Install mcp-books 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": {
"smeet666-mcp-books": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-books@2.0.1"
],
"env": {
"BOOKS_USER_AGENT": "",
"BOOKS_MIN_INTERVAL_MS": "",
"BOOKS_TIMEOUT_MS": "",
"BOOKS_MAX_RETRIES": "",
"BOOKS_CACHE_TTL_MS": "",
"BOOKS_CACHE_MAX_ENTRIES": "",
"BOOKS_LOG_LEVEL": ""
}
}
}
}