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calibre-library-mcp

A local stdio MCP server that enables AI tools to search a self-hosted Calibre library over SSH, supporting metadata queries, full-text search, and book details.

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// key findings
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Reads files from sensitive locations
Touches: ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
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You'll be asked for 1 credential: CALIBRE_SSH_KEY
These are read from process.env at runtime. Make sure you trust where they’ll be sent.
// required environment variables
This server reads these from process.env. You'll be asked to provide them before it can run.
configCALIBRE_MCP_NAME
configCALIBRE_SSH_USERyes SSH user on the Calibre server. calibre
configCALIBRE_SSH_HOSTyes Hostname or IP address of the Calibre server. calibre.example.lan
🔐 secretCALIBRE_SSH_KEYno SSH private key path. /home/user/.ssh/id_ed25519
configCALIBRE_SSH_PORTno SSH port. Defaults to 22. 22
configCALIBRE_WEB_CONTAINERdocker exec -i "$" python3 ...
configCALIBRE_CONTAINER_BOOKS_PATHno Library path inside the container. Defaults to /books. /books
configCALIBRE_REMOTE_LIBRARY_PATHno Library path on the remote host for Calibre CLI status checks. /srv/calibre/library
configCALIBRE_DOCKER_IMAGEno Calibre image used for calibredb status checks. lscr.io/linuxserver/calibre:latest
configCALIBRE_MAINTENANCE_SCRIPTno Optional remote script for refreshing FTS. /usr/local/bin/calibre-fts-maintenance.sh
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commit: ecaeef76e1e6ae167edd611683315681ac6c0c45
code hash: b847dde134cc0974467130d4ecf1823442ee4530a229749eccfb54f03763a039
verified: 6/26/2026, 9:38:17 AM
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