Books MCP Server

by smeet666io.github.smeet666/mcp-booksv2.0.1

MCP server that searches the Internet Archive, the Library of Congress and data.bnf.fr at once, inside scanned text and across catalogues. No API key required.

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Install Books MCP server

claude mcp add books -- npx -y mcp-books

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "books": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-books"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "books": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-books"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

{
  "servers": {
    "books": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-books"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "books": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-books"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

Configuration

Variable	Required	Secret	Description
BOOKS_USER_AGENT	—	—	Identify your own client. The project's own identifier is appended, so an archive can always reach a human.
BOOKS_MIN_INTERVAL_MS	—	—	Widen the gap between two requests to one archive. Each archive keeps its own spacing when this is unset, and this can only make it wider.
BOOKS_TIMEOUT_MS	—	—	Deadline for one request to an archive, in milliseconds. Default 45000.
BOOKS_MAX_RETRIES	—	—	Retries on rate limiting and transient failures. Default 3.
BOOKS_CACHE_TTL_MS	—	—	In-memory cache lifetime, in milliseconds. Default 900000. Set 0 to turn it off.
BOOKS_CACHE_MAX_ENTRIES	—	—	In-memory cache size. Default 200.
BOOKS_LOG_LEVEL	—	—	silent, error, info or debug. Default error. Logs go to stderr.