Hardcover Mcp

Created By

kristianedlund6 days ago

hardcover-mcp connects your Hardcover library to AI assistants like Claude and Copilot. Search for books, update your reading status, manage lists, explore series — all through natural conversation instead of clicking through menus.

# books

# reading

Overview Content Tools Comments

Overview

Talk to your Hardcover library from any AI assistant.

"What's on my currently reading list?"

"Add Project Hail Mary to my library as currently reading"

"Search for books by Brandon Sanderson"

"Look up ISBN 9780547928227"

"Create a list called 'Summer Reading' and add The Hobbit to it"

"Show me the Stormlight Archive series in reading order"

"Move Project Hail Mary and The Martian to currently reading"

"What books has Andy Weir written? Add any I haven't read to my want-to-read list"

"Compare my rating of Dune with the Hardcover average"

What's covered

Library tracking — status, ratings, reading dates
List management — create, edit, add/remove books
Discovery — search books, authors, series, editions, and more
Account info — your profile and reading stats

Safety & control

You control your API key — it stays on your machine, never shared with third parties
Runs locally through your MCP client — no external server involved
Actions only happen when explicitly requested — nothing runs in the background
You review prompts and outputs in your client before anything is sent

Server Config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hardcover": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "hardcover-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "HARDCOVER_API_TOKEN": "<your token>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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