MCP Open Library & File Search Server

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.

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๐Ÿ“š 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:

  1. search_author โ€” search for books by author using the Open Library API.
  2. search_in_file โ€” search for a keyword inside any local text file.

๐Ÿš€ Features

๐Ÿ” 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.


๐Ÿ—‚ 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

๐Ÿ—๏ธ Project Structure

MCP/
โ”œโ”€โ”€ build/           # Compiled JS files
โ”œโ”€โ”€ src/             # Source TypeScript files
โ”‚   โ””โ”€โ”€ index.ts
โ”œโ”€โ”€ sample.txt       # Example file for keyword search
โ”œโ”€โ”€ package.json
โ”œโ”€โ”€ tsconfig.json
โ”œโ”€โ”€ .gitignore
โ””โ”€โ”€ README.md

โš™๏ธ Setup & Run

  1. Install dependencies

    npm install
    
  2. Build

    npm run build
    
  3. Run

    npm start
    

    Or directly (without compiling):

    npm run dev
    

๐Ÿงฉ Example: Using in MCP Inspector

For search_in_file:

{
  "filePath": "./sample.txt",
  "keyword": "OpenAI"
}

For search_author:

{
  "author": "tolkien"
}

๐Ÿง  Technologies


๐Ÿงพ License

MIT License ยฉ 2025


๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ’ป Author

Your Name ๐Ÿ“ง maniranjan1512@gmail.com ๐ŸŒ github.com/maniranjan2023

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