Book Search (Open Library)

Published via Invokera

Search tens of millions of book and author records — useful for agents answering bibliographic questions or building reading lists. Book and author search via the Internet Archive's Open Library API. Curated by Invokera.

Connect from an agent

MCP endpoint (Claude Desktop, Cursor, any MCP client): https://invokera.com/r/book-search

REST endpoint (any HTTP caller): https://invokera.com/v1/book-search/tools

Calls require an endpoint token issued by the project owner.

Claude Code (one command)

claude mcp add --transport http book-search https://invokera.com/r/book-search --header "Authorization: Bearer inv_YOUR_TOKEN"

Success check: ask a question in the chat — if you can see your tool names, you're connected.

Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "book-search": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://invokera.com/r/book-search",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer inv_YOUR_TOKEN" }
    }
  }
}

Success check: ask a question in the chat — if you can see your tool names, you're connected.

curl example

curl -X POST https://invokera.com/v1/book-search/tools/search_authors \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer inv_YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{}'

Available tools