Great Library Project
REMOTE · GREATLIBRARYPROJECT.COM
Free classics as interlinears: search the books, read any passage word by word, look up any word.
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Last scanned (4 hours ago)
Scores higher than 61% of remote servers
Reachable. Last reached 24 Oct 2026.
Category Education and Research
How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. How we score → Why this is hard to score →
Endpoint Security74
- The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key. View diagnostics → Pass
- No authorisation is required to call this server. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Partial
- HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path. View diagnostics → Pass
- HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
- DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
Transport & Reachability100
- Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake. View diagnostics → Pass
Schema Quality & AI Usability67
- AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).Pass
- Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 841 tokens (~210/item across 4 items; 4 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params. See how to fix → Fail
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management23
- Stability observed for 7 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial
Tool Coverage100
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 100% of tool parameters carry a description.Pass
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- We read all 4 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 5 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities60
- Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2025-06-18; the latest is 2026-07-28. See how to fix → Fail
Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.
- 23 Oct 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 17 to 20. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 5 days of observed history at the previous scan, 6 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 21 Oct 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 10 to 13. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 3 days of observed history at the previous scan, 4 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 19 Oct 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 3 to 7. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 1 days of observed history at the previous scan, 2 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 18 Oct 26 0
- Stability: unverified → 0.03 ▲ functional
- 17 Oct 26 68
First indexed and scored.
Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.
Captured 24 Oct 2026 · Probed https://greatlibraryproject.com/mcp
TLS valid
Negotiated TLS 1.3 with TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 .
| Subject | Issuer | Valid from | Valid until | Key | Signature | Serial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN=greatlibraryproject.com | CN=YE2,O=Let's Encrypt,C=US | 9 Sept 2026 | 8 Dec 2026 | ECDSA 256 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 5d195e733f210793f982f43913f3ac91378 |
| SANs: greatlibraryproject.com, www.greatlibraryproject.com | ||||||
| CN=YE2,O=Let's Encrypt,C=US (CA) | CN=Root YE,O=ISRG,C=US | 3 Sept 2025 | 2 Sept 2028 | ECDSA 384 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 4df3b15dd6c0784c507cd37b58e6f115 |
| CN=Root YE,O=ISRG,C=US (CA) | CN=ISRG Root X2,O=Internet Security Research Group,C=US | 13 May 2026 | 2 Sept 2032 | ECDSA 384 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 872165fc34b6e5fba8add5b3705fb53a |
| CN=ISRG Root X2,O=Internet Security Research Group,C=US (CA) | CN=ISRG Root X1,O=Internet Security Research Group,C=US | 13 May 2026 | 2 Sept 2032 | ECDSA 384 | SHA256-RSA | 6c8f1dc727c7117f7baf853ac980f9cd |
Background: What to check on a remote MCP endpoint →
DNSSEC insecure
Validation of greatlibraryproject.com. — Not signed
| Zone | DS | Keys | Algorithms | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | trust_anchor | 20326, 38696 | 8, 8 | Verified |
| com. | present | 19718 | 13 | Verified |
| greatlibraryproject.com. | absent | Unsigned (proven) parent-signed NSEC/NSEC3 proves an unsigned delegation |
Authentication No authorisation required
The endpoint answered without asking for a token. Anyone who knows the URL can reach it.
| Result | No authorisation required |
|---|---|
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Header | Value |
|---|---|
| content-security-policy | upgrade-insecure-requests |
Background: How OAuth 2.1 works in the 2026 MCP spec →
Transports 2 probes
| Transport | URL | Outcome | Status | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| streamable-http | https://greatlibraryproject.com/mcp | Verified | 200 | |
| http (plaintext) | http://greatlibraryproject.com/mcp | HTTPS enforced | 301 | https://greatlibraryproject.com/mcp |
The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →
get_passage Read one passage word by word ~257
Returns ONE passage of a book as an interlinear: the original text, a word-by-word table (each word, its transliteration, its everyday meaning, its literal sense where that differs, and its dictionary form), the flowing English, the editors' note, a citation string, and links to read it in the reader. Optionally adds the immediately following or preceding passage (never more than two passages per call; whole chapters or books are not available, by design). Refs look like "1.1" (Odyssey book 1 line 1), "17a" (Plato, Apology, Stephanus page), "1.1" (John 1:1), "77" (Gospel of Thomas, saying 77). When quoting, include the citation and the reader link.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| book | string | yes | Book title or slug, e.g. "Odyssey", "Apology", "John", "Gospel of Thomas". See list_books. |
| neighbor | string | – | Also return the passage right after or right before this one. Default none. |
| ref | string | yes | Passage reference within the book, e.g. "1.1", "17a", "77". |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
list_books List the books ~157
Lists the books in the Great Library Project, a free library of classic and ancient texts (Homer, Plato, the Gospels, Gnostic texts, Ugaritic myths, Dante and more) presented as interlinears: the original-language text with every word glossed in English beneath it, plus a flowing English translation. Returns each book's title, author, original language, how complete it is, why it matters, and links to its landing page and its word-by-word reader. Use this first to find the right book name for get_passage or search.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| language | string | – | Optional filter on the original language, e.g. "Greek", "Coptic", "Latin", "Hebrew", "Portuguese". |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
lookup_word Look up a word ~167
Looks up an original-language word (mostly Ancient and Koine Greek; any accents are fine, a dictionary form works best, an inflected form usually works too). Returns the dictionary entry the library uses (headword, transliteration, part of speech, senses, etymology, and the named source lexicon such as LSJ or Autenrieth), and up to 10 places the word occurs across the library, each with a short line of context, the gloss at that spot, a citation and a link that opens the reader at that line.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| book | string | – | Optional: prefer this book's dictionary entry and its occurrences first. |
| word | string | yes | The word, e.g. "πολύτροπος", "λόγος", "ἀρετή". |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
search Search the library ~131
Finds passages across the library (or in one book) whose English translation or original text contains the query. Returns up to 10 matches as references with one line of English and links; call get_passage to read a match word by word. Greek can be typed with or without accents.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| book | string | – | Optional book title or slug to search within. |
| limit | integer | – | How many matches, 1 to 10. Default 5. |
| query | string | yes | Words to find, e.g. "unexamined life", "the Word", "Circe", "λόγος". |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
How do I install the Great Library Project MCP server?
Great Library Project is a hosted endpoint at https://greatlibraryproject.com/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.
remote · greatlibraryproject.com
claude mcp add --transport http com-greatlibraryproject-library 'https://greatlibraryproject.com/mcp'
What is the Great Library Project MCP server?
Great Library Project is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.greatlibraryproject/library. Free classics as interlinears: search the books, read any passage word by word, look up any word. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://greatlibraryproject.com/mcp).
Is the Great Library Project MCP server safe to use?
Great Library Project scores 71 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.
What tools does the Great Library Project MCP server expose?
Great Library Project exposes 4 tools: list_books, get_passage, lookup_word, search. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 712 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Does the Great Library Project MCP server require authentication?
No. We connected to Great Library Project without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.
Is the Great Library Project MCP server still maintained?
Great Library Project is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 24 October 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.