Read Project Gutenberg books via MCP. Search, fetch metadata, and retrieve text in passages.
io.github.bobbyhouse/project-gutenberg-mcp
https://github.com/bobbyhouse/project-gutenberg-mcp
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2 required env vars
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Read Project Gutenberg books via MCP. Search, fetch metadata, and retrieve text in passages.
Hosted endpoint — paste into any MCP client.
Configuration this server reads at startup.
Base URL of your Gutenberg mirror. Run the mirror from the mirror/ directory and point this at it. See the README for setup instructions.
Comma-separated list of tools to expose. Available: search_books, get_book_metadata, fetch_book_text, list_passages, get_passage
Project Gutenberg book ID to use as the default for all tools. Find IDs via search_books. Example: 2680 for Meditations by Marcus Aurelius.
Size in bytes of each passage returned by get_passage.
Default ISO 639-1 language code filter for search_books. Used when the caller omits the language parameter.
Where to find authoritative docs and source for Project Gutenberg MCP.
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