ebook-mcp MCP — Casos de uso, Instalar & Demo ao vivo

Por que usar

Principais recursos

EPUB: metadata, TOC, chapter content, batch processing
PDF: metadata, TOC, page/chapter extraction, Markdown output
Batch ops across a folder of books
Python-based, install via uv pip install -e .
Apache 2.0

Demo ao vivo

Como fica na prática

ebook.replay ▶ pronto

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Instalar

Escolha seu cliente

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json · Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ebook": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "ebook-mcp"
      ],
      "_inferred": true
    }
  }
}

Abra Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config. Reinicie após salvar.

~/.cursor/mcp.json · .cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ebook": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "ebook-mcp"
      ],
      "_inferred": true
    }
  }
}

Cursor usa o mesmo esquema mcpServers que o Claude Desktop. Config de projeto vence a global.

VS Code → Cline → MCP Servers → Edit

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ebook": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "ebook-mcp"
      ],
      "_inferred": true
    }
  }
}

Clique no ícone MCP Servers na barra lateral do Cline, depois "Edit Configuration".

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ebook": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "ebook-mcp"
      ],
      "_inferred": true
    }
  }
}

Mesmo formato do Claude Desktop. Reinicie o Windsurf para aplicar.

~/.continue/config.json

{
  "mcpServers": [
    {
      "name": "ebook",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "ebook-mcp"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

O Continue usa um array de objetos de servidor em vez de um map.

~/.config/zed/settings.json

{
  "context_servers": {
    "ebook": {
      "command": {
        "path": "uvx",
        "args": [
          "ebook-mcp"
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

Adicione em context_servers. Zed recarrega automaticamente ao salvar.

claude mcp add ebook -- uvx ebook-mcp

Uma linha só. Verifique com claude mcp list. Remova com claude mcp remove.

Casos de uso

Usos do mundo real: ebook-mcp

Find and quote a passage you vaguely remember

👤 Readers / researchers ⏱ ~5 min beginner

Quando usar: 'There was something in that book about X...' — you need the exact quote and can't be bothered to flip pages.

Pré-requisitos

The book file on disk — EPUB or PDF

Fluxo

Load TOC

Show me the TOC of ~/Books/deep-work.epub. Which chapter likely discusses shallow work vs deep work?✓ Copiado

→ TOC + best-guess chapter
Pull the chapter

Get the text of chapter 3. Find the passage about shallow-work-as-default.✓ Copiado

→ Quoted passage

Resultado: Quote in hand, citable, in 2 minutes.

Armadilhas

Scanned PDFs have no text layer — Run OCR first

Generate a chapter-by-chapter summary of a technical book

👤 Engineers learning from a book on their TBR ⏱ ~30 min intermediate

Quando usar: You want to decide whether to actually read a book, or need a refresher after finishing.

Fluxo

TOC first

Load TOC of book.pdf. Show me chapter titles and approximate page ranges.✓ Copiado

→ Outline
Per-chapter summary

For each chapter, load its content and produce a 3-bullet summary. Output as a single Markdown doc.✓ Copiado

→ Complete book digest

Resultado: A 1-2 page book digest you can share or revisit.

Armadilhas

Huge books blow the token budget if you load all chapters at once — Process one chapter at a time; write intermediate summaries to disk

Combine com: filesystem

Audit your ebook library's metadata

👤 Calibre users, ebook hoarders ⏱ ~15 min beginner

Quando usar: Your library has 500 ebooks and you want to find ones with missing title/author metadata.

Fluxo

Scan

For each .epub under ~/Books, get metadata. List any where title or author is missing or contains 'Unknown'.✓ Copiado

→ Incomplete-metadata list

Resultado: Quick metadata hygiene pass.

Combine com: filesystem

Combinações

Combine com outros MCPs para 10× de alavancagem

ebook + local-rag

Build a searchable library index

For each book, get_chapter by chapter, ingest into local-rag with book title as source.✓ Copiado

ebook + notion

Auto-populate your reading journal

Take this just-finished book; summarize each chapter; create a Notion page in 'Books Read'.✓ Copiado

Ferramentas

O que este MCP expõe

Ferramenta	Entradas	Quando chamar	Custo
get_metadata	path: str	First pass on any book	free
get_toc	path: str	Before pulling chapter content	free
get_chapter	path, chapter_id or id_range	Load a specific chapter	free
get_pages	path, from_page, to_page (PDF only)	Page-range extraction for PDFs	free

Custo e limites

O que custa rodar

Cota de API: None
Tokens por chamada: Chapters 2k-30k tokens depending on length
Monetário: Free (Apache 2.0)
Dica: Always load TOC first. Then load chapters one at a time rather than the whole book.

Segurança

Permissões, segredos, alcance

Armazenamento de credenciais: None — local files only

Saída de dados: Book content goes to your LLM provider

Respect copyright — this tool lets you query your own books; don't republish.
DRM-protected files will not parse; remove DRM only where legally permitted in your jurisdiction.

Solução de problemas

Erros comuns e correções

Unable to parse PDF

Scanned/image-only PDF has no text layer. Run ocrmypdf first.

Verificar: pdftotext input.pdf - | head

EPUB chapter ID not found

IDs come from the TOC exactly. Call get_toc first.

Large PDF makes get_chapter timeout

Use get_pages with a smaller page range; batch.

Alternativas

ebook-mcp vs. outros

Alternativa	Quando usar	Troca
Calibre + custom script	You want full Calibre integration	More setup; no MCP wrapper
pdfplumber / pymupdf directly	You build your own tooling	Build your own MCP wrapper

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Recursos

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