Project Gutenberg MCP

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    "title": "Project Gutenberg MCP",
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            "type": "positional",
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            "name": "-i",
            "type": "named"
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          {
            "name": "--rm",
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        "environmentVariables": [
          {
            "name": "GUTENBERG_BASE_URL",
            "isRequired": true,
            "description": "Base URL of your Gutenberg mirror. Run the mirror from the mirror/ directory and point this at it. See the README for setup instructions.",
            "placeholder": "http://localhost:8080"
          },
          {
            "name": "GUTENBERG_TOOLS",
            "isRequired": true,
            "description": "Comma-separated list of tools to expose. Available: search_books, get_book_metadata, fetch_book_text, list_passages, get_passage",
            "placeholder": "get_book_metadata,list_passages,get_passage"
          },
          {
            "name": "GUTENBERG_BOOK_ID",
            "format": "number",
            "description": "Project Gutenberg book ID to use as the default for all tools. Find IDs via search_books. Example: 2680 for Meditations by Marcus Aurelius.",
            "placeholder": "2680"
          },
          {
            "name": "GUTENBERG_CHUNK_SIZE",
            "format": "number",
            "default": "4096",
            "description": "Size in bytes of each passage returned by get_passage."
          },
          {
            "name": "GUTENBERG_LANGUAGE",
            "default": "en",
            "description": "Default ISO 639-1 language code filter for search_books. Used when the caller omits the language parameter."
          }
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      "source": "github"
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    "websiteUrl": "https://github.com/bobbyhouse/project-gutenberg-mcp",
    "description": "Read Project Gutenberg books via MCP. Search, fetch metadata, and retrieve text in passages."
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