Apple Books MCP Server

by vgnshiyerio.github.vgnshiyer/apple-books-mcpv0.9.0

Access your Apple Books library, annotations, reading progress, and highlights through Claude

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Install Apple Books MCP server

claude mcp add apple-books -- uvx apple-books-mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apple-books": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "apple-books-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (global) or .cursor/mcp.json (project).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apple-books": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "apple-books-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Settings → Developer → Edit Config (claude_desktop_config.json), then restart.

{
  "servers": {
    "apple-books": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "apple-books-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Add to .vscode/mcp.json in your workspace.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apple-books": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "apple-books-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Add to ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json.

Variable	Required	Secret	Description
APPLE_BOOKS_MCP_ENABLE_WRITES	—	—	Allow the collection write tools (create, rename and delete collections; add and remove books). Writes refuse to run while Books is open and take a backup first.
APPLE_BOOKS_DATA_DIR	—	—	Folder holding the Apple Books stores (BKLibrary and AEAnnotation), if not ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.iBooksX/Data/Documents.
APPLE_BOOKS_MCP_THREADS	—	—	How many tool calls may run at once (default 8; 0 runs them one at a time on the event loop).
APPLE_BOOKS_QUERY_TIMEOUT	—	—	Seconds a library query may run before it is stopped (default 30; 0 for no limit).