About Books Mcp Server
Books Mcp Server is an MCP server for querying books. It is intended for use with MCP clients such as Cherry Studio and is configured to run over STDIO.
Key features
- 01Book query capability
- 02STDIO server configuration
- 03Cherry Studio setup guidance
Use cases
- 01Query books from Cherry Studio
- 02Connect a book-query server to an MCP client
MCP support
It runs as an MCP server over STDIO and can be configured in clients such as Cherry Studio.
Configuration
Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.
We haven’t collected a package or remote endpoint for this server. Follow the instructions in the project README.
Tools
Local servers expose tools only once running on your machine, and the maintainer has not provided a tool list.
Details
From the project READMEGet the Project and Initialize
git clone https://github.com/VmLia/books-mcp-server.git
cd books-mcp-server
uv venv
if macbook or linux
source .venv/bin/activate
if windows
.venv\Scripts\activate.bat
Install Python Packages
uv add "mcp[cli]" httpx openai beautifulsoup4 lxml
If the network is slow, you can set up a domestic mirror source.
uv add "mcp[cli]" httpx openai beautifulsoup4 lxml --index-url https://pypi.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/simple
Example of Using cherry-studio
Method 1: On the setting page of cherry-studio, click on the MCP server, then click "Add Server", and subsequently configure it on the page.
Type
STDIO
Command
uv
Parameters
--directory
# your project dir
run
main.py
Method 2: Use the configuration parameters
{
"mcpServers": {
"books-mcp-server": {
"name": "books-mcp",
"type": "stdio",
"description": "",
"isActive": true,
"registryUrl": "",
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"--directory",
"/Enter your local project directory/books-mcp-server",
"run",
"main.py"
]
}
}
}
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