Documentation Index
Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://urantia.dev/llms.txt
Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
Get a random paragraph
curl https://api.urantia.dev/paragraphs/random
Search the Urantia Papers
curl -X POST https://api.urantia.dev/search \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"q": "Universal Father", "limit": 5}'
Search modes: and (all words, default), or (any word), phrase (exact match).
Look up a specific paragraph
The API accepts three reference formats — auto-detected from the string:
| Format | Example | Structure |
|---|
| globalId | 1:2.0.1 | partId:paperId.sectionId.paragraphId |
| standardReferenceId | 2:0.1 | paperId:sectionId.paragraphId |
| paperSectionParagraphId | 2.0.1 | paperId.sectionId.paragraphId |
curl https://api.urantia.dev/paragraphs/1:2.0.1
Get a paragraph with surrounding context
curl "https://api.urantia.dev/paragraphs/1:2.0.1/context?window=3"
Returns the target paragraph plus 3 paragraphs before and after it — useful for RAG and AI applications.
Browse entities
The API includes 4,400+ entities (beings, places, orders, races, religions, concepts) sourced from Urantiapedia, a knowledge graph built by Jan Herca.
# List entities, optionally filter by type or search by name
curl "https://api.urantia.dev/entities?type=being&limit=5"
curl "https://api.urantia.dev/entities?q=adam"
# Get a single entity
curl https://api.urantia.dev/entities/adam-and-eve
# Get all paragraphs that mention an entity
curl https://api.urantia.dev/entities/adam-and-eve/paragraphs
You can also include entity mentions inline on any paragraph-returning endpoint with ?include=entities:
curl "https://api.urantia.dev/paragraphs/2:0.1?include=entities"
Read a full paper
curl https://api.urantia.dev/papers/1
Returns the paper metadata and all its paragraphs in order.