O'Reilly Expert MCP Server

Grounded, citable answers to tech questions from O'Reilly's library. Requires Expert MCP access.

What does this entry provide?

O'Reilly Expert MCP Server is an MCP server entry in ChatHome Skills, sourced from Official MCP Registry and scored 93/100. As a Model Context Protocol server, it exposes tools that MCP-compatible LLM clients such as Claude, Cursor, and Copilot can call directly, extending an agent's reach beyond its built-in capabilities. ChatHome Skills discovered this entry through its daily ingest of official registries and GitHub discovery queries, and re-verifies repository facts, freshness signals, and install metadata on every run. The quality score weighs official-registry presence, a working install command, license clarity, GitHub star trajectory, and repository freshness — the full formula is on the Sources page. The install command above is ready to copy. Review the last-pushed date and repository status before adding O'Reilly Expert MCP Server to a production agent workflow; the snapshot facts below are point-in-time values from the most recent ingest.

Snapshot facts

Source: Official MCP Registry
Quality: 93/100
Install method: streamable-http
Repo: Registry only
Repo updated: Aug 20, 2026

Install command

mcp add io.github.oreillymedia/oreilly-expert https://api.oreilly.com/api/expert/v1/mcp

Install method: streamable-http

Review the upstream source before running this command.

Source entry

Quality

Repo stars

Repo updated

Aug 20, 2026

How is this score calculated?

Weighted across six dimensions, scored 0-100.
Provenance (25): listed in an official or curated registry.
Installability (25): a runnable install command beats a declared transport, which beats a source checkout.
Maintenance (20): recency of the last push; archived entries score zero here.
Adoption (20): repository stars on a log curve.

MCP manifest

{
  "_meta": {
    "io.modelcontextprotocol.registry/official": {
      "status": "active",
      "isLatest": true,
      "updatedAt": "2026-08-20T22:27:32.24624Z",
      "publishedAt": "2026-08-20T22:27:32.24624Z",
      "statusChangedAt": "2026-08-20T22:27:32.24624Z"
    }
  },
  "server": {
    "name": "io.github.oreillymedia/oreilly-expert",
    "title": "O'Reilly Expert MCP Server",
    "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-12-11/server.schema.json",
    "remotes": [
      {
        "url": "https://api.oreilly.com/api/expert/v1/mcp",
        "type": "streamable-http",
        "headers": [
          {
            "name": "Authorization",
            "value": "Bearer {mcp_access_token}",
            "variables": {
              "mcp_access_token": {
                "isSecret": true,
                "description": "Your O'Reilly personal access token, used only for token-based authentication. Leave unset to authenticate via OAuth. See https://learning.oreilly.com/apidocs/mcp/expert/#section/Authentication for details on generating a token, and ask your O'Reilly account administrator if you need the Expert MCP entitlement enabled."
              }
            },
            "description": "Optional. OAuth is the recommended way to authenticate: OAuth-capable clients (e.g. Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code) start the OAuth flow automatically when no token is provided. Alternatively, supply a personal access token here for token-based authentication. Note that authenticating is necessary but not sufficient — your O'Reilly account must also carry the Expert MCP entitlement, or requests are rejected with HTTP 403."
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "websiteUrl": "https://learning.oreilly.com/apidocs/mcp/expert/",
    "description": "Grounded, citable answers to tech questions from O'Reilly's library. Requires Expert MCP access."
  }
}

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