# mcp-hathitrust

> mcp-hathitrust — pipeworx-io-mcp-hathitrust. Use this tool when you need to access and retrieve bibliographic metadata from HathiTrust's vast digital library collection. It solves problems related to book discovery, research, and data analysis by providing a programmatic interface to HathiTrust's catalog. The tool accepts queries and returns relevant bibliographic data, making it ideal for use cases involving large-scale book data extraction and analysis.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/pipeworx-io-mcp-hathitrust  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/pipeworx-io-mcp-hathitrust

## Description

HathiTrust Bibliographic API MCP.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.50
- **Verification tier:** unverified

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** container
- **Runtime environment:** vm
- **License:** MIT
- **Updated:** 2026-09-26

## Source

- **Source listing:** [GitHub](https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-hathitrust)

## 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": "pipeworx-io-mcp-hathitrust"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/pipeworx-io-mcp-hathitrust` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/pipeworx-io-mcp-hathitrust/pull`

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