Project Gutenberg MCP

latest · 1.2.0

Read Project Gutenberg books via MCP. Search, fetch metadata, and retrieve text in passages.

GitHub: bobbyhouse/project-gutenberg-mcp
MCP registry: io.github.bobbyhouse/project-gutenberg-mcp

Install

Needs env vars: GUTENBERG_BASE_URL, GUTENBERG_TOOLS — replace the <placeholders> with your values.

claude mcp add io-github-bobbyhouse-project-gutenberg-mcp --env GUTENBERG_BASE_URL=<GUTENBERG_BASE_URL> --env GUTENBERG_TOOLS=<GUTENBERG_TOOLS> -- docker run roberthouse224/project-gutenberg-mcp:1.2.0

/mcp confirms it's connected.

Install

Or add it manually in ~/.cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-github-bobbyhouse-project-gutenberg-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "roberthouse224/project-gutenberg-mcp:1.2.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GUTENBERG_BASE_URL": "<GUTENBERG_BASE_URL>",
        "GUTENBERG_TOOLS": "<GUTENBERG_TOOLS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

In claude_desktop_config.json (Settings → Developer → Edit Config), then restart:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-github-bobbyhouse-project-gutenberg-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "roberthouse224/project-gutenberg-mcp:1.2.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GUTENBERG_BASE_URL": "<GUTENBERG_BASE_URL>",
        "GUTENBERG_TOOLS": "<GUTENBERG_TOOLS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Config entry, any MCP client:

{
  "command": "docker",
  "args": [
    "run",
    "roberthouse224/project-gutenberg-mcp:1.2.0"
  ],
  "env": {
    "GUTENBERG_BASE_URL": "<GUTENBERG_BASE_URL>",
    "GUTENBERG_TOOLS": "<GUTENBERG_TOOLS>"
  }
}

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