MCP Open Library & File Search Server
MCP server that enables searching books by author via Open Library API and searching keywords inside local text files.
README
๐ MCP Open Library & File Search Server
This project is an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server built with TypeScript and Node.js. It provides two core tools:
search_authorโ search for books by author using the Open Library API.search_in_fileโ search for a keyword inside any local text file.
๐ Features
๐ search_author
Fetches book data by a given author name from the Open Library API.
Input
{
"author": "tolkien"
}
Output A JSON response containing book search results.
๐ search_in_file
Scans a file for a keyword and returns the matching lines and their numbers.
Input
{
"filePath": "./sample.txt",
"keyword": "example"
}
Output
Found 2 match(es) for "example" in "./sample.txt":
Line 3: This is an example line
Line 8: Another example text
๐๏ธ Project Structure
MCP/
โโโ build/ # Compiled JS files
โโโ src/ # Source TypeScript files
โ โโโ index.ts
โโโ sample.txt # Example file for keyword search
โโโ package.json
โโโ tsconfig.json
โโโ .gitignore
โโโ README.md
โ๏ธ Setup & Run
-
Install dependencies
npm install -
Build
npm run build -
Run
npm startOr directly (without compiling):
npm run dev
๐งฉ Example: Using in MCP Inspector
For search_in_file:
{
"filePath": "./sample.txt",
"keyword": "OpenAI"
}
For search_author:
{
"author": "tolkien"
}
๐ง Technologies
- TypeScript
- Node.js
- @modelcontextprotocol/sdk
- Zod
๐งพ License
MIT License ยฉ 2025
๐จโ๐ป Author
Your Name ๐ง maniranjan1512@gmail.com ๐ github.com/maniranjan2023
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