# Books Like This (remote · goodturn-mcp.pages.dev)

Books like one you enjoyed, a book's details and any film of it, and an author's books.

- Trust score: 70/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-28

## Components

- remote · `goodturn-mcp.pages.dev`: 70/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/goodturnstudio-bookslikethis/bookslikethis-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/goodturnstudio-bookslikethis/bookslikethis-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://goodturn-mcp.pages.dev/bookslikethis/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.2.0`

## 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 2026-09-28.

- **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**: 69/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 697 tokens (~232/item across 3 items; 3 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 0/100
  - Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).
- **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 3 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 4 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

**Unverified: 1 category.** A category scored 0 because we could not verify it: authentication we do not have, an unreachable endpoint, or not enough scan history. We only credit what we can confirm.

## Install

### How do I install the Books Like This MCP server?

Books Like This is a hosted endpoint at https://goodturn-mcp.pages.dev/bookslikethis/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 goodturnstudio-bookslikethis 'https://goodturn-mcp.pages.dev/bookslikethis/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "goodturnstudio-bookslikethis": {
      "url": "https://goodturn-mcp.pages.dev/bookslikethis/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "goodturnstudio-bookslikethis": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://goodturn-mcp.pages.dev/bookslikethis/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.goodturnstudio-bookslikethis]
url = "https://goodturn-mcp.pages.dev/bookslikethis/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "goodturnstudio-bookslikethis": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://goodturn-mcp.pages.dev/bookslikethis/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add goodturnstudio-bookslikethis --url 'https://goodturn-mcp.pages.dev/bookslikethis/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  goodturnstudio-bookslikethis:
    url: "https://goodturn-mcp.pages.dev/bookslikethis/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "goodturnstudio-bookslikethis": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://goodturn-mcp.pages.dev/bookslikethis/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add goodturnstudio-bookslikethis -t streamable-http -u 'https://goodturn-mcp.pages.dev/bookslikethis/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "goodturnstudio-bookslikethis": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://goodturn-mcp.pages.dev/bookslikethis/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.

### 2026-09-28 (score 70)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (3)

### `get_book` (~157 tokens)

A book's details and any film or series made from it

A book's details and any film or series made from it. Use for "tell me about Project Hail Mary", "is The Name of the Wind being made into a film?", "how long is Dune?". Misspellings are fine. If screen_checked is false, the film and TV check could not run just now, so the film and TV status is unknown

Input parameters:

- `author` (string): The author's name, to pin down the right book or list their books.
- `country` (string): For buy links: US, GB, IE, CA, AU. Default from the request.
- `title` (string, required): The book's title, 2 to 120 characters. Add author for very short or common titles.

### `find_similar_books` (~284 tokens)

Books like one the user enjoyed, or for a genre

Books like one the user enjoyed, or for a genre. Use for "books like The Martian" or "a good cosy mystery". Suggestions are English-language books for the same readers (picture book, children, young adult or adult), one per author and one per series. Well-read books of the same kind come first (picked_from: shelf, and because names the kind, for example "celebrated dystopian novels"), then books sharing specific subjects on Open Library (picked_from: subjects, and because lists the shared subjects). Novels never get self-help, textbooks, anthologies, study guides, category romance lines or explicit books as suggestions, and popular books are preferred over obscure ones. Other books by the same author are left out unless same_author=true. Give title or subject; common other titles work (1984, The Sorcerer's Stone)

Input parameters:

- `author` (string): The author's name, to pin down the right book or list their books.
- `country` (string): Two-letter country code for the shop links, for example US or GB.
- `same_author` (boolean): True to include more books by the same author.
- `subject` (string): A genre or theme, for example space opera, cozy mystery, heist.
- `title` (string): A book the user liked, 2 to 120 characters.

### `get_author_books` (~80 tokens)

An author's books, newest first

An author's books, newest first. Use for "what has Andy Weir written?" or "Sally Rooney's books"

Input parameters:

- `author` (string, required): The author's name, to pin down the right book or list their books.
- `country` (string): For buy links: US, GB, IE, CA, AU. Default from the request.

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-09-28: 70

## Common questions

### What is the Books Like This MCP server?

Books Like This is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.GoodTurnStudio/bookslikethis. Books like one you enjoyed, a book's details and any film of it, and an author's books. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://goodturn-mcp.pages.dev/bookslikethis/mcp).

### Is the Books Like This MCP server safe to use?

Books Like This scores 70 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 Books Like This MCP server expose?

Books Like This exposes 3 tools: get_book, find_similar_books, get_author_books. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 521 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Books Like This MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to Books Like This without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the Books Like This MCP server still maintained?

Books Like This is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 28 September 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://goodturn-mcp.pages.dev/bookslikethis/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/GoodTurnStudio/goodturn-mcp
- Website: https://goodturn-mcp.pages.dev/bookslikethis
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/goodturnstudio-bookslikethis/bookslikethis-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/goodturnstudio-bookslikethis/bookslikethis-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/goodturnstudio-bookslikethis/bookslikethis-mcp