io.github.cyanheads/openlibrary-mcp-server
io.github.cyanheads/openlibrary-mcp-server
Tools
Exactly what the server advertised in the scan completed . Effects and capabilities are classified by Squatch from each tool's metadata. Squatch never runs tools.
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Showing 10 of 10 tools
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| openlibrary_get_author Fetch author detail by Open Library Author ID (OL…A). Returns bio, birth/death dates, photo IDs, and linked identifiers from Wikidata, VIAF… | Effect: Read | |
| openlibrary_get_author_works List works by an author. Returns titles, cover IDs, and work OLIDs for drilling into editions or details. Use openlibrary_get_author for au… | Effect: Read | |
| openlibrary_get_cover_url Construct a cover image URL for a book or author photo without fetching the image. Returns a direct HTTPS URL in the requested size (S/M/L)… | Effect: Read | |
| openlibrary_get_edition Resolve one or more editions by identifier: ISBN-10, ISBN-13, OCLC, LCCN, or Open Library Edition ID (OL…M). Every identifier in a call sha… | Effect: Read | |
| openlibrary_get_editions List editions of a work — different publishers, languages, formats, and print runs. Returns ISBNs, publisher, language, page count, and edi… | Effect: Read | |
| openlibrary_get_subject Browse works by subject. Returns matching works with edition counts and cover IDs, plus the total work count for the subject. Case and spac… | Effect: Read | |
| openlibrary_get_work Fetch a work by Open Library Work ID (OL…W). Returns title, description, subjects, cover IDs, and linked author IDs for follow-up lookups. … | Effect: Read | |
| openlibrary_search_authors Search Open Library authors by name. Returns Open Library Author IDs, names, birth/death dates, top works, and subject associations. Use au… | Effect: Read | |
| openlibrary_search_books Full-text book search across Open Library works. Supports field filters (title, author, subject, publisher, ISBN, language) and returns wor… | Effect: Read | |
| openlibrary_search_inside Search the full text of books scanned by the Internet Archive — the "which book contains this passage?" lookup that the metadata tools cann… | Effect: Read |