Greenlit Books MCP MCP server

An official MCP server provided by Greenlit Books that allows AI agents to search their catalog of AI practical books, retrieve free first chapters, and look up defined terms from their glossary. It includes tools for searching books, getting free chapters, and citing sources with verbatim definitions.

Endpoint and access

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No sign-inEndpoint checked 2026-10-05Operated by Greenlit Books

MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)

https://greenlitbooks.com/api/mcp

Vendor documentation

What you can do with it

Search the Greenlit Books catalog for specific topics or titles
Retrieve the complete text of the first chapter of any book
Look up definitions of terms coined or defined in the books
Generate citations for claims and sources found in the books

Tools advertised by the last live check:

search
fetch
search_greenlit_books
get_book
find_books_for_topic
get_reading_path
get_concept
get_free_chapter
cite_source
define_term
check_claim
find_answer_in_books

Connect from your client

Each snippet registers the same endpoint; pick the client you use.

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Claude Code

Run this once in a terminal. It registers a Streamable HTTP server. Use --scope project to write .mcp.json for the repo.

Claude Code configuration

claude mcp add --transport http greenlit-books-mcp https://greenlitbooks.com/api/mcp

Codex

Run this once. Codex stores MCP servers in ~/.codex/config.toml (or .codex/config.toml in a trusted project).

Codex configuration

codex mcp add greenlit-books-mcp --url https://greenlitbooks.com/api/mcp

Cursor

Merge this server into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, then enable greenlit-books-mcp in your MCP settings.

Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "greenlit-books-mcp": {
      "url": "https://greenlitbooks.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cline

Merge this into cline_mcp_settings.json (Cline → MCP Servers → Configure). The type must be streamableHttp for a remote HTTP server.

Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "greenlit-books-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://greenlitbooks.com/api/mcp",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Merge this server into .vscode/mcp.json. Use MCP: List Servers to start greenlit-books-mcp and inspect its tools.

VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "greenlit-books-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://greenlitbooks.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Gemini CLI

Run this once. It writes .gemini/settings.json in the current project; pass --scope user for ~/.gemini/settings.json.

Gemini CLI configuration

gemini mcp add --transport http greenlit-books-mcp https://greenlitbooks.com/api/mcp

Claude Desktop

Merge this into claude_desktop_config.json (macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\), then restart Claude Desktop.

Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "greenlit-books-mcp": {
      "url": "https://greenlitbooks.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

Merge this into ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json, then refresh MCP in Cascade. Windsurf remote servers use serverUrl, not url.

Windsurf configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "greenlit-books-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://greenlitbooks.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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