Connect your AI agents to the Open Library database using this MCP server for direct access to book, author, and subject metadata via STDIO or HTTP.
Quick Install
Copy the config for your editor. Some servers may need additional setup — check the README.
Add to claude_desktop_config.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"openlibrary-mcp-serv": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"Solangethreelipped710/openlibrary-mcp-server"
]
}
}
}
Run in terminal:
claude mcp add openlibrary-mcp-serv npx -y Solangethreelipped710/openlibrary-mcp-server
Add to .cursor/mcp.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"openlibrary-mcp-serv": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"Solangethreelipped710/openlibrary-mcp-server"
]
}
}
}
README Excerpt
<div align="center"> <h1>@cyanheads/openlibrary-mcp-server</h1> <p><b>Search books and authors, fetch editions, browse subjects, and resolve cover images from Open Library via MCP. STDIO or Streamable HTTP.</b> <div>9 Tools • 2 Resources</div> </p> </div> <div align="center"> </div> <div align="center">
Tools (20)
LOGS_DIRMCP_AUTH_MODEMCP_GC_PRESSURE_INTERVAL_MSMCP_HTTP_ENDPOINT_PATHMCP_HTTP_PORTMCP_LOG_LEVELMCP_PUBLIC_URLMCP_TRANSPORT_TYPEOPENLIBRARY_USER_AGENTOTEL_ENABLEDSTORAGE_PROVIDER_TYPEinfoopenlibrary_get_authoropenlibrary_get_author_worksopenlibrary_get_cover_urlopenlibrary_get_editionopenlibrary_get_editionsopenlibrary_get_subjectopenlibrary_get_workopenlibrary_search_authors
Topics
ai-agentarxiv-apibunclaude-desktopfastmcpinternet-archiveisbnmcpoeroer-resourcesopen-educationopen-libraryopen-library-apitypescriptwikipedia-api