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Claude Desktop

Calibre-Web for Claude Desktop

io.github.ni-c/calibreweb-mcp

Read-only MCP server for Calibre-Web: library search, browsing and covers via the OPDS feed

client:Claude Desktop transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install Calibre-Web in Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json · windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "calibreweb-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "calibreweb-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CALIBRE_WEB_URL": "<CALIBRE_WEB_URL>",
        "CALIBRE_WEB_USERNAME": "<CALIBRE_WEB_USERNAME>",
        "CALIBRE_WEB_PASSWORD": "<CALIBRE_WEB_PASSWORD>",
        "CALIBRE_WEB_INSECURE_TLS": "<CALIBRE_WEB_INSECURE_TLS>",
        "CALIBRE_WEB_ALLOW_TOOLS": "<CALIBRE_WEB_ALLOW_TOOLS>",
        "CALIBRE_WEB_DENY_TOOLS": "<CALIBRE_WEB_DENY_TOOLS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Settings → Developer → Edit Config opens this file. Restart the app after saving. Claude Desktop docs

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