Project Gutenberg MCP

An MCP server that allows agents to interact with Project Gutenberg content. It supports searching for books by title or author, fetching metadata, downloading full plain text, and retrieving specific passages from books. It can run via stdio or HTTP and supports Docker deployment.

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Community listingLocal stdioSource reviewed; not executedPublished by bobbyhouse

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What you can do with it

Search for books by title or author
Fetch metadata for a specific book
Download full plain text of a book
Retrieve specific passages from a book

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 1.2.0

mcp-registry: io.github.bobbyhouse/project-gutenberg-mcp@1.2.0 Source repository Project website

Maintenance checked: Nov 1, 2026, 4:29 AM UTC

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roberthouse224/project-gutenberg-mcp:1.2.0

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roberthouse224/project-gutenberg-mcp:1.2.0 package definition

{
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "roberthouse224/project-gutenberg-mcp:1.2.0",
  "runtimeHint": "docker",
  "registryType": "oci",
  "runtimeArguments": [
    {
      "type": "positional",
      "value": "run"
    },
    {
      "name": "-i",
      "type": "named"
    },
    {
      "name": "--rm",
      "type": "named"
    }
  ],
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "GUTENBERG_BASE_URL",
      "isRequired": true,
      "description": "Base URL of your Gutenberg mirror. Run the mirror from the mirror/ directory and point this at it. See the README for setup instructions.",
      "placeholder": "http://localhost:8080"
    },
    {
      "name": "GUTENBERG_TOOLS",
      "isRequired": true,
      "description": "Comma-separated list of tools to expose. Available: search_books, get_book_metadata, fetch_book_text, list_passages, get_passage",
      "placeholder": "get_book_metadata,list_passages,get_passage"
    },
    {
      "name": "GUTENBERG_BOOK_ID",
      "format": "number",
      "description": "Project Gutenberg book ID to use as the default for all tools. Find IDs via search_books. Example: 2680 for Meditations by Marcus Aurelius.",
      "placeholder": "2680"
    },
    {
      "name": "GUTENBERG_CHUNK_SIZE",
      "format": "number",
      "default": "4096",
      "description": "Size in bytes of each passage returned by get_passage."
    },
    {
      "name": "GUTENBERG_LANGUAGE",
      "default": "en",
      "description": "Default ISO 639-1 language code filter for search_books. Used when the caller omits the language parameter."
    }
  ]
}

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "project-gutenberg-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "GUTENBERG_BASE_URL=<YOUR_GUTENBERG_BASE_URL>",
        "-e",
        "GUTENBERG_TOOLS=<YOUR_GUTENBERG_TOOLS>",
        "-e",
        "GUTENBERG_BOOK_ID=<YOUR_GUTENBERG_BOOK_ID>",
        "-e",
        "GUTENBERG_CHUNK_SIZE=<YOUR_GUTENBERG_CHUNK_SIZE>",
        "-e",
        "GUTENBERG_LANGUAGE=<YOUR_GUTENBERG_LANGUAGE>",
        "roberthouse224/project-gutenberg-mcp:1.2.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GUTENBERG_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_GUTENBERG_BASE_URL>",
        "GUTENBERG_TOOLS": "<YOUR_GUTENBERG_TOOLS>",
        "GUTENBERG_BOOK_ID": "<YOUR_GUTENBERG_BOOK_ID>",
        "GUTENBERG_CHUNK_SIZE": "<YOUR_GUTENBERG_CHUNK_SIZE>",
        "GUTENBERG_LANGUAGE": "<YOUR_GUTENBERG_LANGUAGE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "project-gutenberg-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "GUTENBERG_BASE_URL=<YOUR_GUTENBERG_BASE_URL>",
        "-e",
        "GUTENBERG_TOOLS=<YOUR_GUTENBERG_TOOLS>",
        "-e",
        "GUTENBERG_BOOK_ID=<YOUR_GUTENBERG_BOOK_ID>",
        "-e",
        "GUTENBERG_CHUNK_SIZE=<YOUR_GUTENBERG_CHUNK_SIZE>",
        "-e",
        "GUTENBERG_LANGUAGE=<YOUR_GUTENBERG_LANGUAGE>",
        "roberthouse224/project-gutenberg-mcp:1.2.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GUTENBERG_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_GUTENBERG_BASE_URL>",
        "GUTENBERG_TOOLS": "<YOUR_GUTENBERG_TOOLS>",
        "GUTENBERG_BOOK_ID": "<YOUR_GUTENBERG_BOOK_ID>",
        "GUTENBERG_CHUNK_SIZE": "<YOUR_GUTENBERG_CHUNK_SIZE>",
        "GUTENBERG_LANGUAGE": "<YOUR_GUTENBERG_LANGUAGE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "project-gutenberg-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "GUTENBERG_BASE_URL=<YOUR_GUTENBERG_BASE_URL>",
        "-e",
        "GUTENBERG_TOOLS=<YOUR_GUTENBERG_TOOLS>",
        "-e",
        "GUTENBERG_BOOK_ID=<YOUR_GUTENBERG_BOOK_ID>",
        "-e",
        "GUTENBERG_CHUNK_SIZE=<YOUR_GUTENBERG_CHUNK_SIZE>",
        "-e",
        "GUTENBERG_LANGUAGE=<YOUR_GUTENBERG_LANGUAGE>",
        "roberthouse224/project-gutenberg-mcp:1.2.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GUTENBERG_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_GUTENBERG_BASE_URL>",
        "GUTENBERG_TOOLS": "<YOUR_GUTENBERG_TOOLS>",
        "GUTENBERG_BOOK_ID": "<YOUR_GUTENBERG_BOOK_ID>",
        "GUTENBERG_CHUNK_SIZE": "<YOUR_GUTENBERG_CHUNK_SIZE>",
        "GUTENBERG_LANGUAGE": "<YOUR_GUTENBERG_LANGUAGE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "project-gutenberg-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "GUTENBERG_BASE_URL=<YOUR_GUTENBERG_BASE_URL>",
        "-e",
        "GUTENBERG_TOOLS=<YOUR_GUTENBERG_TOOLS>",
        "-e",
        "GUTENBERG_BOOK_ID=<YOUR_GUTENBERG_BOOK_ID>",
        "-e",
        "GUTENBERG_CHUNK_SIZE=<YOUR_GUTENBERG_CHUNK_SIZE>",
        "-e",
        "GUTENBERG_LANGUAGE=<YOUR_GUTENBERG_LANGUAGE>",
        "roberthouse224/project-gutenberg-mcp:1.2.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GUTENBERG_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_GUTENBERG_BASE_URL>",
        "GUTENBERG_TOOLS": "<YOUR_GUTENBERG_TOOLS>",
        "GUTENBERG_BOOK_ID": "<YOUR_GUTENBERG_BOOK_ID>",
        "GUTENBERG_CHUNK_SIZE": "<YOUR_GUTENBERG_CHUNK_SIZE>",
        "GUTENBERG_LANGUAGE": "<YOUR_GUTENBERG_LANGUAGE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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