Gutendex MCP
A community MCP server that wraps the Gutendex API to allow AI agents to search, browse, and retrieve details for Project Gutenberg books. It provides tools to search by title or author, get full book metadata, view popular titles, and filter by topic, enabling agents to access public domain literature without authentication.
Package and access
Local package with source-attributed installation metadata. Koskamo does not execute packages during review.
What you can do with it
- Search for books by title or author name
- Get full details for a book by ID
- Get the most downloaded books ranked by popularity
- Browse books by subject or topic
Source and maintenance
- Maintenance checked
Packages and installation
Source-provided package data. Koskamo has not executed or live-probed this package.
@pipeworx/mcp-gutendex 1.1.0
{
"version": "1.1.0",
"transport": "stdio",
"identifier": "@pipeworx/mcp-gutendex",
"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."
}
]
}Tools
Reported by the attributed source; not independently observed by Koskamo.
Connect from your client
Each snippet configures the same source-provided package; replace placeholders before use.
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{
"mcpServers": {
"gutendex-mcp-pipeworx-mcp-gutendex": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-gutendex@1.1.0"
],
"env": {
"PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Cline
{
"mcpServers": {
"gutendex-mcp-pipeworx-mcp-gutendex": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-gutendex@1.1.0"
],
"env": {
"PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}VS Code
{
"servers": {
"gutendex-mcp-pipeworx-mcp-gutendex": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-gutendex@1.1.0"
],
"env": {
"PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Claude Desktop
{
"mcpServers": {
"gutendex-mcp-pipeworx-mcp-gutendex": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-gutendex@1.1.0"
],
"env": {
"PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Let your agent find its tools
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