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MCP Open Library & File Search Server

MCP Open Library & File Search Server

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📚 MCP Open Library & File Search Server

This project is an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server built with TypeScript and Node.js. It provides two core tools:

  1. search_author — search for books by author using the Open Library API.

  2. search_in_file — search for a keyword inside any local text file.

🚀 Features

🔍 search_author

Fetches book data by a given author name from the Open Library API.

Input

{
  "author": "tolkien"
}

Output A JSON response containing book search results.

🗂 search_in_file

Scans a file for a keyword and returns the matching lines and their numbers.

Input

{
  "filePath": "./sample.txt",
  "keyword": "example"
}

Output

Found 2 match(es) for "example" in "./sample.txt":

Line 3: This is an example line
Line 8: Another example text

Related MCP server: books-catalog

🏗️ Project Structure

MCP/
├── build/           # Compiled JS files
├── src/             # Source TypeScript files
│   └── index.ts
├── sample.txt       # Example file for keyword search
├── package.json
├── tsconfig.json
├── .gitignore
└── README.md

⚙️ Setup & Run

  1. Install dependencies

    npm install

  2. Build

    npm run build

  3. Run

    npm start

    Or directly (without compiling):

    npm run dev

🧩 Example: Using in MCP Inspector

For search_in_file:

{
  "filePath": "./sample.txt",
  "keyword": "OpenAI"
}

For search_author:

{
  "author": "tolkien"
}

🧠 Technologies

🧾 License

MIT License © 2025

👨‍💻 Author

Your Name 📧 maniranjan1512@gmail.com 🌐 github.com/maniranjan2023

Available Tools

2 tools
search_authorC

Search for books on the Open Library API by author name.

Inputs: author (required).

search_in_fileB

Search for a specified keyword within a given file. Returns the lines containing the keyword and their line numbers.

Inputs: filePath (required), keyword (required).

Tool Schema Changelog

Recent tool additions, removals, and schema changes observed during successful MCP inspections.

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    TDQS

    B3.2/5.0

    Scored across 2 tools

    Disambiguation5/5

    The two tools have entirely different purposes—one searches Open Library by author name, the other searches within a local file. No overlap or ambiguity is possible.

    Naming Consistency4/5

    Both tools use the 'search_' prefix followed by a specifier (author vs. in_file), showing a consistent verb-first pattern. Minor variation in specifier type (noun vs. prepositional phrase) is acceptable.

    Tool Count2/5

    With only two tools covering two distinct domains (Open Library and file search), the server feels thin and unfocused. Each domain would benefit from additional tools to be useful, making the count too low for the stated scope.

    Completeness2/5

    The server provides only one operation per domain: author search and in-file keyword search. Missing are common complementary tools like book search by title/ISBN, file listing, or multiple search modalities. The tool surface is severely incomplete for both purposes.

    Maintenance

    ActivityInactive
    ResponsivenessNo recent community issues

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