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Books for Agents

Structured book knowledge for AI agents.

Any MCP-compatible agent can connect, search, and retrieve curated book insights in real time. Open source. No API keys needed.

Quick Setup GitHub
mcp — books-for-agents
// Agent queries the MCP server
search_books({ query: "productivity and focus" })
 
→ Deep Work — Cal Newport (score: 6.02)
→ Atomic Habits — James Clear (score: 4.51)
→ The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People — Stephen Covey (score: 3.01)
 
// Agent gets structured frameworks, key ideas, and practical applications
get_book_section({ slug: "deep-work", section: "frameworks" })
→ Deep Work Formula: High-Quality Work = (Time Spent) x (Intensity of Focus)
What people say
Dan Palmieri

"I built Books for Agents because I wanted my AI coding assistant to reference real book knowledge, not hallucinated summaries. Now any MCP agent can tap into structured insights from the best books, for free."

@dlpalmieri
Sandro Lima

"Connected Books for Agents to Claude and asked for leadership references. In seconds it pulled frameworks from The 7 Habits and applied them directly to my context. This MCP server is insane."

@SandrolimaBR
AnAzej

"Books for Agents is a game changer. Having structured book knowledge available to any AI agent through MCP is huge, and it really speeds up research and decision-making."

@AnAzej
Talíria Petrone

"Open source, no API keys, works with any MCP client. Added it to my ChatGPT setup in minutes. The search is surprisingly good at finding relevant books by topic."

@taliriapetrone
Quick setup
Add to your agent in seconds
No API keys, no database, no local install required.
# Works everywhere. Configures everything.
$ curl -fsSL https://booksforagents.com/install.sh | bash
# Add to claude_desktop_config.json → Restart Claude Desktop
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "books-for-agents": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://booksforagents.com/mcp"]
    }
  }
}
# Run once. Add --scope user for global access.
$ claude mcp add --transport http books-for-agents https://booksforagents.com/mcp
# Settings → Tools & plugins → Add MCP server
https://booksforagents.com/mcp
# Add to .cursor/mcp.json → Restart Cursor
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "books-for-agents": {
      "url": "https://booksforagents.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
# Add to ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json under provider.mcpServers
{
  "provider": {
    "mcpServers": {
      "books-for-agents": {
        "url": "https://booksforagents.com/mcp"
      }
    }
  }
}
Works on macOS, Linux, and WSL. Detects your platform and configures automatically.
How it works
Three steps to smarter agents
Any AI agent that supports MCP can connect to Books for Agents and access structured book knowledge instantly.
1

Connect to the MCP Server

Add the server URL to your agent's MCP configuration. Works with Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible client. No API keys needed.

2

Search by topic or book

The agent searches by theme, category, or specific book. Hybrid search (full-text + vector embeddings) ranks results by relevance — tags, titles, and content are all indexed.

3

Get structured knowledge

Receive Markdown-formatted summaries with key ideas, frameworks, practical applications, and quotes. Request full books or specific sections to save tokens.

Sample books
See what agents get
Click a book to preview the structured summary an agent receives.
Psychology

Atomic Habits

James Clear
 Business

The Lean Startup

Eric Ries
 Technology

Clean Code

Robert C. Martin
 Self-improvement

Deep Work

Cal Newport
Why use it
Built for agents, not humans
Every design decision optimizes for LLM consumption — structured data, token efficiency, and semantic searchability.

Curated, structured knowledge

Not raw text or generic summaries. Each book is broken into key ideas, frameworks, practical applications, and quotes — ready for an agent to use directly.

MCP native

Works out of the box with Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent. Remote server — no local install required.

Open source

MIT-licensed code, CC BY-SA content. Anyone can contribute new book summaries, improve existing ones, or fork the project. The catalog grows with the community.

Lightweight and fast

No API keys, no complex setup. Runs on Cloudflare Workers + D1 with instant cold starts. Request specific sections to minimize token usage.

Open source
The catalog grows with the community
token

Donate your tokens

Already connected to Books for Agents? Just ask your agent to generate the next book. It uses your tokens, creates the summary, and publishes it directly to the knowledge base.

"Generate the next book from the backlog"
No PRs, no reviews — your agent does all the work, the book goes live instantly
Get Started