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Open Library MCP

An MCP server that provides tools for AI assistants to interact with the Open Library API. It allows searching the catalogue by title, author, subject and other fields, searching for authors by name, retrieving detailed author information using their Open Library key, and getting URLs for book covers and author photos. The server returns JSON projections of the Open Library responses rather than the raw payloads.

Package and access

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Open Library MCP logo, by 8enSmithCommunity listingLocal stdioSource reviewed; not executedPublished by 8enSmith
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Checks and signals

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  • Popularity 100 GitHub stars

What you can do with it

  • Search books by title, author, subject, or ISBN
  • Search for authors by name
  • Retrieve detailed author information using Open Library key
  • Get URLs for book covers and author photos

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 1.2.6MIT
mcp-registry: io.github.8enSmith/mcp-open-library@1.2.6Source repositoryProject website
Last repository push
Latest release
v1.2.6
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Packages and installation

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mcp-open-library 1.2.6

npm
mcp-open-library package definition
{
  "version": "1.2.6",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "mcp-open-library",
  "registryType": "npm"
}

Tools

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Maintenance history

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  • · repository · passed · metadata changed · updated
  • · backfill · recorded · Pre-expansion baseline; unobserved rich metadata remains unknown

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "open-library-mcp-mcp-open-library": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-open-library@1.2.6"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "open-library-mcp-mcp-open-library": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-open-library@1.2.6"
      ]
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration
{
  "servers": {
    "open-library-mcp-mcp-open-library": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-open-library@1.2.6"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "open-library-mcp-mcp-open-library": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-open-library@1.2.6"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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