8enSmith/mcp-open-library
Overview
A MCP server integrating the Open Library API to enable AI assistants to search for book and author information, including details, covers, and photos.
Capabilities
- • stdio transport support
- • github integration
- • mcp client integration
Best For
MCP server for Open Library API enabling AI assistants to search book and author information, including details, covers, and photos.
Decision Snapshot
Install
available
Usage
available
Docs
2 links
Config
8 strong hints
Capabilities
3 key capabilities detected
- • GitHub stars: 67
- • Forks: 17
- • Source provenance count: 1
- • Active signal: Updated this week from lifecycle signals.
- • Last seen: 4/15/2026
- • Published: 3/15/2026
Installation / Setup
# Clone the repository && git clone https://github.com/8enSmith/mcp-open-library.git && cd mcp-open-library && # Install dependencies
Usage
npm test
Features
- • **Book Search by Title**: Search for books using their title (get_book_by_title).
- • **Author Search by Name**: Search for authors using their name (get_authors_by_name).
- • **Get Author Details**: Retrieve detailed information for a specific author using their Open Library key (get_author_info).
- • **Get Author Photo**: Get the URL for an author's photo using their Open Library ID (OLID) (get_author_photo).
- • **Get Book Cover**: Get the URL for a book's cover image using various identifiers (ISBN, OCLC, LCCN, OLID, ID) (get_book_cover).
- • **Get Book by ID**: Retrieve detailed book information using various identifiers (ISBN, LCCN, OCLC, OLID) (get_book_by_id).
- • Documentation links available: 1.
Supported Clients / Integrations
- • stdio transport support
- • github integration
- • mcp client integration
Compatibility Signals
- • GitHub: supports (Detected in parser config/capability hints.)
Prompt Examples
example
• npm test
Notes / Requirements
- • Primary language: TypeScript/JavaScript
- • License: MIT
- • Documentation coverage: medium
- • Parser coverage score: 1.00
- • Source feeds: Awesome MCP Servers (punkpeye)
- • Topic cluster: general
Official Links
Source Information
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