Search, browse, and read 75,000+ public-domain books from Project Gutenberg with full plain-text retrieval and offset/limit chunking via MCP. STDIO or Streamable HTTP.
Quick Install
Copy the config for your editor. Some servers may need additional setup — check the README.
Claude Desktop
Claude Code
Cursor
Add to claude_desktop_config.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"gutenberg-mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"cyanheads/gutenberg-mcp-server"
]
}
}
}📋 Copy
Run in terminal:
claude mcp add gutenberg-mcp-server npx -y cyanheads/gutenberg-mcp-server📋 Copy
Add to .cursor/mcp.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"gutenberg-mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"cyanheads/gutenberg-mcp-server"
]
}
}
}📋 Copy