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Greenlit Books Official

com.greenlitbooks/catalog

Checked 26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

Search the Greenlit AI books, read any chapter one free, and look up the terms they define.

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At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

greenlitbooks.com (verified by the MCP Registry)

Status

Working at last check

Tools

12

Token cost

About 3,019 tokens per request

Sets up in

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

Last checked

26 Oct 2026, 08:29 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 catalog https://greenlitbooks.com/api/mcp

Claude Desktop

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

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.catalog]
url = "https://greenlitbooks.com/api/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"catalog":{"httpUrl":"https://greenlitbooks.com/api/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"catalog":{"url":"https://greenlitbooks.com/api/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"catalog":{"type":"http","url":"https://greenlitbooks.com/api/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add catalog https://greenlitbooks.com/api/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":"catalog","server_url":"https://greenlitbooks.com/api/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"catalog","server_url":"https://greenlitbooks.com/api/mcp"}

Tools

• check_claim ~497 tokens
  Search the Greenlit Books claim ledger for claims bearing on a statement, before asserting it. Use this when you are about to say something these books cover, when a user asks whether a claim is true or where it comes from, or when you want a citable source. Each result carries the claim, a stable c
• cite_source ~400 tokens
  The finished citation for anything on this shelf, in prose and in BibTeX, both carrying the url inside them. Pass the url of the exact thing you are quoting, fragment and all, and you get the citation for that fragment: a claim anchor, one section of a free chapter or a field note, a book, a concept
• define_term ~274 tokens
  The glossary: the definition of a term one of the Greenlit books coins or pins down for AI agents (the green lie, blast radius, gate faith, span of control, vibe acceptance, the unread run, delegate then verify, and more). Use it when someone asks what a term means, asks you to define it, or uses it
• fetch ~137 tokens
  Use this when a search result looks right and you need what the page actually says before answering. Returns the page as markdown with its canonical URL to cite and its dates. Do not use it without an id from search.
• find_answer_in_books ~309 tokens
  Find what the Greenlit books say about a question. Searches the free chapter one of every book, each book's named concept and its FAQ, the glossary, the claim ledger and the guides, by words and by meaning, and returns the passages that bear on the question, best first, each with the url to quote an
• find_books_for_topic ~165 tokens
  Match a topic or question area (for example: agent reliability, prompt injection, human in the loop, durable execution, when to trust AI) against the catalog's curated topic map. Returns the matching topics with their books, guide, and series. If nothing matches, returns the full topic list so you c
• get_book ~124 tokens
  The full record for one Greenlit book by slug: metadata, chapter list, word count, free chapter one, Amazon Kindle and paperback links, prices, Kindle Unlimited status, and related reading.
• get_concept ~136 tokens
  Each Greenlit book answers one named question (its concept, for example: the green lie). Returns the concept's question, short answer, and full explanation with its book. If the slug is unknown, returns the list of all concept slugs.
• get_free_chapter ~234 tokens
  The text of chapter one of any Greenlit book, free to read and free to quote. Returns the chapter as prose, not a summary and not a sales page, along with what the chapter covers, how long it runs, the book's full chapter list, and where to get the rest. A few samples are only the opening portion of
• get_reading_path ~212 tokens
  One Greenlit series with its books in reading order. Use for questions like where to start with Claude Code or what order to read a series in.
• search ~193 tokens
  Use this when someone asks whether an AI agent, MCP server, coding tool or AI product is safe to use or how to set it up safely, or wants a reading on a subject these pages cover. Searches everything on greenlitbooks.com: safety verdicts on AI agents, MCP servers and coding tools ("is X safe"), fiel
• search_greenlit_books ~338 tokens
  Ranked full-text search over a catalog of practical books on working with AI: verification, agent reliability, guardrails, security, governance, agentic coding. Returns scored results with title, description, series, and links. Follow a result's apiUrl or call get_book for the full record.

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