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
STDIO
2 required env vars
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.
Open MCP Agent Studio and connect this server to Claude, GPT, Gemini, DeepSeek and more — no install required.
Open Agent Studio