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Connect to your AI in seconds.

Gutendex connects your AI agent to 70,000+ public domain ebooks from Project Gutenberg. You search and discover classic literature and research material—all free of charge and without needing an API key.

What your AI can do

Get book

Retrieves detailed information about a single book using its Gutenberg ID or known title.

Get books by url

Pulls complete book details directly from any provided Gutenberg web address.

List books

Searches and lists books using powerful filters like author, topic, language, and download format.

Search by filter

Find specific books using filters like author name, subject matter, language, or copyright status.

Get book details

Retrieve complete information about a single book, including all subjects and available formats.

Identify book by URL

Pull detailed metadata for any Gutenberg book you provide the full web address for.

Filter results by format

Limit your search results to specific file types, like PDF or plain text.

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Gutendex: Book Metadata Search (3 Tools)

Use these three tools to search, filter, and retrieve complete metadata on classic public domain ebooks using titles, URLs, or subjects.

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Get Book

Retrieves detailed information about a single book using its Gutenberg ID or known title.

Get Books By Url

Pulls complete book details directly from any provided Gutenberg web address.

List Books

Searches and lists books using powerful filters like author, topic, language, and...

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Claude AI

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Open Claude Settings

Go to claude.ai, click your profile icon, then navigate to Customize → Connectors.

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Add Custom Connector

Click the "+" button and select Add custom connector. Paste your Vinkius endpoint URL:

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Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your token from cloud.vinkius.com. For OAuth-protected servers, expand Advanced settings to add credentials.

3

Start a conversation

Open a new chat. The Gutendex integration is available immediately — no restart needed.

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Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and more

The Model Context Protocol standardizes how applications expose capabilities to LLMs. Instead of operating in isolation, your AI gains direct access to external platforms, live data, and real-world actions through secure, standardized connections.

This connection provides 3 powerful capabilities that interface natively with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and other compatible AI platforms. No middleware. No custom integration required.

Finding source material means bouncing between five different websites.

Today, finding a reliable list of classic texts is painful. You open Google Books, check the Gutenberg site for IDs, then maybe another archive to see if it has PDF versions. Every time you cross-reference sources, you risk getting outdated metadata or missing critical filter options like genre combination.

With this MCP, that process disappears. Your agent handles all the source checking and data aggregation. You simply ask your client to find 'science fiction books written in French,' and it pulls the necessary titles, download counts, and formats back instantly.

The Gutendex MCP gives you structured book data from any link.

You eliminate the need to cross-reference URLs. Instead of copying a long web address into an unfamiliar tool, you pass it directly to the agent. The `get_books_by_url` function cleans up the messy data and gives you clean titles, authors, and subjects in one go.

This means your workflow stops being about copy-pasting links and starts being about asking specific questions that get direct, structured answers.

What your AI can actually do with this

This MCP gives you direct access to the world's largest catalog of free, public domain books. Instead of sifting through multiple library sites or worrying about paid subscriptions, your AI client handles everything. You just ask for what you need—a classic novel by author name, a subject like 'social classes,' or even filtering down results to only EPUB files from the 19th century.

It's all in one place, managed through Vinkius. When you connect this MCP, your agent can pull detailed book metadata, including download counts and every format available, letting you get research material ready for use immediately.

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Questions you might have

Do I need an API key? +

No! Gutendex is completely free and requires no authentication. Just subscribe and start searching. There's no sign-up or registration needed.

What books are available? +

Gutendex indexes 70,000+ ebooks from Project Gutenberg, the world's oldest digital library. This includes classics like Pride and Prejudice, Frankenstein, Moby Dick, Romeo and Juliet, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and thousands of other public domain works in many languages.

Can I filter by language? +

Yes! Use the languages parameter with ISO 2-letter codes: "en" for English, "pt" for Portuguese, "fr" for French, "es" for Spanish, "de" for German, etc. You can also combine multiple languages: "en,fr" for English and French books.

Can I download the books? +

Yes! Each book includes download URLs in multiple formats: HTML, EPUB, Kindle (MOBI), plain text, PDF and sometimes audio. The download links go directly to Project Gutenberg's servers. All books are in the public domain in the United States.

What specific book metadata does `get_book` provide for a title? +

It returns comprehensive data including subjects, download counts, and all available formats like HTML, EPUB, Kindle, and PDF. You get full context for research or cataloging purposes.

Can I use `list_books` to find books based on their copyright status or author years? +

Yes, you can filter by specific criteria like public domain versus in-copyright status. You can also narrow results using the author's birth and death year range.

If I have a Gutenberg URL, how do I get book details using `get_books_by_url`? +

Just pass the full Gutenberg URL to get_books_by_url. The MCP handles the parsing and returns all associated metadata automatically.

Does `list_books` automatically sort results when I search for a topic or subject? +

By default, the books found using list_books are sorted by popularity. This means you see the most downloaded and widely read titles first.

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