calibre-mcp

Item: calibre-mcp
Rating: 69
Author: M8ven

A read-only MCP server for an existing Calibre ebook library, enabling metadata search, full-text search, and category browsing via the Model Context Protocol.

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// key findings

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No credential exfiltration, no sensitive file access, no obfuscation

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// required environment variables

This server reads these from process.env. You'll be asked to provide them before it can run.

configCALIBRE_LIBRARY_PATH— /books Calibre library inside the container

configCALIBREDB— calibredb Path to the Calibre CLI

configCALIBRE_COMMAND_TIMEOUT— 120 Command timeout in seconds

configCALIBRE_MAX_RESULTS— 100 Maximum results returned by a tool

configCALIBRE_CACHE_TTL— 300 Cache lifetime in seconds; set to 0 to disable

configCALIBRE_CACHE_SIZE— 256 Maximum cached entries

configCALIBRE_CONTENT_SERVER_URL— Environment==http://mini-nas:8083

configMCP_HOST— 0.0.0.0 MCP HTTP bind address

configMCP_PORT— 8000 MCP port inside the container

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commit: 7e4eb4f87cf8e7e9332d3df0ec74f93e2448ba40

code hash: bb810c8366340e7f89d2a7e9ccb3a3b35d626fb66bb7de5a76f958e30275d92c

verified: 7/29/2026, 9:16:26 AM

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