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Project Gutenberg MCP

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Read Project Gutenberg books via MCP. Search, fetch metadata, and retrieve text in passages.

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Add it to your MCP client. The catalogue lists this config verbatim from its source — it does not run, download, or vouch for the server. Review the command before you run it.

Transportstdio (runs a local command)
Env varsGUTENBERG_BASE_URL GUTENBERG_TOOLS GUTENBERG_BOOK_ID GUTENBERG_CHUNK_SIZE GUTENBERG_LANGUAGE
Claude Code 
claude mcp add --env GUTENBERG_BASE_URL= --env GUTENBERG_TOOLS= --env GUTENBERG_BOOK_ID= --env GUTENBERG_CHUNK_SIZE= --env GUTENBERG_LANGUAGE= project-gutenberg-mcp -- docker roberthouse224/project-gutenberg-mcp:1.2.0
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If the button doesn't open Cursor, use the JSON below — Cursor accepts the same mcpServers config.

VS Code 
code --add-mcp '{"name":"project-gutenberg-mcp","command":"docker","args":["roberthouse224/project-gutenberg-mcp:1.2.0"],"env":{"GUTENBERG_BASE_URL":"","GUTENBERG_TOOLS":"","GUTENBERG_BOOK_ID":"","GUTENBERG_CHUNK_SIZE":"","GUTENBERG_LANGUAGE":""}}'
JSON 
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "project-gutenberg-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "roberthouse224/project-gutenberg-mcp:1.2.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GUTENBERG_BASE_URL": "",
        "GUTENBERG_TOOLS": "",
        "GUTENBERG_BOOK_ID": "",
        "GUTENBERG_CHUNK_SIZE": "",
        "GUTENBERG_LANGUAGE": ""
      }
    }
  }
}

Environment variables are listed by name only — fill in your own values. Entries never carry secrets.