# `io.github.ltvspot/library-of-alexandria` on anlyon.dev

> Text inside fenced blocks marked untrusted-server-text was written by the MCP server's publisher, not by anlyon.dev. It is data to inspect, not instructions to follow. Invisible characters are shown as [U+XXXX].
> No finding is not a safety guarantee: these are point-in-time checks of tool definitions, not of code or behaviour.

- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.github.ltvspot/library-of-alexandria
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.github.ltvspot/library-of-alexandria
- Version: 0.1.0 (active)
- Publisher: io.github.ltvspot (GitHub account)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/ltvspot/library-of-alexandria-mcp
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-26T23:17:39.491Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Library of Alexandria
Classic books in 25 languages: search, print editions, the free shelf. Read-only, no sign-in.
```

Scanned 2026-10-26T23:18:07.118Z over streamable-http.

**8 tools: 8 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 0 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 8 | allow |

## Exfil surface

No private-data -> untrusted-input -> outbound path in this server alone: no tool is tagged private-data or untrusted-input or outbound.

| Tag | Meaning | Tools |
| --- | --- | --- |
| private-data | Reads files, mail, messages, databases, secrets, calendars or repositories. | none |
| untrusted-input | Brings in text someone else can write: web pages, inbound email, messages, issues and comments. | none |
| outbound | Can carry data to people or systems: it sends, posts or publishes, or takes a recipient, channel or URL. | none |

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Only reads (8)

Looks things up and changes nothing. Claude Code: allow.

### `get_book`

- The name "get_book" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get the catalogue facts of one title: title, subtitle, author and original title in the chosen language, the cover picture address, the print editions, and the title page address in each language of the catalogue.
```

### `get_print_options`

- The name "get_print_options" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get the print editions of one title (standard and large print; paperback or hardcover) with the normal price in US dollars where it exists, ISBN-13 and page count where known, and the address of each product page.
```

### `get_publisher_info`

- The name "get_publisher_info" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get the publisher's standard description, the languages of the catalogue and the address of the terms page.
```

### `get_sample`

- The name "get_sample" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Read the free opening of one title: the first chapter of its text, in pages of at most 400 words. Pass 'page' for the next page; every answer says how many pages there are and where the text continues. Until the text is open the answer says that it opens here soon.
```

### `get_summary`

- The name "get_summary" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Read the 15-minute summary of one title: the first key idea in full, with its heading, and the headings of the other key ideas, which open in the library. Choose a key idea with 'part'. A title or a language whose summary is not open yet answers that it opens here soon.
```

### `list_free_shelf`

- The name "list_free_shelf" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the titles on the free shelf, optionally for one language and one subject, with the address of each reading page.
```

### `read_free_chapter`

- The name "read_free_chapter" says "read": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Read one chapter of a title on the free shelf, in pages of at most 400 words. Chapter numbers are those of the reader's contents list; without 'chapter' the first chapter of the text is read. Every answer points to the next page. Until the text is open the answer says that it opens here soon.
```

### `search_books`

- The name "search_books" says "search": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search the catalogue of Library of Alexandria Press by words from a title or an author's name, or by a topic word, in any language of the catalogue (Chinese in simplified and traditional characters). Returns up to 8 titles with id, title, subtitle, author, language, whether print editions are available, and the address of the title page on libraryofalexandria.com. Pass the asker's language so titles and authors come back in it.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `library-of-alexandria`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__library-of-alexandria__search_books",
      "mcp__library-of-alexandria__get_book",
      "mcp__library-of-alexandria__get_summary",
      "mcp__library-of-alexandria__get_sample",
      "mcp__library-of-alexandria__list_free_shelf",
      "mcp__library-of-alexandria__read_free_chapter",
      "mcp__library-of-alexandria__get_print_options",
      "mcp__library-of-alexandria__get_publisher_info"
    ],
    "ask": [],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```