io.github.smeet666/mcp-books MCP Server

Name: io.github.smeet666/mcp-books MCP Server
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transport: stdio

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

Environment / auth

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.

Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-books": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-books"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BOOKS_USER_AGENT": "<YOUR_BOOKS_USER_AGENT>",
        "BOOKS_MIN_INTERVAL_MS": "<YOUR_BOOKS_MIN_INTERVAL_MS>",
        "BOOKS_TIMEOUT_MS": "<YOUR_BOOKS_TIMEOUT_MS>",
        "BOOKS_MAX_RETRIES": "<YOUR_BOOKS_MAX_RETRIES>",
        "BOOKS_CACHE_TTL_MS": "<YOUR_BOOKS_CACHE_TTL_MS>",
        "BOOKS_CACHE_MAX_ENTRIES": "<YOUR_BOOKS_CACHE_MAX_ENTRIES>",
        "BOOKS_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_BOOKS_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-books": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-books"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BOOKS_USER_AGENT": "<YOUR_BOOKS_USER_AGENT>",
        "BOOKS_MIN_INTERVAL_MS": "<YOUR_BOOKS_MIN_INTERVAL_MS>",
        "BOOKS_TIMEOUT_MS": "<YOUR_BOOKS_TIMEOUT_MS>",
        "BOOKS_MAX_RETRIES": "<YOUR_BOOKS_MAX_RETRIES>",
        "BOOKS_CACHE_TTL_MS": "<YOUR_BOOKS_CACHE_TTL_MS>",
        "BOOKS_CACHE_MAX_ENTRIES": "<YOUR_BOOKS_CACHE_MAX_ENTRIES>",
        "BOOKS_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_BOOKS_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-books": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-books"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BOOKS_USER_AGENT": "<YOUR_BOOKS_USER_AGENT>",
        "BOOKS_MIN_INTERVAL_MS": "<YOUR_BOOKS_MIN_INTERVAL_MS>",
        "BOOKS_TIMEOUT_MS": "<YOUR_BOOKS_TIMEOUT_MS>",
        "BOOKS_MAX_RETRIES": "<YOUR_BOOKS_MAX_RETRIES>",
        "BOOKS_CACHE_TTL_MS": "<YOUR_BOOKS_CACHE_TTL_MS>",
        "BOOKS_CACHE_MAX_ENTRIES": "<YOUR_BOOKS_CACHE_MAX_ENTRIES>",
        "BOOKS_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_BOOKS_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "mcp-books": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-books"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BOOKS_USER_AGENT": "<YOUR_BOOKS_USER_AGENT>",
        "BOOKS_MIN_INTERVAL_MS": "<YOUR_BOOKS_MIN_INTERVAL_MS>",
        "BOOKS_TIMEOUT_MS": "<YOUR_BOOKS_TIMEOUT_MS>",
        "BOOKS_MAX_RETRIES": "<YOUR_BOOKS_MAX_RETRIES>",
        "BOOKS_CACHE_TTL_MS": "<YOUR_BOOKS_CACHE_TTL_MS>",
        "BOOKS_CACHE_MAX_ENTRIES": "<YOUR_BOOKS_CACHE_MAX_ENTRIES>",
        "BOOKS_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_BOOKS_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add mcp-books --env BOOKS_USER_AGENT=<YOUR_BOOKS_USER_AGENT> --env BOOKS_MIN_INTERVAL_MS=<YOUR_BOOKS_MIN_INTERVAL_MS> --env BOOKS_TIMEOUT_MS=<YOUR_BOOKS_TIMEOUT_MS> --env BOOKS_MAX_RETRIES=<YOUR_BOOKS_MAX_RETRIES> --env BOOKS_CACHE_TTL_MS=<YOUR_BOOKS_CACHE_TTL_MS> --env BOOKS_CACHE_MAX_ENTRIES=<YOUR_BOOKS_CACHE_MAX_ENTRIES> --env BOOKS_LOG_LEVEL=<YOUR_BOOKS_LOG_LEVEL> -- npx -y mcp-books