Open Library

local MCP server

Installation

Terminal

claude mcp add mcp-open-library -- npx -y mcp-open-library

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

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-open-library": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-open-library"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Search books and authors on the Internet Archive's Open Library

Open Library is a local MCP server distributed as the npm package mcp-open-library.

Run: claude mcp add mcp-open-library -- npx -y mcp-open-library

Run: codex mcp add mcp-open-library -- npx -y mcp-open-library

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