List all collections in my Apple Books library. Output is one row per collection: [id] title. Use describe_collection(id) for details or get_collection_books(id) to list its books.

Args: limit: Max collections to return (1–500, default 200). offset: Collections to skip, for paging.

List the books in a collection as lean rows: [id] title by author. Descriptions are intentionally omitted — collections with many books would otherwise emit tens of thousands of chars of marketing blurb. Use describe_book(id) for details on any specific book.

Args: collection_id: The collection's numeric ID.

Describe a specific collection in detail — title, details text, and the books contained in it.

Args: collection_id: The collection's numeric ID.

Search for collections by title (substring match). Output is one row per match: [id] title.

Args: title: The title to search for.

Create a new collection in the user's Apple Books library. Requires write access and Books to be quit; a backup is taken automatically.

Args: title: Name for the new collection. details: Optional description.

Rename a user-created collection (built-in collections are refused). Requires write access and Books to be quit.

Args: collection_id: The collection's numeric ID. new_title: The new name.

Delete a user-created collection (built-in collections are refused). The books inside are NOT deleted — only the collection. Requires write access and Books to be quit.

Args: collection_id: The collection's numeric ID.

Add a book to a collection (user-created collections and "Want to Read"). Idempotent. Requires write access and Books to be quit.

Args: collection_id: The collection's numeric ID. book_id: The book's numeric ID.

Remove a book from a collection (the book stays in the library). Idempotent. Requires write access and Books to be quit.

Args: collection_id: The collection's numeric ID. book_id: The book's numeric ID.

List all books in my Apple Books library. Output is one row per book: [id] title by author. Use describe_book(id) for details on any book.

Args: limit: Max books to return (1–500, default 200). offset: Books to skip, for paging; a footer names the next offset when there are more.

Describe a specific book in detail — metadata (title, author, genre, page count), reading status (progress, last opened, finished date), and annotation count. Also whether the chapter tools can read its text (Readable text:, and why not), and an Open in Books: link (ibooks://assetid/...) that opens it in Apple Books.

Args: book_id: The book's numeric ID.

Search for books whose title or author contains query, ignoring case, accents and quote/dash style ("don't" finds "Don’t", "godel" finds "Gödel"). Output is one row per book, by book id: [id] title by author. Use describe_book(id) for details.

Args: query: Text to find in the title or the author's name. limit: Max books to return (1–500, default 200). offset: Books to skip, for paging; a footer names the next offset when there are more.

Search for books by title (substring match, ignoring case, accents and quote/dash style). Output is one row per match: [id] title by author. Use describe_book(id) for details, and search_books to match authors too.

Args: title: The title to search for. limit: Max books to return (1–500, default 200). offset: Books to skip, for paging; a footer names the next offset when there are more.

Get books whose genre matches the given string (substring match). Output is one row per match: [id] title by author (genre).

Args: genre: The genre to search for (e.g. "Romance", "Philosophy"). limit: Max books to return (1–500, default 200). offset: Books to skip, for paging.

Get books currently being read (progress > 0% and < 100%). Output per row: [id] title by author with a progress summary below.

Args: limit: Max books to return (1–500, default 200). offset: Books to skip, for paging.

Get books that have been finished. Output per row: [id] title by author with a progress summary below.

Args: limit: Max books to return (1–500, default 200). offset: Books to skip, for paging.

Get books that haven't been started yet (0% progress). Output per row: [id] title by author with a progress summary below.

Args: limit: Max books to return (1–500, default 200). offset: Books to skip, for paging.

Get the most recently read books, newest first (by when each was last opened or read, whichever is later). Output per row: [id] title by author with a progress summary below.

Args: limit: Max books to return (1–500, default 10). offset: Books to skip, for paging.

Browse all annotations grouped by book, most recent first. Rows: [annotation_id] <text> — <chapter title> (ch=<id>), with the user's note, if any, on a second line prefixed with ↳ note:. Pass ch=<id> to get_chapter_content for the chapter, or call get_annotation_context(annotation_id) for the passage around a specific highlight.

Args: limit: Max annotations to return (1–500, default 50). offset: Annotations to skip, for paging; a footer names the next offset when there are more.

List annotations within a specific book in reading order (their position in the book). Rows are lean — [annotation_id] <text> — <chapter> (ch=<id>) — with the user's note, if any, on a second line prefixed with ↳ note:.

Args: book_id: The book's numeric ID. limit: Max annotations to return (1–500, default 50). offset: Annotations to skip, for paging; a footer names the next offset when there are more.

Browse highlights of a particular color, grouped by book.

Output is one row per highlight: [id] text — chapter. The book's name is shown once in the header, with a count of matching highlights on this page.

Args: color: yellow, green, blue, pink, or purple. limit: Max annotations to return (1–500, default 50). offset: Annotations to skip, for paging. order_by: newest (default) or oldest first.

Search user notes (not highlights) by substring, grouped by book. Output shows the highlighted passage on the primary row and the matching note on a second line prefixed with ↳ note:.

Args: note: Substring to find inside note bodies. limit: Max annotations to return (1–500, default 50). offset: Annotations to skip, for paging. order_by: newest (default) or oldest first.

Search across every annotation field — selected (highlighted) text, the surrounding paragraph, and the user's note body. Grouped by book; a row's note, if any, is on a second line prefixed with ↳ note:. Use search_notes when you only want to find your own written notes.

Args: text: Substring to match anywhere in an annotation. limit: Max annotations to return (1–500, default 50). offset: Annotations to skip, for paging. order_by: newest (default) or oldest first.

Most recent annotations, newest first. Flat rows with the creation time (the server's local time zone) and book name inline so Claude can see chronology across books at a glance.

Row format::

YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM [id] text — chapter · Book Title

Args: limit: Max annotations to return (1–500, default 10). offset: Annotations to skip, for paging.

Describe a specific annotation in detail — text, note, book (with an Open in Books: link), chapter, color, creation date. For the passage around the highlight, call get_annotation_context instead.

Args: annotation_id: The annotation's numeric ID.

Return the passage around a specific highlight — the text before and after, with the highlight itself wrapped in «...». Use this to expand on a highlight without fetching the whole chapter.

Works for non-DRM EPUBs downloaded to this Mac; fails with a clear message for DRM-protected books, iCloud-only books, or older annotations that lack the chapter hint.

Args: annotation_id: The annotation's numeric ID. chars_before: Chars of context before the highlight (0–5000). Default 500. chars_after: Chars of context after the highlight (0–5000). Default 500.

Annotations created within a date range, newest first by default. Flat rows with the creation time and book name inline. Dates and times are in the Mac's local time zone, named in the header.

Row format::

YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM [id] text — chapter · Book Title

Args: after: Only include annotations created on or after this date (YYYY-MM-DD, or YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM). before: Only include annotations created on or before this date (YYYY-MM-DD covers the whole day, or YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM). limit: Max annotations to return (1–500, default 50). offset: Annotations to skip, for paging. order_by: newest (default) or oldest first.

List the table of contents for a book — chapter titles, order, and nesting depth. Only works for non-DRM EPUBs that have been downloaded to this Mac.

Args: book_id: The book's numeric ID (from list_all_books or similar).

Return the plain-text content of a chapter, paginated by default to protect the context window. Get chapter_id from list_book_chapters or from the (ch=...) suffix on annotation listing rows, or pass "current" (the default) for the chapter the user is reading in Apple Books. Works for non-DRM EPUBs downloaded to this Mac.

Default max_chars=10000 (~2500 words) fits most chapters in one call. Longer chapters return a slice with a footer naming the exact offset to pass next. At most 50000 chars are returned per call.

Every response ends with a footer like one of::

(full chapter returned: 4,872 chars.)
…(returned chars 0–10000 of 24,311 [10000 chars]. Call again with
  offset=10000 to continue; 14,311 chars remaining.)
(returned chars 20000–24311 of 24311 [4311 chars]. End of chapter.)

Args: book_id: The book's numeric ID. chapter_id: Chapter identifier, the 1-based chapter order as a string (e.g. "5"), or "current" (the default): the chapter of the user's reading position. A chapter whose id is literally "current" wins. offset: Character offset to start from. Defaults to 0. max_chars: Max chars to return (1–50000). Default 10000.

Return where the user last left off reading a book — chapter title and chapter_id, no text — and an Open in Books: link to the book. Follow up with get_chapter_content for the text.

Works for non-DRM EPUBs downloaded to this Mac. If Apple Books hasn't recorded a position, falls back to inferring from the user's most recent highlight (labeled as such in the output).

Args: book_id: The book's numeric ID.

Get a summary of your Apple Books library with reading stats.