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calibre-mcp

Calibre ebook library server: search, read content, curate metadata, semantic search, gated writes.

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★ 16 stars Last pushed 2026-08-21 License: MIT

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Review any command before running it. Package names and URLs come from the server's own registry entry.

Package (npm 0.7.4)

npx -y [email protected]

Or add to your MCP client config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "calibre-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "[email protected]"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CALIBRE_MCP_SERVER_URL": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
        "CALIBRE_MCP_LIBRARY": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
        "CALIBRE_MCP_ENABLE_WRITE": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
        "CALIBRE_MCP_CALIBREDB_PATH": "<YOUR_VALUE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

CALIBRE_MCP_SERVER_URL — Calibre Content Server base URL (default http://localhost:8080)
CALIBRE_MCP_LIBRARY — Library name; empty = auto-detect the server's default library
CALIBRE_MCP_ENABLE_WRITE — Set to 1 to enable the write tools (update/bulk-update/add/remove); off by default
CALIBRE_MCP_CALIBREDB_PATH — Path to the calibredb binary; empty = auto-discover the standard install location