# Open Library

> Use this tool when you need to retrieve book and author information, such as title searches, author details, and book cover images. It solves problems related to book data retrieval, providing comprehensive information via various identifiers like ISBN, LCCN, OCLC, or OLID. It takes in search queries and identifiers as inputs and returns structured JSON data as output.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/8ensmith-open-library  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/8ensmith-open-library

## Description

Integrates with the Internet Archive's Open Library API for book and author information retrieval. Provides tools for searching books by title, searching authors by name, retrieving detailed author information, generating author photo URLs, looking up book cover images, and fetching comprehensive book data via ISBN, LCCN, OCLC, or OLID identifiers. Returns structured JSON data for all queries.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.95
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-28

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** media
- **Updated:** 2026-09-28

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/8ensmith-open-library)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/8ensmith/mcp-open-library>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "8ensmith-open-library"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/8ensmith-open-library` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/8ensmith-open-library/pull`

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