# Project Gutenberg MCP

> Use this tool when you need to access a vast library of classic books and retrieve specific passages or metadata. It solves problems of searching and fetching book content, allowing users to explore and utilize texts from Project Gutenberg. The tool takes search queries and book identifiers as inputs and outputs relevant metadata and text passages.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/io-github-bobbyhouse-project-gutenberg-mcp  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/io-github-bobbyhouse-project-gutenberg-mcp

## Description

Read Project Gutenberg books via MCP. Search, fetch metadata, and retrieve text in passages.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.97
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-19

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** search
- **Updated:** 2026-09-19

## Source

- **Source listing:** [MCP Registry](https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers/io.github.bobbyhouse%2Fproject-gutenberg-mcp)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/bobbyhouse/project-gutenberg-mcp>

## 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": "io-github-bobbyhouse-project-gutenberg-mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/io-github-bobbyhouse-project-gutenberg-mcp` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/io-github-bobbyhouse-project-gutenberg-mcp/pull`

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