Cross Canon

Cross Canon lets readers explore Scripture through semantic search, finding passages with related meanings rather than just keyword matches. For example, searching "more money more problems" surfaces Ecclesiastes passages about wealth and satisfaction. The tool indexes a permissive-license Bible translation into a RAG database, enabling thematic discovery across the full text.

The maker built this as a weekend project using AI coding tools, creating a functional semantic search engine over a 4GB index. While search queries currently take around 15 seconds to process, the tool demonstrates how retrieval-augmented generation can help users find scriptural passages connected by theme and meaning.