io.github.cyanheads/gutenberg-mcp-server

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Publisher-provided description

MCP server for Project Gutenberg: 78,000+ public-domain ebooks with full plain-text retrieval.

Summary by lookupd

Lets agents search, browse and fetch metadata and full plain-text content of public-domain Project Gutenberg books.

Install

Claude Code, remote (streamable-http)

claude mcp add --transport http gutenberg-mcp-server https://gutenberg.caseyjhand.com/mcp

Claude Code, npm package (stdio)

claude mcp add gutenberg-mcp-server -- npx -y @cyanheads/gutenberg-mcp-server

Claude Code, npm package (stdio)

claude mcp add gutenberg-mcp-server -- npx -y @cyanheads/gutenberg-mcp-server

Codex, remote (streamable-http)

codex mcp add gutenberg-mcp-server --url https://gutenberg.caseyjhand.com/mcp

Codex, npm package (stdio)

codex mcp add gutenberg-mcp-server -- npx -y @cyanheads/gutenberg-mcp-server

Codex, npm package (stdio)

codex mcp add gutenberg-mcp-server -- npx -y @cyanheads/gutenberg-mcp-server

Cursor, remote (streamable-http) → .cursor/mcp.json

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

Cursor, npm package (stdio) → .cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gutenberg-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/gutenberg-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Cursor, npm package (stdio) → .cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gutenberg-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/gutenberg-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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Tools (4 tools)

Publisher-provided text

• 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, translator, author lifes
• 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
• gutenberg_get_text Retrieve the plain-text content of a Project Gutenberg book, stripped of the standard license header and footer. Front matter such as producer credits, the titl
• 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 c

Changes

Newest first, as lookupd saw them

• 2026-11-11: version 0.3.2 → 0.3.3

Details

• Version: 0.3.3
• Transports: streamable-http, stdio
• Uptime (7 days): 100%
• Median latency: 575 ms
• First indexed: 2026-11-01T09:26:05.780Z
• Last seen in registry: 2026-11-11T17:17:20.180Z
• Repository: https://github.com/cyanheads/gutenberg-mcp-server

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