MCP server

Great Library Project Official

com.greatlibraryproject/library

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 20:29 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

Free classics as interlinears: search the books, read any passage word by word, look up any word.

Website

At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

greatlibraryproject.com (verified by the MCP Registry)

Status

Working at last check

Tools

4

Token cost

About 986 tokens per request

Sets up in

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 20:29 UTC

Connect it to your agent

Add to CursorAdd to VS CodeVS Code Insiders

Opens the app, which shows the server and asks you to confirm. For other apps, copy the setup below.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http library https://greatlibraryproject.com/mcp

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.library]
url = "https://greatlibraryproject.com/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"library":{"httpUrl":"https://greatlibraryproject.com/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"library":{"url":"https://greatlibraryproject.com/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"library":{"type":"http","url":"https://greatlibraryproject.com/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add library https://greatlibraryproject.com/mcp

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings: turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector and paste the URL. Which plans can do this varies.

OpenAI API (Responses tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"library","server_url":"https://greatlibraryproject.com/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"library","server_url":"https://greatlibraryproject.com/mcp"}

Tools

• get_passage ~337 tokens
  Returns ONE passage of a book as an interlinear: the original text, a word-by-word table (each word, its transliteration, its everyday meaning, its literal sense where that differs, and its dictionary form), the flowing English, the editors' note, a citation string, and links to read it in the reade
• list_books ~218 tokens
  Lists the books in the Great Library Project, a free library of classic and ancient texts (Homer, Plato, the Gospels, Gnostic texts, Ugaritic myths, Dante and more) presented as interlinears: the original-language text with every word glossed in English beneath it, plus a flowing English translation
• lookup_word ~232 tokens
  Looks up an original-language word (mostly Ancient and Koine Greek; any accents are fine, a dictionary form works best, an inflected form usually works too). Returns the dictionary entry the library uses (headword, transliteration, part of speech, senses, etymology, and the named source lexicon such
• search ~199 tokens
  Finds passages across the library (or in one book) whose English translation or original text contains the query. Returns up to 10 matches as references with one line of English and links; call get_passage to read a match word by word. Greek can be typed with or without accents.

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