What tools does the mcp-books MCP server provide?

mcp-books exposes 3 tools: get_item, search_inside, search_items. This list was read from the published package source; the server runs locally and has no endpoint to query.

Does mcp-books require an API key?

Not known. mcp-books has not been successfully queried, so its authentication requirements are unverified.

How do I install mcp-books?

Run: claude mcp add mcp-books -- npx -y mcp-books@2.0.1. One-click install links for Cursor and VS Code are also available on the server's page.

Connection check local install

mcp-books

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

Web search & scraping

Tools 3

GitHub stars —

Installs / wk 402

Licence MIT

Transport stdio

Last checked never

Tools & capabilities

3 tools

Read from the published package source — this server runs locally, so there is no endpoint to query. Names are taken from the code, not observed at runtime, and descriptions are often absent.

get_item from source

search_inside from source

search_items from source