io.github.smeet666/mcp-books

mcp-books

Search the Internet Archive, the Library of Congress and data.bnf.fr at once, in one answer.

147/wk 8 tools GitHub npm

No known CVEs

MIT license

Actively maintained

Last commit 1d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: stdio, sse, http

8 tools · ~229 tok

Grade A · 0.1% of 200K ctx

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io.github.smeet666/mcp-books is an MCP server that search the Internet Archive, the Library of Congress and data.bnf.fr at once, in one answer. Its tool list has not been published yet over stdio, sse and http, requires no API key, and scores 89/100 on MCPpedia's security, maintenance and efficiency rubric.

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Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, sse, http · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "books": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-books"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

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What io.github.smeet666/mcp-books does

One question, several archives. An MCP server that asks every archive it reads at the same time, inside the scanned text and across the catalogues, and merges what comes back without flattening what makes the two answers different.

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89/100across 5 weighted dimensions

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Tools (8)

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~229 tokens total

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is io.github.smeet666/mcp-books safe to use?: io.github.smeet666/mcp-books has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under MIT.
How do I install io.github.smeet666/mcp-books?: io.github.smeet666/mcp-books supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What can io.github.smeet666/mcp-books do?: io.github.smeet666/mcp-books provides 8 tools: additive, passage, page_opening, filters_dropped, Install and 3 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
What AI clients work with io.github.smeet666/mcp-books?: io.github.smeet666/mcp-books is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.
Is io.github.smeet666/mcp-books actively maintained?: io.github.smeet666/mcp-books is actively maintained — last commit was 1 day ago.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is io.github.smeet666/mcp-books safe to use?

io.github.smeet666/mcp-books has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under MIT.

How do I install io.github.smeet666/mcp-books?

io.github.smeet666/mcp-books supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.

What can io.github.smeet666/mcp-books do?

io.github.smeet666/mcp-books provides 8 tools: additive, passage, page_opening, filters_dropped, Install and 3 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.

What AI clients work with io.github.smeet666/mcp-books?

io.github.smeet666/mcp-books is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.

Is io.github.smeet666/mcp-books actively maintained?

io.github.smeet666/mcp-books is actively maintained — last commit was 1 day ago.