Shelfclub

app.shelfclub/books · v0.2.0

Tools changed (7 days)

Measured by MCP Station

Last check	Reachable
Checked at	—
Check success 7 / 30 days	—
First-try success 30 days	—
Median response	—
Lookups 30 days	—
Authentication	No auth
MCP version	2025-06-18
Rank score	—
Declared risk	Read-only (all tools declare readOnlyHint)
Capabilities declared	tools
Tool definitions	6 tools · with description 100% · input schema is an object 100% · read/destructive hints 100%

Description written by the publisher, not verified

Search a catalog of 1.7 million books and find books by mood, vibe, pace or genre. Read-only.

Connect

streamable-http · https://mcp.shelfclub.app/mcp

claude mcp add --transport http books https://mcp.shelfclub.app/mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "books": {
      "url": "https://mcp.shelfclub.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Tools as reported by the server

search_books
Search the ShelfClub book catalog by title or author name. Returns up to 10 books, each with its ShelfClub id, authors, description, reader rating, series, shelfclub.app link, and mood, vibe, pace and genre tags (machine-generated, or voted for by at least three readers of the book).
find_books_by_mood
Find books in the ShelfClub catalog by mood, vibe, pace and genre tags. At least one tag is needed. Books that carry every requested tag are listed first, most read first; when there are fewer of those than asked for, books that carry some of the tags follow, and `matchAll` says how many of the book
get_book
Look up one book in the ShelfClub catalog, by its ShelfClub id or by ISBN. Returns its description, authors, reader rating, series, an edition (ISBN, page count, publisher, publication date, language), its shelfclub.app link, and its mood, vibe, pace and genre tags (machine-generated, or voted for b
get_similar_books
List the books in the ShelfClub catalog whose mood, vibe, pace and genre tags overlap most with those of a given book, chosen from its 10,000 most-read books. The tags are machine-generated, or voted for by at least three readers of the book, and a book that has none has no similar books. Returns up
get_trending_books
List the books trending on ShelfClub: the books its readers have been shelving come first, then the catalog's most widely read books. Returns up to 10 books, each with its ShelfClub id, authors, description, reader rating, series, shelfclub.app link, and mood, vibe and pace tags (machine-generated,
get_author
Look up an author in the ShelfClub catalog by ShelfClub author id, which get_book returns for the authors of a book. Returns the author's name, biography, birth and death dates and shelfclub.app link. With `include_books`, also returns up to 10 of their books, the most recently published first, each

Tool changes

2026-10-20: search_books, find_books_by_mood, get_book, get_similar_books, get_trending_books, get_author
2026-10-16: search_books, find_books_by_mood, get_book, get_similar_books, get_trending_books, get_author

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