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{
"mcpServers": {
"vgnshiyer-apple-books-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"apple-books-mcp"
],
"env": {
"APPLE_BOOKS_MCP_ENABLE_WRITES": "false",
"APPLE_BOOKS_DATA_DIR": "",
"APPLE_BOOKS_MCP_THREADS": "8",
"APPLE_BOOKS_QUERY_TIMEOUT": "30"
}
}
}
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Environment Name Required Notes APPLE_BOOKS_MCP_ENABLE_WRITES No Allow the collection write tools (create, rename and delete collections; add and remove books). Writes refuse to run while Books is open and take a backup first. APPLE_BOOKS_DATA_DIR No Folder holding the Apple Books stores (BKLibrary and AEAnnotation), if not ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.iBooksX/Data/Documents. APPLE_BOOKS_MCP_THREADS No How many tool calls may run at once (default 8; 0 runs them one at a time on the event loop). APPLE_BOOKS_QUERY_TIMEOUT No Seconds a library query may run before it is stopped (default 30; 0 for no limit).
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