# Great Library Project (remote · greatlibraryproject.com)

Free classics as interlinears: search the books, read any passage word by word, look up any word.

- Trust score: 71/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-10-24

## Components

- remote · `greatlibraryproject.com`: 71/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-greatlibraryproject-library/greatlibraryproject.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-greatlibraryproject-library/greatlibraryproject)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://greatlibraryproject.com/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.0.0`

## Trust breakdown

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. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-10-24.

- **Endpoint Security**: 74/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - No authorisation is required to call this server. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 67/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - 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.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 23/100
  - Stability observed for 7 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 4 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 5 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 60/100
  - Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2025-06-18; the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### 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.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http com-greatlibraryproject-library 'https://greatlibraryproject.com/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-greatlibraryproject-library": {
      "url": "https://greatlibraryproject.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "com-greatlibraryproject-library": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://greatlibraryproject.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-greatlibraryproject-library]
url = "https://greatlibraryproject.com/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "com-greatlibraryproject-library": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://greatlibraryproject.com/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-greatlibraryproject-library --url 'https://greatlibraryproject.com/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-greatlibraryproject-library:
    url: "https://greatlibraryproject.com/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "com-greatlibraryproject-library": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://greatlibraryproject.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add com-greatlibraryproject-library -t streamable-http -u 'https://greatlibraryproject.com/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-greatlibraryproject-library": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://greatlibraryproject.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-10-23 (score 71, +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.

### 2026-10-21 (score 70, +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.

### 2026-10-19 (score 69, +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.

### 2026-10-18 (score 68, 0)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-10-17 (score 68)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (4)

### `list_books` (~157 tokens)

List the books

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.

Input parameters:

- `language` (string): Optional filter on the original language, e.g. "Greek", "Coptic", "Latin", "Hebrew", "Portuguese".

### `get_passage` (~257 tokens)

Read one passage word by word

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.

Input parameters:

- `book` (string, required): 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, required): Passage reference within the book, e.g. "1.1", "17a", "77".

### `lookup_word` (~167 tokens)

Look up a word

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.

Input parameters:

- `book` (string): Optional: prefer this book's dictionary entry and its occurrences first.
- `word` (string, required): The word, e.g. "πολύτροπος", "λόγος", "ἀρετή".

### `search` (~131 tokens)

Search the library

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.

Input parameters:

- `book` (string): Optional book title or slug to search within.
- `limit` (integer): How many matches, 1 to 10. Default 5.
- `query` (string, required): Words to find, e.g. "unexamined life", "the Word", "Circe", "λόγος".

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-greatlibraryproject-library/greatlibraryproject#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-10-24: 71
- 2026-10-23: 71
- 2026-10-22: 70
- 2026-10-21: 70
- 2026-10-20: 69
- 2026-10-19: 69
- 2026-10-18: 68
- 2026-10-17: 68

## Common questions

### 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.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://greatlibraryproject.com/mcp
- Website: https://greatlibraryproject.com/connect.html
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-greatlibraryproject-library/greatlibraryproject.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-greatlibraryproject-library/greatlibraryproject.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-greatlibraryproject-library/greatlibraryproject