MCP server

Bookbrainz

io.github.pipeworx-io/bookbrainz

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

BookBrainz MCP — open book metadata (MetaBrainz / sister of MusicBrainz)

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At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

pipeworx.io (verified by the MCP Registry)

Status

Working at last check

Tools

45

Token cost

About 27,004 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 bookbrainz https://gateway.pipeworx.io/bookbrainz/mcp

Claude Desktop

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

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.bookbrainz]
url = "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/bookbrainz/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"bookbrainz":{"httpUrl":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/bookbrainz/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"bookbrainz":{"url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/bookbrainz/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"bookbrainz":{"type":"http","url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/bookbrainz/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add bookbrainz https://gateway.pipeworx.io/bookbrainz/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":"bookbrainz","server_url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/bookbrainz/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"bookbrainz","server_url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/bookbrainz/mcp"}

Tools

• browse Browses the web · ~265 tokens
  Browse entities of a type filtered by a related entity. e.g. browse editions by work, works by author.
• lookup ~224 tokens
  Fetch a single BookBrainz entity (work, edition, author, publisher, series, or edition-group) by its UUID (bbid), with optional sub-resources (aliases, relationships, identifiers) via the includes parameter.
• search ~212 tokens
  Search BookBrainz (MetaBrainz open book database) for works, editions, authors, publishers, series, or edition-groups by free-text query. Returns matching entity records with their BookBrainz UUIDs (bbids) for use with lookup.

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