Openlibrary MCP Server

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Search books and authors, fetch editions, browse subjects, and resolve cover images from Open Library via MCP. STDIO or Streamable HTTP.

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Tools (10)

openlibrary_get_author

Fetch author detail by Open Library Author ID (OL…A) — bio, dates, photo IDs, and linked identifiers from Wikidata, VIAF, ISNI, Goodreads, and LibraryThing

openlibrary_get_author_works

List works by an author — titles, cover IDs, and Work OLIDs for drilling into editions or details

openlibrary_get_cover_url

Resolve a cover image URL for a book or author photo in S/M/L size — returns a direct HTTPS URL embeddable in markdown

openlibrary_get_edition

Resolve up to 50 editions in one call by ISBN-10, ISBN-13, OCLC, LCCN, or Open Library Edition ID (OL…M), reporting per-identifier misses

openlibrary_get_editions

List editions of a work — publishers, languages, formats, ISBNs, and print run details

openlibrary_get_subject

Browse works by subject tag — returns matching works with edition counts and cover IDs plus the total work count

openlibrary_get_work

Fetch a work by Open Library Work ID (OL…W) — title, description, subjects, cover IDs, and author IDs

openlibrary_search_authors

Search authors by name — returns Author IDs, birth/death dates, top works, and subject associations

openlibrary_search_books

Full-text book search with field filters (title, author, subject, publisher, ISBN, language), sort options, pagination, and optional live reading availability

openlibrary_search_inside

Full-text search inside the scanned text of Internet Archive books — returns matching items with snippets