INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

get_book

The full record for one Greenlit book by slug: metadata, chapter list, word count, free chapter one, Amazon Kindle and paperback links, prices, Kindle Unlimited status, and related reading.

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LIVE ENDPOINT

https://greenlitbooks.com/api/mcp

No auth detected

Connect to this endpoint to inspect the live schema for get_book and invoke it with your own arguments.

Indexed input schema

{}

Risk classification

Inferred read-only · medium confidence · heuristic, not a guarantee.

No write-capable action terms were found; this is not proof that invocation has no side effects.

Parent server

greenlitbooks.com

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

Client installation

Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.greenlit-books]
url = "https://greenlitbooks.com/api/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "greenlit-books": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://greenlitbooks.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: greenlit-books
Remote MCP URL: https://greenlitbooks.com/api/mcp

Add this remote URL as a custom connector in Claude Desktop. Availability depends on the user plan and workspace policy.

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "greenlit-books": {
      "url": "https://greenlitbooks.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "greenlit-books": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://greenlitbooks.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "greenlit-books",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://greenlitbooks.com/api/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.

Related tools

search_greenlit_books — Ranked full-text search over a catalog of practical books on working with AI: verification, agent reliability, guardrails, security, governance, agentic coding.
find_books_for_topic — Match a topic or question area (for example: agent reliability, prompt injection, human in the loop, durable execution, when to trust AI) against the catalog's curated topic map.
get_reading_path — One Greenlit series with its books in reading order.
get_concept — Each Greenlit book answers one named question (its concept, for example: the green lie).