books
MCP serverSearchLets your agent search 1.7 million books and find titles by mood, vibe, pace or genre.
No key or account is asked for. Not verified by us yet: Ahel has not run a call through it.
Then ask your AI: use books to search books
Details
Available today. Use it as a step in a pipeline you build, or from your connected AI.
No key or account is asked for. Not verified by us yet: Ahel has not run a call through it.
Add it as a step in a pipeline you build on Ahel, or connect Ahel to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code or Codex and ask your AI to use it.
About this server
Search a catalog of 1.7 million books and find books by mood, vibe, pace or genre. Read-only.
Install books
The server’s own address, for the clients that take one directly. Or connect Ahel once and every client you use reads it from one address, with the account kept on Ahel rather than in each client’s config.
Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user books 'https://mcp.shelfclub.app/mcp'Run it once in your project, then open /mcp to approve any sign-in the server asks for.
Claude Desktop
https://mcp.shelfclub.app/mcpAdd a custom connector in Settings, paste this address, and approve the sign-in.
Cursor
cursor://anysphere.cursor-deeplink/mcp/install?name=books&config=eyJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL21jcC5zaGVsZmNsdWIuYXBwL21jcCJ9Open the link and Cursor adds the server at that address.
ChatGPT
https://mcp.shelfclub.app/mcpIn Settings, enable Developer mode, create an MCP app, and paste this address. Your plan and workspace must allow custom apps.
Codex
codex mcp add books --url 'https://mcp.shelfclub.app/mcp'Run it once, then sign in with codex mcp login books if the server asks for an account.
Tools it offers (6)
What this server listed when Ahel dialed its public endpoint in Oct 2026, with no key and no account of yours. The names are the server’s own.
search_booksfind_books_by_moodget_bookget_similar_booksget_trending_booksget_author
Ahel review
S5low
no public repository, nothing to review
Automated review, not a security audit. Ruleset v1.
Advanced
- Delivery
- books MCP server → your Ahel connector (mcp.ahel.ai) → your AI.
- Item type
- mcp-server
- Key
app-shelfclub-books- Hosted endpoint
https://mcp.shelfclub.app/mcp