# io.github.mrfentmen/google-books-mcp (npm · google-books-mcp)

Query Google Books: volume search and details with covers, pages, categories.

- Trust score: 71/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +1
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- npm · `google-books-mcp`: 71/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/mrfentmen-google-books-mcp/google-books-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/mrfentmen-google-books-mcp/google-books-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `google-books-mcp`
- Version: `1.0.0`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, 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 2026-11-05.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 81/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - CVE check failed: a known high-severity CVE affects zod 3.25.76, a direct dependency. A fixed version is available.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - 30 of 93 dependencies flagged as unhealthy.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 13/100
  - Repository check failed: the declared repository URL returned HTTP 404.
  - Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published.
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Maintenance check failed: the publisher has marked this version as deprecated on the registry, telling users to stop installing it.
  - Security-disclosure policy not yet verified: we couldn't inspect the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 69/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 71 tokens (~35/item across 2 items; 2 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 100/100
  - No destabilizing schema changes in the last 30 days.
- **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 2 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 2 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.

## Install

### How do I install the io.github.mrfentmen/google-books-mcp server?

io.github.mrfentmen/google-books-mcp runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y google-books-mcp. 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 mrfentmen-google-books-mcp -- npx -y google-books-mcp
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mrfentmen-google-books-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "google-books-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "mrfentmen-google-books-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "google-books-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add mrfentmen-google-books-mcp -- npx -y google-books-mcp
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "mrfentmen-google-books-mcp": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "google-books-mcp"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add mrfentmen-google-books-mcp --command npx --arg -y --arg google-books-mcp
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  mrfentmen-google-books-mcp:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "google-books-mcp"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "mrfentmen-google-books-mcp": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "npx",
      "Arguments": [
        "-y",
        "google-books-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add mrfentmen-google-books-mcp -t stdio -c npx -a -y google-books-mcp
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mrfentmen-google-books-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "google-books-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## 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.

### 2026-10-31 (score 71, 0)

- [security] Stability: 0.97 → pass

### 2026-10-30 (score 71, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 93 to 97. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 28 days of observed history at the previous scan, 29 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-27 (score 70, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 83 to 87. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 25 days of observed history at the previous scan, 26 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-25 (score 69, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 77 to 80. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 23 days of observed history at the previous scan, 24 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-24 (score 68, −5)

- [security regression] CVE-2023-54404 affects this package: high
- [security regression] Known CVEs: pass → fail

### 2026-10-23 (score 73, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 70 to 73. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 21 days of observed history at the previous scan, 22 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-21 (score 72, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 63 to 67. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 19 days of observed history at the previous scan, 20 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-19 (score 71, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 57 to 60. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 17 days of observed history at the previous scan, 18 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

## MCP tools (2)

### `search_books` (~46 tokens)

Search books

Google Books volume search.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (string): Max results (default 10, max 40).
- `query` (string, required): Search text, e.g. Dune Herbert.

### `get_volume` (~25 tokens)

Get volume

Volume details by ID.

Input parameters:

- `volume_id` (string, required): Google Books volume ID.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Vulnerabilities, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/mrfentmen-google-books-mcp/google-books-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 71
- 2026-11-04: 71
- 2026-11-03: 71
- 2026-11-02: 71
- 2026-11-01: 71
- 2026-10-31: 71
- 2026-10-30: 71
- 2026-10-29: 70
- 2026-10-28: 70
- 2026-10-27: 70
- 2026-10-26: 69
- 2026-10-25: 69
- 2026-10-24: 68
- 2026-10-23: 73
- 2026-10-22: 72
- 2026-10-21: 72
- 2026-10-20: 71
- 2026-10-19: 71
- 2026-10-18: 70
- 2026-10-17: 70
- 2026-10-16: 69
- 2026-10-15: 69
- 2026-10-14: 68
- 2026-10-13: 62
- 2026-10-12: 62
- 2026-10-11: 62
- 2026-10-07: 62
- 2026-10-04: 62
- 2026-10-03: 62
- 2026-10-02: 62

## Common questions

### What is the io.github.mrfentmen/google-books-mcp server?

io.github.mrfentmen/google-books-mcp is listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.mrfentmen/google-books-mcp. Query Google Books: volume search and details with covers, pages, categories. This page covers its npm package (google-books-mcp).

### Is the io.github.mrfentmen/google-books-mcp server safe to use?

io.github.mrfentmen/google-books-mcp scores 71 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We recorded 1 known advisory against it as of 5 November 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. 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 io.github.mrfentmen/google-books-mcp server expose?

io.github.mrfentmen/google-books-mcp exposes 2 tools: search_books, get_volume. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 71 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the io.github.mrfentmen/google-books-mcp server still maintained?

io.github.mrfentmen/google-books-mcp is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

### What licence is the io.github.mrfentmen/google-books-mcp server under?

io.github.mrfentmen/google-books-mcp declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/google-books-mcp
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/google-books-mcp
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/mrfentmen-google-books-mcp/google-books-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/mrfentmen-google-books-mcp/google-books-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/mrfentmen-google-books-mcp/google-books-mcp