Books & Film MCP Server
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
No arguments | |||
Instructions
Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.
This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.
Capabilities
Features and capabilities supported by this server
Protocol revision2025-11-25
| Capability | Details |
|---|---|
| tools | {
"listChanged": true
} |
| resources | {
"listChanged": true
} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| books_openlibrary_searchB | Search Open Library (works by default). Supports q/title/author, pagination, fields, sort, lang. |
| books_openlibrary_get_workC | Fetch a work by OLID (e.g., OL27448W). |
| books_openlibrary_get_editionC | Fetch an edition by OLID (e.g., OL7058607M). |
| books_google_searchB | Search Google Books volumes with structured field support (intitle, inauthor, etc.) or general query. |
| books_google_get_volumeC | Fetch a single volume by id. |
| scholarly_openalex_search_worksC | Search OpenAlex works with advanced filtering options for scholarly literature. |
| scholarly_openalex_get_workC | Get an OpenAlex work by id/URI. |
| scholarly_crossref_search_worksC | Search Crossref works with structured query parameters and advanced filtering. |
| scholarly_crossref_get_by_doiC | Fetch Crossref work metadata by DOI. |
| film_tmdb_search_movieC | Search The Movie Database for movies. |
| film_tmdb_get_movieB | Get TMDb movie details by id with optional append_to_response. |
| film_omdb_searchC | Search OMDb by title/year/type. |
| film_omdb_getC | Fetch OMDb details by imdbId or title/year. |
| se_libris_xsearchB | Search LIBRIS (Swedish National Library) with structured field support and boolean queries. |
| se_libris_oai_list_recordsC | Harvest LIBRIS via OAI-PMH ListRecords (XML string). Supports resumptionToken. |
| books_search_across_allB | Search simultaneously across Google Books, Open Library, and LIBRIS for books and publications. |
| scholarly_search_across_allB | Search simultaneously across OpenAlex and Crossref for academic publications. |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| openlibrary-work | Fetch an Open Library work by OLID. |
| openlibrary-edition | Fetch an Open Library edition by OLID. |
| googlebooks-volume | Fetch a Google Books volume by id. |
| openalex-work | Fetch OpenAlex work by id. |
| crossref-work | Fetch Crossref work by DOI. |
| tmdb-movie | Fetch TMDb movie by id. |
| omdb-by-imdb | Fetch OMDb movie/series by IMDb id. |
| libris-xsearch | Xsearch free-text search (JSON). |
| libris-oai-listrecords | OAI-PMH harvest (XML). |
TDQS
Scored across 17 tools
Most tools are clearly distinct by source and action (e.g., openlibrary_get_work vs google_get_volume target different providers). The main ambiguity is between the individual provider searches (books_openlibrary_search, books_google_search) and the aggregated books_search_across_all, which may cause an agent to pick one when the other is more appropriate. Overall though, the provider prefixes and resource nouns differentiate most tools well.
The pattern follows domain_source_action/resource (e.g., books_openlibrary_get_work, scholarly_crossref_search_works), which is fairly consistent. However, verbs vary between search/get/fetch/xsearch/oai_list_records, and there is no uniform approach (search vs fetch vs xsearch). The three main domains (books, scholarly, film, se) use the same prefix style, but the verb choices are inconsistent across tools.
17 tools is on the heavy side for what appears to be a media discovery/search server. Several tools serve nearly identical purposes across providers (get/search for the same kind of content in OpenLibrary, Google, Crossref, OpenAlex, TMDb, OMDb), which inflates the count without adding much functional breadth. However, the count is not extreme and is defensible given the multi-provider aggregator approach.
The search and get lifecycle is well covered for books, scholarly works, and films across multiple providers, and the aggregated cross-search tools are a thoughtful addition. However, there are notable gaps: no CRUD operations (create/update/delete is not expected for read-only catalogs, but the OAI-PMH harvester stands out as an odd inclusion without broader publisher/collection management), and the film domain lacks search-across-all aggregation like books and scholarly have, which is an inconsistency in coverage.