calibre-mcp

local MCP server

Installation

Terminal

claude mcp add calibre-mcp -e CALIBRE_MCP_SERVER_URL=... -e CALIBRE_MCP_LIBRARY=... -e CALIBRE_MCP_ENABLE_WRITE=... -e CALIBRE_MCP_CALIBREDB_PATH=... -- npx -y calibre-mcp

Run in your project folder. Add --scope user to use it everywhere.

Claude Desktop, Cursor & other clients

Add to claude_desktop_config.json or .cursor/mcp.json.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "calibre-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "calibre-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CALIBRE_MCP_SERVER_URL": "...",
        "CALIBRE_MCP_LIBRARY": "...",
        "CALIBRE_MCP_ENABLE_WRITE": "...",
        "CALIBRE_MCP_CALIBREDB_PATH": "..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Fill in the environment variables with your own credentials.

Summary

Calibre ebook library server: search, read content, curate metadata, semantic search, gated writes.

Questions

calibre-mcp is a local MCP server distributed as the npm package calibre-mcp.

Run: claude mcp add calibre-mcp -e CALIBRE_MCP_SERVER_URL=... -e CALIBRE_MCP_LIBRARY=... -e CALIBRE_MCP_ENABLE_WRITE=... -e CALIBRE_MCP_CALIBREDB_PATH=... -- npx -y calibre-mcp

Run: codex mcp add calibre-mcp --env CALIBRE_MCP_SERVER_URL=... --env CALIBRE_MCP_LIBRARY=... --env CALIBRE_MCP_ENABLE_WRITE=... --env CALIBRE_MCP_CALIBREDB_PATH=... -- npx -y calibre-mcp

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