# SPINES

> Use this tool when you need to discover and manage books, or analyze reading lists. It solves problems such as finding new titles, organizing book collections, and gaining personalized reading recommendations through its search, browse, and filtering functions. The tool takes in search queries, author names, or ISBNs, and outputs relevant book results, reading lists, and collection insights.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/spines  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/spines

## Description

Connects to the SPINES reading platform to search books by title, author, or ISBN, browse and filter book collections, and manage reading lists. Provides access to personas and categories for personalized book discovery. Includes prompts for shelf analysis, book recommendations, and collection comparison.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.96
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-28

## Facts

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

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/spines)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/getspines/mcp-server>

## 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": "spines"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/spines` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/spines/pull`

---
SkillsRegistry indexes agent skills from public registries and GitHub. Skills we have analysed are scanned with Circle-IR and scored on six dimensions; each listing states its scan coverage. More: https://skillsregistry.net/llms.txt