Apple Books
Local package path declaredNo credentials listedRepository declared by sourceUpdated 2026-10-01
io.github.vgnshiyer/apple-books-mcp · Registry status: active
At a glance
Access your Apple Books library, annotations, reading progress, and highlights through Claude
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- Execution location
- Local package path declaredMCP-Register · 2026-08-06
- Required secrets declared
- No credentials listedMCP-Register · 2026-08-06
- Declared version and change
0.9.0· Source-reported change date 2026-10-01MCP-Register · 2026-10-02- Repository as declared
- github.com/vgnshiyer/apple-books-mcpMCP-Register · 2026-08-06
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- can be built from the disclosed start template
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Sources and collection
- Runs
- Local package path declared
- Credentials
- No credentials listed
- Registry record changed
- 2026-10-01
- Setup
- Template available
- Registry name
io.github.vgnshiyer/apple-books-mcp- Package coordinate
pypi:apple-books-mcp- Declared version
0.9.0- Source-reported listing date
- 2026-10-01
- Source-reported change date
- 2026-10-01
- First seen by tracevero
- 2026-08-06
- Vendor's website
- https://vgnshiyer.me/AppleBooksMcp
Evidence for this page: The values on this page come from several collections. Each row therefore states its own origin. What the confidence levels mean
Measured values
| Required secrets declared | No credentials listed no Original data – Required secret variables (raw): confirmed absent Original data – Required secret headers (raw): confirmed absent Source: MCP-Register · collected on 2026-08-06 · derived |
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| Execution location | Local package path declared local Original data – Transports (raw): stdio, stdio Source: MCP-Register · collected on 2026-08-06 · derived |
| Path argument present | yes Original data – Path arguments (raw): confirmed absent Original data – Path environment variables (raw): APPLE_BOOKS_DATA_DIR Source: MCP-Register · collected on 2026-10-02 · derived |
| Repository URL listed | Repository declared by source yes Original data – Repository (raw): https://github.com/vgnshiyer/apple-books-mcp Source: MCP-Register · collected on 2026-08-06 · derived |
| Declared version | 0.9.0 Source: MCP-Register · collected on 2026-10-02 · self-declared |
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Source data25
Evidence for this page: The values on this page come from several collections. Each row therefore states its own origin.
| Description (raw) | Access your Apple Books library, annotations, reading progress, and highlights through Claude Source: MCP-Register · collected on 2026-08-26 · self-declared |
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| Environment variables (raw) | APPLE_BOOKS_MCP_ENABLE_WRITES, APPLE_BOOKS_DATA_DIR, APPLE_BOOKS_MCP_THREADS, APPLE_BOOKS_QUERY_TIMEOUT Source: MCP-Register · collected on 2026-10-02 · self-declared |
| Required secret variables (raw) | confirmed absent Source: MCP-Register · collected on 2026-08-06 · self-declared |
| Transports (raw) | stdio, stdio Source: MCP-Register · collected on 2026-10-02 · self-declared |
| Path arguments (raw) | confirmed absent Source: MCP-Register · collected on 2026-08-06 · self-declared |
| Repository (raw) | https://github.com/vgnshiyer/apple-books-mcp Source: MCP-Register · collected on 2026-08-06 · self-declared |
| Package registries (raw) | mcpb, pypi Source: MCP-Register · collected on 2026-10-02 · self-declared |
| Required secret headers (raw) | confirmed absent Source: MCP-Register · collected on 2026-08-16 · self-declared |
| Path environment variables (raw) | APPLE_BOOKS_DATA_DIR Source: MCP-Register · collected on 2026-10-02 · self-declared |
| Remote URLs (raw) | confirmed absent Source: MCP-Register · collected on 2026-08-16 · self-declared |
| Remote hosts (raw) | confirmed absent Source: MCP-Register · collected on 2026-08-16 · self-declared |
| Registry status message (raw) | confirmed absent Source: MCP-Register · collected on 2026-08-16 · self-declared |
| First listed in the registry (raw) | 2026-10-01 Source: MCP-Register · collected on 2026-10-02 · self-declared |
| Last changed in the registry (raw) | 2026-10-01 Source: MCP-Register · collected on 2026-10-02 · self-declared |
| Schema version of the raw record (raw) | https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-12-11/server.schema.json Source: MCP-Register · collected on 2026-08-16 · self-declared |
| Delivery form (raw) | package Source: MCP-Register · collected on 2026-08-16 · self-declared |
| Repository platform (raw) | github Source: MCP-Register · collected on 2026-08-16 · self-declared |
| Repository subfolder (raw) | confirmed absent Source: MCP-Register · collected on 2026-08-16 · self-declared |
| Package identifiers (raw) | apple-books-mcp, https://github.com/vgnshiyer/apple-books-mcp/releases/download/v0.9.0/apple-books-mcp-0.9.0.mcpb Source: MCP-Register · collected on 2026-10-02 · self-declared |
| Package versions (raw) | 0.9.0 Source: MCP-Register · collected on 2026-10-02 · self-declared |
| Runtime hints (raw) | uvx Source: MCP-Register · collected on 2026-10-02 · self-declared |
| Environment variable formats (raw) | boolean, filepath, number Source: MCP-Register · collected on 2026-10-02 · self-declared |
| Environment variable descriptions (raw) | APPLE_BOOKS_DATA_DIR=Folder holding the Apple Books stores (BKLibrary and AEAnnotation), if not ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.iBooksX/Data/Documents. · APPLE_BOOKS_MCP_ENABLE_WRITES=Allow the collection write tools (create, rename and delete collections; add and remove books). Writes refuse to run while Books is open and take a backup first. · APPLE_BOOKS_MCP_THREADS=How many tool calls may run at once (default 8; 0 runs them one at a time on the event loop). · APPLE_BOOKS_QUERY_TIMEOUT=Seconds a library query may run before it is stopped (default 30; 0 for no limit). Source: MCP-Register · collected on 2026-10-02 · self-declared |
| Icon formats (raw) | confirmed absent Source: MCP-Register · collected on 2026-08-16 · self-declared |
| Connection paths (source structure) | {"packages":[{"registryType":"pypi","identifier":"apple-books-mcp","version":"0.9.0","runtimeHint":"uvx","transport":"stdio","environment":[{"name":"APPLE_BOOKS_MCP_ENABLE_WRITES","description":"Allow the collection write tools (create, rename and delete collections; add and remove books). Writes refuse to run while Books is open and take a backup first.","format":"boolean","required":false,"secret":false},{"name":"APPLE_BOOKS_DATA_DIR","description":"Folder holding the Apple Books stores (BKLibrary and AEAnnotation), if not ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.iBooksX/Data/Documents.","format":"filepath","required":false,"secret":false},{"name":"APPLE_BOOKS_MCP_THREADS","description":"How many tool calls may run at once (default 8; 0 runs them one at a time on the event loop).","format":"number","required":false,"secret":false},{"name":"APPLE_BOOKS_QUERY_TIMEOUT","description":"Seconds a library query may run before it is stopped (default 30; 0 for no limit).","format":"number","required":false,"secret":false}],"additional_arguments_declared":false},{"registryType":"mcpb","identifier":"https://github.com/vgnshiyer/apple-books-mcp/releases/download/v0.9.0/apple-books-mcp-0.9.0.mcpb","version":"0.9.0","transport":"stdio","environment":[],"additional_arguments_declared":false}],"remotes":[]} Source: MCP-Register · collected on 2026-10-02 · self-declared |
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Changes
| 2026-10-02 | Declared version: 0.8.4 → 0.9.0 |
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| 2026-10-02 | Path argument present: no → yes |
| 2026-10-02 | Last changed in the registry (raw): 2026-09-30 → 2026-10-01 |
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