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gutenberg-mcp-server

io.github.cyanheads/gutenberg-mcp-server

MCP server for Project Gutenberg — 75,000+ public-domain ebooks with full plain-text retrieval.

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Uptime
100.0%
4 direct probes · 30d
Response
1399ms
last probe
Tools
4
callable
Resources
0
readable
Prompts
0
available
Primary URL
https://gutenberg.caseyjhand.com/mcp
Score: 100/100
Handshake verified by our own probe.
why this score
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
4 tools, 0 resources, 0 prompts returned.
pass 3 or more catalogue items 10/10
4 items in total; 3 or more earns these points.
pass Describes itself 10/10
95 characters; more than 30 earns these points.

Tools · 4

gutenberg_search_books

Search the Project Gutenberg catalog of 78,000+ books. Every query word matches a title or author substring; filter by topic, language, author lifespan, IDs, MIME prefix or copyright status. More than…

gutenberg_get_book

Fetch complete metadata for a Project Gutenberg book by ID — title, authors (with birth/death years), translators, editors, source bibliographic notes, subjects, bookshelves, languages, copyright stat…

gutenberg_get_text

Retrieve the plain-text content of a Project Gutenberg book, stripped of the standard license header and footer so the response contains only the literary work. For long works — novels routinely run 5…

gutenberg_browse_popular

Browse Project Gutenberg books ordered by downloads in the last 30 days at the source snapshot. Returns up to 32 titles with IDs, authors, languages, download counts, and is_readable. Filter by langua…

How to use

Add to your Claude Desktop / Cursor / Cline MCP config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gutenberg-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://gutenberg.caseyjhand.com/mcp",
      "transport": "http"
    }
  }
}