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io.github.mrfentmen/books-mcp

books-mcp

Is the io.github.mrfentmen/books-mcp MCP server down? No. It answered initialize and tools/list in the probe of 2026-10-30.

Search books and fetch volume details from the Google Books API. No key required.

alive probed 2026-11-15 · unchanged since 2026-10-30

2tools
262tokens in Claude Opus 5.5
0.1 %of Claude's 200k window
0.1×the median server
321 msto initialize
8 msto list tools
Run it
npx -y books-mcp@1.0.0 (stdio, probed in a container with the network off)
Host
npmjs.com
Reports itself as
books-mcp 1.0.0
Capabilities
tools
Instructions
none
Of a 1M window
<0.1 % of a 1M context window
Count
262 tokens in Claude Opus 5.5, exact, measured 2026-10-16. With the Claude Code prefix mcp__…__ on each tool name: 282. The o200k_base estimate is 142. Counted again when the tool definitions change. Method.
Repository
https://github.com/mrfentmen/books-mcp
Registry
active, updated 2026-09-21 · registry entry

Most expensive tools

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Tool≈ Claude tokenso200k estimateShare of this server
search_books1387553 %
book_info1246747 %

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