io.github.smeet666/mcp-books MCP Server

io.github.smeet666/mcp-books

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What is the io.github.smeet666/mcp-books MCP server?

Search the Internet Archive, the Library of Congress and data.bnf.fr at once, in one answer.

How to install io.github.smeet666/mcp-books

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

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.

~/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>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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