Gentleman Book MCP Server

This is an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that allows AI assistants like Claude to read, search, and understand content from the Gentleman Programming Book.

Local serverstdio

What is the Gentleman Book MCP Server?

Gentleman Book is an MCP project maintained in the alan-thegentleman/gentleman-book-mcp repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “This is an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that allows AI assistants like Claude to read, search, and understand content from the Gentleman Programming Book”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Local setup

The project provides a local client configuration using /absolute/path/to/gentleman-book-mcp. Follow the repository’s build and installation steps before copying it, and replace example paths with the paths on your own computer.

Configuration values

The example declares BOOK_PATH. 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 Gentleman Book MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gentleman-book": {
      "command": "/absolute/path/to/gentleman-book-mcp",
      "env": {
        "BOOK_PATH": "/path/to/gentleman-programming-book/src/data/book"
      }
    }
  }
}

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