/v1/graph
# 10 random quotes from Sufism
curl "https://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.
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.
GET
/api/v1/quotes
Paginated quote list. Filters: ?concept=<slug>, ?limit=1..100, ?offset=0... Default limit 25.
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.
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.
GET
/api/v1/themes
Cross-tradition themes — tags shared by ≥ 2 live concepts (daily-practice, courage, discipline, resilience, etc.).
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 →