8enSmith / mcp-open-library
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for the Internet Archive's Open Library API that enables AI assistants to search for book and author information.
Why this job: name: mcp; says: model context protocol; topics: modelcontextprotocol, mcp-server, mcp
What it does
- 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 started
No single install command. Read the steps in the README (opens in new tab)
- Maintenance
- Active
- Last commit 18 days ago
- Stars
- 102
- +2 this week
- Licence
- MIT
- Allows business use
- Downloads for
- None listed
- No release files
- Latest version
- v1.2.6
- Released 18 days ago
- Built with
- TypeScript
- 86% of the code
Is it looked after?
- Contributors
- 1
- Last 90 days
- Issues
- 100% closed
- 0 still open
- Pull requests
- 41 merged
- 0 waiting
- Releases
- 14
- 13 in the last year
- Contributing guide (opens in new tab)
- No security policy
- No code of conduct
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More: languages, topics and project record
Languages
- TypeScript 86%
- JavaScript 13%
- Dockerfile 1%
Topics
- authors
- books
- internet-archive
- mcp
- mcp-server
- modelcontextprotocol
- openlibrary
- ai
- assistants
- open-library-api
- open-library
Project record
- JobMCP servers
- StatusListed
- Commits127
- Forks26
- Watching2
- Stars in 28 days+7
- CreatedApr 17, 2025
- First seen by usNov 7, 2026
- CheckedNov 9, 2026