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Book Search (Open Library)

by invokera.com · remote · no sign-in to list tools · v1.0.0 · published by com.invokera

Search books and authors across Open Library, the Internet Archive open catalog.

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2 tools: 2 only read.

Scanned Oct 21, 2026

No check matched anything in the tool definitions. No finding is not a safety guarantee. How the checks work.

claude mcp add --transport http book-search https://invokera.com/r/book-search

Tools

Open a tool for its reasons and full description. Descriptions are the publisher's own words, shown as they are.

2 tools

Only reads 2Claude Code: allow
  • search_authorsSearch authors by name.No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "search_authors" says "search": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Search authors by name. Returns author records (name, birth date, top work, work count) matching the query. Returns: Matching author records..

    Annotations the server declares

    • readOnlyHint: true
    • destructiveHint: false
  • search_booksSearch books by keyword.No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "search_books" says "search": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Search books by keyword. Full-text search across titles, authors and subjects. Keep "fields" small to avoid huge responses. Returns: Matching book records..

    Annotations the server declares

    • readOnlyHint: true
    • destructiveHint: false

This is not a safety rating, and no finding is not a safety guarantee. The groups and findings come from fixed checks of the tool definitions the server returned on the date shown, not from its code or what it does when called. How the checks work.

Install

Pinned to version 1.0.0. Values in angle brackets are yours to fill in.

claude mcp add --transport http book-search https://invokera.com/r/book-search

Run in a terminal.

Claude Code permissions

Allow the reads, ask before a change, deny the deletes. Paste into .claude/settings.json.

.claude/settings.json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__book-search__search_authors",
      "mcp__book-search__search_books"
    ],
    "ask": [],
    "deny": []
  }
}

Tools that only read are allowed, tools that change things ask first, tools that delete or cancel are denied. It assumes the server is installed as book-search. Review it before you use it.