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gutenberg mcp server MCP

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io.github.cyanheads/gutenberg-mcp-server

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

transport:streamable-http runtime:npm tools:4

Target client

run in your project directory

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

setup guides: Claude Code Claude Desktop Cursor VS Code Zed Windsurf Cline Gemini CLI Grok ChatGPT Claude.ai LangChain

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

gutenberg_search_books

gutenberg search books

gutenberg_get_book

gutenberg get book

gutenberg_get_text

gutenberg get text

gutenberg_browse_popular

gutenberg browse popular

All 4 tools, one page each

1 resource you attach as context

Mutating and Read-only are read off each tool's name, not its schema — a hint, not a guarantee. Check the server's own documentation before granting access.