Off by default. Enable by adding `--enable-writes` to the server args:
Apple Books MCP MCP server is a locally run integration for AI assistants that speak the Model Context Protocol. Off by default. Enable by adding --enable-writes to the server args:.
Once Apple Books MCP is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:
Collections — The Collections tool exposed by this serverBooks — The Books tool exposed by this serverAnnotations — The Annotations tool exposed by this serverDevelopment — If you cloned this repository, you can test it using Claude Desktop with below configuration:Debugging — The Debugging tool exposed by this serverContributing — 1️⃣ Fork the GitHub repository https://github.com/vgnshiyer/apple-books-mcp \ 2️⃣ Create a new branch for your changes (git checkout -bThe server ships on npm as @modelcontextprotocol/inspector, so your MCP client can launch it on demand — there is no separate build step. Add the server block to your client's configuration, restart it, and the tools register themselves.
Plenty of developer tooling servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. Apple Books MCP's toolset — Collections, Books, Annotations and 3 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by vgnshiyer; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Collections | The Collections tool exposed by this server. |
| Books | The Books tool exposed by this server. |
| Annotations | The Annotations tool exposed by this server. |
| Development | If you cloned this repository, you can test it using Claude Desktop with below configuration: |
| Debugging | The Debugging tool exposed by this server. |
| Contributing | 1️⃣ Fork the GitHub repository https://github.com/vgnshiyer/apple-books-mcp \ 2️⃣ Create a new branch for your changes (git checkout -b feature/my-new-feature). \ 3️⃣ Make your changes and test them thoroughly. \ 4️⃣ Pus |
{
"mcpServers": {
"apple-books-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [ "apple-books-mcp@latest" ]
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
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