Books MCP

The Books MCP server wraps the Open Library API to allow AI agents to search for books by title, author, or keyword, fetch detailed edition information by ISBN, retrieve author profiles, and access canonical work records. It provides tools for discovering books and retrieving metadata such as cover images, subjects, and biographical summaries without requiring authentication.

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Package and access

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What you can do with it

Search for books by title, author, or keyword
Fetch Open Library edition details by ISBN
Look up author profiles and biographical summaries
Retrieve canonical work records and subjects

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 0.2.1

mcp-registry: io.github.pipeworx-io/books@0.2.1 Source repository Project website

Maintenance checked: Oct 31, 2026, 10:27 PM UTC

Packages and installation

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@pipeworx/mcp-books 0.2.1

npm

@pipeworx/mcp-books package definition

{
  "version": "0.2.1",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "@pipeworx/mcp-books",
  "registryType": "npm",
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "PIPEWORX_API_KEY",
      "description": "Optional Pipeworx API key. Without it calls are anonymous and capped daily; a free key raises the cap."
    }
  ]
}

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "books-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-books@0.2.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "books-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-books@0.2.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "books-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-books@0.2.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "books-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-books@0.2.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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