hardcover-mcp MCP Server

hardcover-mcp connects your Hardcover library to AI assistants like Claude and Copilot. Search for books, update your reading status, manage lists, explore series — all through natural conversation…

Local serverstdio

What is the hardcover-mcp Server?

hardcover-mcp is an MCP project maintained in the kristianedlund/hardcover-mcp repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “hardcover-mcp connects your Hardcover library to AI assistants like Claude and Copilot. Search for books, update your reading status, manage lists, explore series — all…”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Installation

The documented pypi package is hardcover-mcp. The configuration below comes from the maintainer’s example; adapt its paths and account values to your environment.

Configuration values

The example declares HARDCOVER_API_TOKEN. Secret-looking values have been replaced with placeholders. Required and optional labels are shown only when the documentation states them.

Source

Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.

How to install the hardcover-mcp Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hardcover": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "hardcover-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "HARDCOVER_API_TOKEN": "YOUR_HARDCOVER_API_TOKEN"
      }
    }
  }
}

From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.