mcp-books
An MCP server that searches across the Internet Archive and Library of Congress at once, merging results while keeping each archive's differences. Provides tools to search inside texts, search catalogues, and retrieve item records, all read-only and without an API key.
Install
npx -y mcp-books
Paste the configuration above into your MCP client config (claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop) and restart the client.
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-books": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-books"
],
"env": {
"BOOKS_LOG_LEVEL": "<BOOKS_LOG_LEVEL>",
"BOOKS_TIMEOUT_MS": "<BOOKS_TIMEOUT_MS>",
"BOOKS_USER_AGENT": "<BOOKS_USER_AGENT>",
"BOOKS_MAX_RETRIES": "<BOOKS_MAX_RETRIES>",
"BOOKS_CACHE_TTL_MS": "<BOOKS_CACHE_TTL_MS>",
"BOOKS_MIN_INTERVAL_MS": "<BOOKS_MIN_INTERVAL_MS>",
"BOOKS_CACHE_MAX_ENTRIES": "<BOOKS_CACHE_MAX_ENTRIES>"
}
}
}
}Paste the configuration above into your MCP client config (claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop) and restart the client.
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