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Read Project Gutenberg books via MCP. Search, fetch metadata, and retrieve text in passages.
npx @getmcp/cli add io.github.bobbyhouse/project-gutenberg-mcpRequires Docker Engine. Community-contributed server. Review source before installing.
GUTENBERG_BASE_URLBase URL of your Gutenberg mirror. Run the mirror from the mirror/ directory and point this at it. See the README for setup instructions.
GUTENBERG_TOOLSComma-separated list of tools to expose. Available: search_books, get_book_metadata, fetch_book_text, list_passages, get_passage
Config file: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"io.github.bobbyhouse/project-gutenberg-mcp": {
"command": "docker",
"args": [
"run",
"run",
"-i",
"--rm",
"-e",
"GUTENBERG_BASE_URL",
"-e",
"GUTENBERG_TOOLS",
"-e",
"GUTENBERG_BOOK_ID",
"-e",
"GUTENBERG_CHUNK_SIZE",
"-e",
"GUTENBERG_LANGUAGE",
"roberthouse224/project-gutenberg-mcp:1.2.0"
],
"env": {
"GUTENBERG_BASE_URL": "",
"GUTENBERG_TOOLS": "",
"GUTENBERG_BOOK_ID": "",
"GUTENBERG_CHUNK_SIZE": "4096",
"GUTENBERG_LANGUAGE": "en"
}
}
}
}