MCP server

Gutenberg

io.github.cyanheads/gutenberg-mcp-server

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

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

Source

At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

Not verified

Status

Working at last check

Tools

4

Token cost

About 2,165 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 gutenberg-mcp-server https://gutenberg.caseyjhand.com/mcp

Claude Desktop

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

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.gutenberg-mcp-server]
url = "https://gutenberg.caseyjhand.com/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"gutenberg-mcp-server":{"httpUrl":"https://gutenberg.caseyjhand.com/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"gutenberg-mcp-server":{"url":"https://gutenberg.caseyjhand.com/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"gutenberg-mcp-server":{"type":"http","url":"https://gutenberg.caseyjhand.com/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add gutenberg-mcp-server https://gutenberg.caseyjhand.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":"gutenberg-mcp-server","server_url":"https://gutenberg.caseyjhand.com/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"gutenberg-mcp-server","server_url":"https://gutenberg.caseyjhand.com/mcp"}

Tools

• gutenberg_browse_popular Browses the web · ~486 tokens
  Browse Project Gutenberg books ordered by downloads in the last 30 days at the source snapshot. Returns up to 32 titles with IDs, authors, languages, download counts, and is_readable. Filter by language, topic, MIME prefix or copyright status. Empty matches succeed with criteria and a notice; trunca
• gutenberg_get_book ~253 tokens
  Fetch complete metadata for a Project Gutenberg book by ID — title, authors (with birth/death years), translators, editors, source bibliographic notes, subjects, bookshelves, languages, copyright status, and the full formats map with download URLs (plain text, HTML, EPUB, cover image, etc.). Use is_
• gutenberg_get_text ~495 tokens
  Retrieve the plain-text content of a Project Gutenberg book, stripped of the standard license header and footer so the response contains only the literary work. For long works — novels routinely run 500KB–2MB — use offset and limit to read in chunks rather than fetching the whole book at once. The r
• gutenberg_search_books ~931 tokens
  Search the Project Gutenberg catalog of 78,000+ books. Every query word matches a title or author substring; filter by topic, language, author lifespan, IDs, MIME prefix or copyright status. More than four query words require the local mirror. Empty matches succeed with criteria and a notice. Defaul

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