io.github.caelum29/calibre-mcp

io.github.caelum29/calibre-mcpv0.7.2Search

Calibre ebook library server: search, read content, curate metadata, semantic search, gated writes.

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Using io.github.caelum29/calibre-mcp in Claude, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Cline, or Zed?

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Install the mcpindex gate (one command)

Rewrites your MCP host config so each server launches behind the gate. Inspect first: curl -fsSL https://mcpindex.ai/install.sh | less

uv tool install mcpindex-gate && mcpindex-config-wire

Auditable install path →Watch it hold a drift →

Trust verdict · v1 advisory · method

REVIEWstatus: PARTIALfresh until 2026-08-23 12:50 UTC

screened 2026-07-21tier: scannedgranularity: description-levelsource: registry

Semantic screen found no manipulation pattern in the description. Conformance probe not yet run.

mcpindex.integrity.descriptionpassINFO

evidence“Declared capabilities, no hidden instructions”via static_description

Limits of this verdict

- Semantic screen only - the deterministic conformance probe has not run on this server
- Confidence is reported but not yet calibrated (v1)
- Screen reads the tool description, not the live behavior
- advisory
- registry description only no input schema
- screen model 8b
- Still current: the description we screened is unchanged, re-checked against the registry
- The registry listing (version, packages, links) changed after this screen ran - the description we assessed did not

Semantic screen: an LLM judge reads the tool description for hidden instructions (status PARTIAL). A pass means the description is not lying, not that the tool is safe: a high-capability tool with an honest description still warrants caution. The deterministic conformance probe has not been run on this server yet, so the screen here is semantic-only. Posture: advisory. Confidences are reported but not yet calibrated (calibrated=false at v1). Full verdict history is not shown on this page.

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That verdict was true at screening time (snapshot 2026-08-16).

Contracts can change after screening, with no version bump. The gate pins io.github.caelum29/calibre-mcp’s tool contracts on first sight and holds any silent change before your agent acts - the check that keeps being true on Tuesday.

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Environment variables

CALIBRE_MCP_SERVER_URL

Calibre Content Server base URL (default http://localhost:8080)

CALIBRE_MCP_LIBRARY

Library name; empty = auto-detect the server's default library

CALIBRE_MCP_ENABLE_WRITE

Set to 1 to enable the write tools (update/bulk-update/add/remove); off by default

CALIBRE_MCP_CALIBREDB_PATH

Path to the calibredb binary; empty = auto-discover the standard install location

MCP quality score · maturity, not trust · methodology

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Install this server

Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "calibre-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "--",
        "calibre-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CALIBRE_MCP_SERVER_URL": "<calibre_mcp_server_url>",
        "CALIBRE_MCP_LIBRARY": "<calibre_mcp_library>",
        "CALIBRE_MCP_ENABLE_WRITE": "<calibre_mcp_enable_write>",
        "CALIBRE_MCP_CALIBREDB_PATH": "<calibre_mcp_calibredb_path>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "calibre-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "--",
        "calibre-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CALIBRE_MCP_SERVER_URL": "<calibre_mcp_server_url>",
        "CALIBRE_MCP_LIBRARY": "<calibre_mcp_library>",
        "CALIBRE_MCP_ENABLE_WRITE": "<calibre_mcp_enable_write>",
        "CALIBRE_MCP_CALIBREDB_PATH": "<calibre_mcp_calibredb_path>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline (cline_mcp_settings.json)

npx -y -- calibre-mcp

Claude Code (claude mcp add)

claude mcp add --scope user calibre-mcp -- npx -y -- calibre-mcp

Gemini CLI (gemini mcp add)

gemini mcp add -s user calibre-mcp npx -y -- calibre-mcp

Verdict API

curl -s mcpindex.ai/api/v1/trust/server/io-github-caelum29-calibre-mcp

Free-tier verdict as JSON: decision + dimensions + severity. Call it from your agent before it invokes a tool it just discovered.

Details

version: v0.7.2
category: Search
verdict expires: 2026-08-23
quality: 80 / 100
operator: caelum29

Listing

Listed from the official MCP registry. Unclaimed by its maintainer. Maintainer? Email us →

Provenance

Each verdict is bound to a hash of the exact description it judged, so a re-crawl that changes the text produces a new record rather than silently inheriting this one. Verdict history is hash-chained and anchored to Bitcoin via OpenTimestamps (latest confirmed at block 962,676). Verify it yourself.

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