mcp-open-library vs filesystem

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	mcp-open-library by 8enSmith	filesystem by modelcontextprotocol
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Categories	Knowledge GraphAI / LLM ToolsDeveloper Tools	File SystemDeveloper ToolsProductivity
Language	TypeScript	TypeScript
Last commit	1 mo ago	this month

mcp-open-library · Summary

An MCP server providing book and author information search via Open Library API with comprehensive tools for AI assistants.

filesystem · Summary

A feature-rich MCP server for filesystem operations with dynamic directory access control.

mcp-open-library · Use cases

AI assistants providing book recommendations and author information
Research tools that need to access bibliographic data
Applications that display book covers and author photos

filesystem · Use cases

Enable AI models to read and write project files during development
Allow Claude or other MCP clients to browse and analyze codebases
Provide secure sandboxed access to specific directories for content generation

mcp-open-library · Install

Installing via Smithery

To install MCP Open Library for Claude Desktop automatically via [Smithery](https://smithery.ai/server/@8enSmith/mcp-open-library):

npx -y @smithery/cli install @8enSmith/mcp-open-library --client claude

Manual Installation

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/8enSmith/mcp-open-library.git
cd mcp-open-library

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Build the project
npm run build

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add the following to your Claude Desktop config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "open-library": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/mcp-open-library/build/index.js"]
    }
  }
}

filesystem · Install

Installation

Using NPX

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem",
        "/path/to/allowed/directory"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Using Docker

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "--mount", "type=bind,src=/path/to/allowed/dir,dst=/projects/allowed/dir",
        "mcp/filesystem",
        "/projects"
      ]
    }
  }
}

VS Code Extension

Click the installation buttons in the README to install directly in VS Code.

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