Install calibre-mcp for Claude Desktop
Claude Desktop reads mcpServers from claude_desktop_config.json. Restart the app after saving.
- Open ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS, %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json on Windows, or ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on Linux.
- Paste the JSON config below.
- Replace placeholder secrets, then restart the client if it does not reload on its own.
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"caelum29-calibre-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"calibre-mcp@0.7.4"
],
"env": {
"CALIBRE_MCP_SERVER_URL": "",
"CALIBRE_MCP_LIBRARY": "",
"CALIBRE_MCP_ENABLE_WRITE": "",
"CALIBRE_MCP_CALIBREDB_PATH": ""
}
}
}
}