Install Apple 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": {
"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"
}
}
}
}