MCP Open Library
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for the Open Library API that enables AI assistants to search for book and author information.
Overview
This project implements an MCP server that provides tools for AI assistants to interact with the Open Library. It allows searching the catalogue by title, author, subject and other fields, searching for authors by name, retrieving detailed author information using their Open Library key, and getting URLs for book covers and author photos. The server returns JSON projections of the Open Library responses rather than the raw payloads.
Features
- Book Search: Search across titles, authors, subjects, places, people, publishers and ISBNs, with sorting and paging (
search_books). - Book Search by Title: Search for books using their title (
get_book_by_title). - Author Search by Name: Search for authors using their name, with paging (
get_authors_by_name). - Get Author Details: Retrieve detailed information for a specific author using their Open Library key (
get_author_info). - Get Author Photo: Get the URL for an author's photo using their Open Library ID (OLID) (
get_author_photo). - Get Book Cover: Get the URL for a book's cover image using various identifiers (ISBN, OCLC, LCCN, OLID, ID) (
get_book_cover). - Get Book by ID: Retrieve detailed book information using various identifiers (ISBN, LCCN, OCLC, OLID) (
get_book_by_id).







