calibre mcp for Claude Code

io.github.caelum29/calibre-mcp

Calibre ebook library server: search, read content, curate metadata, semantic search, gated writes.

client:Claude Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install calibre mcp in Claude Code

run in your project directory

claude mcp add calibre-mcp -e CALIBRE_MCP_SERVER_URL=<CALIBRE_MCP_SERVER_URL> -e CALIBRE_MCP_LIBRARY=<CALIBRE_MCP_LIBRARY> -e CALIBRE_MCP_ENABLE_WRITE=<CALIBRE_MCP_ENABLE_WRITE> -e CALIBRE_MCP_CALIBREDB_PATH=<CALIBRE_MCP_CALIBREDB_PATH> -- npx -y calibre-mcp

Adds it for this project only. Append --scope user to make it available everywhere. Claude Code docs

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