calibre mcp for VS Code

io.github.caelum29/calibre-mcp

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

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install calibre mcp in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "calibre-mcp-server-url",
      "description": "CALIBRE_MCP_SERVER_URL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "calibre-mcp-library",
      "description": "CALIBRE_MCP_LIBRARY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "calibre-mcp-enable-write",
      "description": "CALIBRE_MCP_ENABLE_WRITE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "calibre-mcp-calibredb-path",
      "description": "CALIBRE_MCP_CALIBREDB_PATH",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "calibre-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "calibre-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CALIBRE_MCP_SERVER_URL": "${input:calibre-mcp-server-url}",
        "CALIBRE_MCP_LIBRARY": "${input:calibre-mcp-library}",
        "CALIBRE_MCP_ENABLE_WRITE": "${input:calibre-mcp-enable-write}",
        "CALIBRE_MCP_CALIBREDB_PATH": "${input:calibre-mcp-calibredb-path}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

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