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gutenberg-mcp-server

MCP server for Project Gutenberg — 75,000+ public-domain ebooks with full plain-text retrieval.

Endpoint URL
https://gutenberg.caseyjhand.com/mcp
Current status
responds
Last checked
Aug 17, 2026, 05:02 AM UTC
Check
MCP initialize · 8s limit
Latency
346 ms
Response record
4 of 4 rounds
Transport
streamable-http
Source
mcp_registry
Registry name
io.github.cyanheads/gutenberg-mcp-server

Current observation

This endpoint answered at its latest recorded check.

What this server reports about itself

Self-reported at initialize. Not verified by Licium.

Server name
gutenberg-mcp-server
Version
0.1.6
Capability keys
logging, resources, tools, prompts
Tool names
gutenberg_search_books, gutenberg_get_book, gutenberg_get_text, gutenberg_browse_popular
Instructions excerpt

Project Gutenberg MCP server. No API key required. Typical workflow: gutenberg_search_books → gutenberg_get_book → gutenberg_get_text. Use gutenberg_browse_popular for discovery. gutenberg_get_text supports offset/limit chunking for long works — novels routinely exceed 500KB. Only books with has_plain_text=true can be read with gutenberg_get_text.

Reported Aug 17, 2026, 05:02 AM UTC.

Check history

Oldest to newest. Each row is one recorded check.

  1. responds
    MCP initialize · 8s limit · HTTP 200 · 126ms
  2. responds
    MCP initialize · 8s limit · HTTP 200 · 352ms
  3. responds
    MCP initialize · 8s limit · HTTP 200 · 268ms
  4. responds
    MCP initialize · 8s limit · HTTP 200 · 346ms