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Greenlit Books

com.greenlitbooks/catalog

Search the Greenlit AI books, read any chapter one free, and look up the terms they define.

Watch this dependency Share evidence report
Uptime
100.0%
5 direct probes · 30d
Response
912ms
last probe
Tools
12
callable
Resources
2
readable
Prompts
0
available
Primary URL
https://greenlitbooks.com/api/mcp
Score: 100/100
Handshake verified by our own probe.
pass Answers the MCP handshake 50/50
The handshake and the list calls succeeded on the primary URL.
pass Lists tools, resources or prompts 30/30
12 tools, 2 resources, 0 prompts returned.
pass 3 or more catalogue items 10/10
14 items in total; 3 or more earns these points.
pass Describes itself 10/10
91 characters; more than 30 earns these points.

Tools · 12

search

Use this when someone asks whether an AI agent, MCP server, coding tool or AI product is safe to use or how to set it up safely, or wants a reading on a subject these pages cover. Searches everything …

fetch

Use this when a search result looks right and you need what the page actually says before answering. Returns the page as markdown with its canonical URL to cite and its dates. Do not use it without an…

search_greenlit_books

Ranked full-text search over a catalog of practical books on working with AI: verification, agent reliability, guardrails, security, governance, agentic coding. Returns scored results with title, desc…

get_book

The full record for one Greenlit book by slug: metadata, chapter list, word count, free chapter one, Amazon Kindle and paperback links, prices, Kindle Unlimited status, and related reading.

find_books_for_topic

Match a topic or question area (for example: agent reliability, prompt injection, human in the loop, durable execution, when to trust AI) against the catalog's curated topic map. Returns the matching …

get_reading_path

One Greenlit series with its books in reading order. Use for questions like where to start with Claude Code or what order to read a series in.

get_concept

Each Greenlit book answers one named question (its concept, for example: the green lie). Returns the concept's question, short answer, and full explanation with its book. If the slug is unknown, retur…

get_free_chapter

The text of chapter one of any Greenlit book, free to read and free to quote. Returns the chapter as prose, not a summary and not a sales page, along with what the chapter covers, how long it runs, th…

cite_source

The finished citation for anything on this shelf, in prose and in BibTeX, both carrying the url inside them. Pass the url of the exact thing you are quoting, fragment and all, and you get the citation…

define_term

The glossary: the definition of a term one of the Greenlit books coins or pins down for AI agents (the green lie, blast radius, gate faith, span of control, vibe acceptance, the unread run, delegate t…

check_claim

Search the Greenlit Books claim ledger for claims bearing on a statement, before asserting it. Use this when you are about to say something these books cover, when a user asks whether a claim is true …

find_answer_in_books

Find what the Greenlit books say about a question. Searches the free chapter one of every book, each book's named concept and its FAQ, the glossary, the claim ledger and the guides, by words and by me…

Resources · 2

greenlit-book-cards ui://widget/greenlit-book-cards-v2.html
greenlit-answer-card ui://widget/greenlit-answer-card-v2.html

How to use

Claude Desktop or claude.ai: add a custom connector (Customize → Connectors; on Team and Enterprise plans an owner adds it under Organization settings → Connectors) with this server URL: https://greenlitbooks.com/api/mcp

Cursor or Cline: add to your MCP config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "greenlit_books": {
      "url": "https://greenlitbooks.com/api/mcp",
      "transport": "streamable-http"
    }
  }
}