Project Gutenberg MCP

What this does

Project Gutenberg MCP exposes a set of tools to Claude over the Model Context Protocol. After you add it to claude_desktop_config.json (snippet above) and restart Claude Desktop, those tools become callable inside any conversation.

Requirements

This server declares the following environment variables. Set only the ones the maker requires for your setup; this listing does not flag any of them as required:

GUTENBERG_BASE_URL
GUTENBERG_TOOLS
GUTENBERG_BOOK_ID
GUTENBERG_CHUNK_SIZE
GUTENBERG_LANGUAGE

Set these via the env object in your MCP config (see claude_desktop_config.json snippet above).

How do I install Project Gutenberg MCP?

The install section on this page carries the maker's install command for Project Gutenberg MCP, as submitted. Restart your client afterwards and the tools appear in your next conversation.

Which clients work with Project Gutenberg MCP?

This page carries setup and config for Claude Code. Any other MCP client that accepts a standard server config can connect to Project Gutenberg MCP as well.

Does Project Gutenberg MCP need an API key?

This listing does not flag an API key as required. The server can use these environment variables: GUTENBERG_BASE_URL, GUTENBERG_TOOLS, GUTENBERG_BOOK_ID, GUTENBERG_CHUNK_SIZE, GUTENBERG_LANGUAGE; the maker's docs say which of them your setup needs. They go in the env block of your MCP config.