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calibre mcp for Zed

io.github.caelum29/calibre-mcp

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

client:Zed transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install calibre mcp in Zed

~/.config/zed/settings.json · windows: %APPDATA%\Zed\settings.json

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{
  "context_servers": {
    "calibre-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "calibre-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CALIBRE_MCP_SERVER_URL": "<CALIBRE_MCP_SERVER_URL>",
        "CALIBRE_MCP_LIBRARY": "<CALIBRE_MCP_LIBRARY>",
        "CALIBRE_MCP_ENABLE_WRITE": "<CALIBRE_MCP_ENABLE_WRITE>",
        "CALIBRE_MCP_CALIBREDB_PATH": "<CALIBRE_MCP_CALIBREDB_PATH>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Merge this into your existing settings object — do not replace the file. Zed docs

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