Apple Books
MCPB · APPLE-BOOKS-MCP-0.9.0.MCPB · 2 COMPONENTS
Access your Apple Books library, annotations, reading progress, and highlights through Claude
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Scores higher than 91% of MCPB servers
Category Productivity and Notes
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. How we score → Why this is hard to score →
Supply Chain Security13
- No malware scan is available for this kind of package: the supply-chain vendors we use do not cover it. This is a permanent gap in our coverage, not a finding about the package.Unverified
- Known CVEs were checked across the 35 of 35 dependencies we could resolve, so this covers what we could see, not the whole tree.Partial
- Install-script risk not yet assessed.Unverified
- 0 of 35 dependencies flagged as unhealthy. View diagnostics → Pass
Provenance & Transparency45
- Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL. View diagnostics → Pass
- Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
- Clear OSI-approved license (Apache-2.0).Pass
- Actively maintained (last published 33 days ago).Pass
- Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository. See how to fix → Fail
Schema Quality & AI Usability84
- 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).Pass
- AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).Pass
- Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 3927 tokens (~122/item across 32 items; 31 tools + 1 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 Management100
- No destabilizing schema changes in the last 30 days.Pass
Tool Coverage67
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 0% of tool parameters carry a description.Fail
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- All 2 tool(s) whose name or description implies an irreversible operation declare an MCP destructiveHint annotation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 33 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
- Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.Pass
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.
- 31 Oct 26 0
- Stability: 0.97 → pass security
- 30 Oct 26 +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.
- 27 Oct 26 +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.
- 25 Oct 26 +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.
- 23 Oct 26 +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.
- 21 Oct 26 +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.
- 19 Oct 26 +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.
- 17 Oct 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 50 to 53. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 15 days of observed history at the previous scan, 16 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
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Captured 4 Nov 2026 · Analysed mcpb/https://github.com/vgnshiyer/apple-books-mcp/releases/download/v0.9.0/apple-books-mcp-0.9.0.mcpb@0.9.0
Provenance No attestation
The registry publishes no build provenance for this version, so there is nothing to verify.
| Result | No attestation |
|---|---|
| Ecosystem | mcpb |
| Reason | No attestation published |
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Dependencies 35 packages
| Packages resolved | 35 |
|---|---|
| Tree resolution | Complete |
Background: SBOMs and build attestations, explained →
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 →
add_book_to_collection Add a book to a collection ~79
Add a book to a collection (user-created collections and "Want to Read"). Idempotent. Requires write access and Books to be quit. Args: collection_id: The collection's numeric ID. book_id: The book's numeric ID.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| book_id | integer | yes | – |
| collection_id | integer | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
create_collection Create a collection ~66
Create a new collection in the user's Apple Books library. Requires write access and Books to be quit; a backup is taken automatically. Args: title: Name for the new collection. details: Optional description.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| details | – | – | – |
| title | string | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
delete_collection Delete a collection ~63
Delete a user-created collection (built-in collections are refused). The books inside are NOT deleted — only the collection. Requires write access and Books to be quit. Args: collection_id: The collection's numeric ID.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| collection_id | integer | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
describe_annotation Describe an annotation ~78
Describe a specific annotation in detail — text, note, book (with an ``Open in Books:`` link), chapter, color, creation date. For the passage around the highlight, call ``get_annotation_context`` instead. Args: annotation_id: The annotation's numeric ID.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| annotation_id | integer | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
describe_book Describe a book ~108
Describe a specific book in detail — metadata (title, author, genre, page count), reading status (progress, last opened, finished date), and annotation count. Also whether the chapter tools can read its text (``Readable text:``, and why not), and an ``Open in Books:`` link (``ibooks://assetid/...``) that opens it in Apple Books. Args: book_id: The book's numeric ID.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| book_id | integer | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
describe_collection Describe a collection ~48
Describe a specific collection in detail — title, details text, and the books contained in it. Args: collection_id: The collection's numeric ID.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| collection_id | integer | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_annotation_context Get the passage around a highlight ~170
Return the passage around a specific highlight — the text before and after, with the highlight itself wrapped in ``«...»``. Use this to expand on a highlight without fetching the whole chapter. Works for non-DRM EPUBs downloaded to this Mac; fails with a clear message for DRM-protected books, iCloud-only books, or older annotations that lack the chapter hint. Args: annotation_id: The annotation's numeric ID. chars_before: Chars of context before the highlight (0–5000). Default 500. chars_after: Chars of context after the highlight (0–5000). Default 500.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| annotation_id | integer | yes | – |
| chars_after | integer | – | – |
| chars_before | integer | – | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_annotations_by_date_range Annotations by date range ~212
Annotations created within a date range, newest first by default. Flat rows with the creation time and book name inline. Dates and times are in the Mac's local time zone, named in the header. Row format:: YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM [id] text — chapter · Book Title Args: after: Only include annotations created on or after this date (YYYY-MM-DD, or YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM). before: Only include annotations created on or before this date (YYYY-MM-DD covers the whole day, or YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM). limit: Max annotations to return (1–500, default 50). offset: Annotations to skip, for paging. order_by: ``newest`` (default) or ``oldest`` first.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| after | – | – | – |
| before | – | – | – |
| limit | integer | – | – |
| offset | integer | – | – |
| order_by | string | – | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_books_by_genre Find books by genre ~112
Get books whose genre matches the given string (substring match). Output is one row per match: ``[id] title by author (genre)``. Args: genre: The genre to search for (e.g. "Romance", "Philosophy"). limit: Max books to return (1–500, default 200). offset: Books to skip, for paging.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| genre | string | yes | – |
| limit | integer | – | – |
| offset | integer | – | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_books_in_progress Books in progress ~88
Get books currently being read (progress > 0% and < 100%). Output per row: ``[id] title by author`` with a progress summary below. Args: limit: Max books to return (1–500, default 200). offset: Books to skip, for paging.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | – | – |
| offset | integer | – | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_chapter_content Get chapter text ~371
Return the plain-text content of a chapter, paginated by default to protect the context window. Get ``chapter_id`` from ``list_book_chapters`` or from the ``(ch=...)`` suffix on annotation listing rows, or pass ``"current"`` (the default) for the chapter the user is reading in Apple Books. Works for non-DRM EPUBs downloaded to this Mac. Default ``max_chars=10000`` (~2500 words) fits most chapters in one call. Longer chapters return a slice with a footer naming the exact ``offset`` to pass next. At most 50000 chars are returned per call. Every response ends with a footer like one of:: (full chapter returned: 4,872 chars.) …(returned chars 0–10000 of 24,311 [10000 chars]. Call again with offset=10000 to continue; 14,311 chars remaining.) (returned chars 20000–24311 of 24311 [4311 chars]. End of chapter.) Args: book_id: The book's numeric ID. chapter_id: Chapter identifier, the 1-based chapter order as a string (e.g. ``"5"``), or ``"current"`` (the default): the chapter of the user's reading position. A chapter whose id is literally "current" wins. offset: Character offset to start from. Defaults to 0. max_chars: Max chars to return (1–50000). Default 10000.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| book_id | integer | yes | – |
| chapter_id | string | – | – |
| max_chars | integer | – | – |
| offset | integer | – | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_collection_books List a collection's books ~90
List the books in a collection as lean rows: ``[id] title by author``. Descriptions are intentionally omitted — collections with many books would otherwise emit tens of thousands of chars of marketing blurb. Use ``describe_book(id)`` for details on any specific book. Args: collection_id: The collection's numeric ID.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| collection_id | integer | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_current_reading_position Current reading position ~125
Return where the user last left off reading a book — chapter title and chapter_id, no text — and an ``Open in Books:`` link to the book. Follow up with ``get_chapter_content`` for the text. Works for non-DRM EPUBs downloaded to this Mac. If Apple Books hasn't recorded a position, falls back to inferring from the user's most recent highlight (labeled as such in the output). Args: book_id: The book's numeric ID.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| book_id | integer | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_finished_books Finished books ~78
Get books that have been finished. Output per row: ``[id] title by author`` with a progress summary below. Args: limit: Max books to return (1–500, default 200). offset: Books to skip, for paging.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | – | – |
| offset | integer | – | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_highlights_by_color Highlights by color ~163
Browse highlights of a particular color, grouped by book. Output is one row per highlight: ``[id] text — chapter``. The book's name is shown once in the header, with a count of matching highlights on this page. Args: color: ``yellow``, ``green``, ``blue``, ``pink``, or ``purple``. limit: Max annotations to return (1–500, default 50). offset: Annotations to skip, for paging. order_by: ``newest`` (default) or ``oldest`` first.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| color | string | yes | – |
| limit | integer | – | – |
| offset | integer | – | – |
| order_by | string | – | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_library_stats Library stats ~21
Get a summary of your Apple Books library with reading stats.
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_recently_read_books Recently read books ~97
Get the most recently read books, newest first (by when each was last opened or read, whichever is later). Output per row: ``[id] title by author`` with a progress summary below. Args: limit: Max books to return (1–500, default 10). offset: Books to skip, for paging.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | – | – |
| offset | integer | – | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_unstarted_books Unstarted books ~84
Get books that haven't been started yet (0% progress). Output per row: ``[id] title by author`` with a progress summary below. Args: limit: Max books to return (1–500, default 200). offset: Books to skip, for paging.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | – | – |
| offset | integer | – | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
list_all_annotations List all annotations ~161
Browse all annotations grouped by book, most recent first. Rows: ``[annotation_id] <text> — <chapter title> (ch=<id>)``, with the user's note, if any, on a second line prefixed with ``↳ note:``. Pass ``ch=<id>`` to ``get_chapter_content`` for the chapter, or call ``get_annotation_context(annotation_id)`` for the passage around a specific highlight. Args: limit: Max annotations to return (1–500, default 50). offset: Annotations to skip, for paging; a footer names the next offset when there are more.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | – | – |
| offset | integer | – | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
list_all_books List all books ~105
List all books in my Apple Books library. Output is one row per book: ``[id] title by author``. Use ``describe_book(id)`` for details on any book. Args: limit: Max books to return (1–500, default 200). offset: Books to skip, for paging; a footer names the next offset when there are more.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | – | – |
| offset | integer | – | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
list_all_collections List collections ~100
List all collections in my Apple Books library. Output is one row per collection: ``[id] title``. Use ``describe_collection(id)`` for details or ``get_collection_books(id)`` to list its books. Args: limit: Max collections to return (1–500, default 200). offset: Collections to skip, for paging.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | – | – |
| offset | integer | – | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
list_annotations List a book's annotations ~145
List annotations within a specific book in reading order (their position in the book). Rows are lean — ``[annotation_id] <text> — <chapter> (ch=<id>)`` — with the user's note, if any, on a second line prefixed with ``↳ note:``. Args: book_id: The book's numeric ID. limit: Max annotations to return (1–500, default 50). offset: Annotations to skip, for paging; a footer names the next offset when there are more.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| book_id | integer | yes | – |
| limit | integer | – | – |
| offset | integer | – | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
list_book_chapters List a book's chapters ~78
List the table of contents for a book — chapter titles, order, and nesting depth. Only works for non-DRM EPUBs that have been downloaded to this Mac. Args: book_id: The book's numeric ID (from ``list_all_books`` or similar).
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| book_id | integer | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
recent_annotations Recent annotations ~110
Most recent annotations, newest first. Flat rows with the creation time (the server's local time zone) and book name inline so Claude can see chronology across books at a glance. Row format:: YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM [id] text — chapter · Book Title Args: limit: Max annotations to return (1–500, default 10). offset: Annotations to skip, for paging.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | – | – |
| offset | integer | – | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
remove_book_from_collection Remove a book from a collection ~76
Remove a book from a collection (the book stays in the library). Idempotent. Requires write access and Books to be quit. Args: collection_id: The collection's numeric ID. book_id: The book's numeric ID.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| book_id | integer | yes | – |
| collection_id | integer | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
rename_collection Rename a collection ~68
Rename a user-created collection (built-in collections are refused). Requires write access and Books to be quit. Args: collection_id: The collection's numeric ID. new_title: The new name.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| collection_id | integer | yes | – |
| new_title | string | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
search_annotations Search annotations ~167
Search across every annotation field — selected (highlighted) text, the surrounding paragraph, and the user's note body. Grouped by book; a row's note, if any, is on a second line prefixed with ``↳ note:``. Use ``search_notes`` when you only want to find your own written notes. Args: text: Substring to match anywhere in an annotation. limit: Max annotations to return (1–500, default 50). offset: Annotations to skip, for paging. order_by: ``newest`` (default) or ``oldest`` first.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | – | – |
| offset | integer | – | – |
| order_by | string | – | – |
| text | string | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
search_books Search books by title or author ~155
Search for books whose title or author contains ``query``, ignoring case, accents and quote/dash style ("don't" finds "Don’t", "godel" finds "Gödel"). Output is one row per book, by book id: ``[id] title by author``. Use ``describe_book(id)`` for details. Args: query: Text to find in the title or the author's name. limit: Max books to return (1–500, default 200). offset: Books to skip, for paging; a footer names the next offset when there are more.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | – | – |
| offset | integer | – | – |
| query | string | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
search_books_by_title Search books by title ~140
Search for books by title (substring match, ignoring case, accents and quote/dash style). Output is one row per match: ``[id] title by author``. Use ``describe_book(id)`` for details, and ``search_books`` to match authors too. Args: title: The title to search for. limit: Max books to return (1–500, default 200). offset: Books to skip, for paging; a footer names the next offset when there are more.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | – | – |
| offset | integer | – | – |
| title | string | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
search_collections_by_title Search collections by title ~53
Search for collections by title (substring match). Output is one row per match: ``[id] title``. Args: title: The title to search for.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| title | string | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
search_notes Search notes ~137
Search user notes (not highlights) by substring, grouped by book. Output shows the highlighted passage on the primary row and the matching note on a second line prefixed with ``↳ note:``. Args: note: Substring to find inside note bodies. limit: Max annotations to return (1–500, default 50). offset: Annotations to skip, for paging. order_by: ``newest`` (default) or ``oldest`` first.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | – | – |
| note | string | yes | – |
| offset | integer | – | – |
| order_by | string | – | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
How do I install the Apple Books MCP server?
Apple Books ships as an MCPB bundle, a single file you download and open in an MCP host that supports MCPB bundles, such as Claude Desktop. The host reads the launch command from the bundle's own manifest, so there is no command to copy. Before opening it, check the file's SHA-256 matches the one the MCP registry declares for it, 0fe18329889376b756716d14a3e6aa89374af7df1190504185632dcd68039fbc; the commands to do that are on this page. If it does not match, do not open it.
mcpb · apple-books-mcp-0.9.0.mcpb
Download bundleCheck the download matches the SHA-256 the MCP registry declares before you open it. If it does not match, do not open the file.
SHA-256
0fe18329889376b756716d14a3e6aa89374af7df1190504185632dcd68039fbc
macOS / Linux
echo "0fe18329889376b756716d14a3e6aa89374af7df1190504185632dcd68039fbc apple-books-mcp-0.9.0.mcpb" | shasum -a 256 -c
Windows (PowerShell)
(Get-FileHash -Algorithm SHA256 .\apple-books-mcp-0.9.0.mcpb).Hash -eq "0fe18329889376b756716d14a3e6aa89374af7df1190504185632dcd68039fbc"
Run it in the folder you saved the bundle to, then open the file with an MCPB-capable host such as Claude Desktop.
What is the Apple Books MCP server?
Apple Books is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.vgnshiyer/apple-books-mcp. Access your Apple Books library, annotations, reading progress, and highlights through Claude. This page covers its MCPB bundle (https://github.com/vgnshiyer/apple-books-mcp/releases/download/v0.9.0/apple-books-mcp-0.9.0.mcpb).
Is the Apple Books MCP server safe to use?
Apple Books scores 57 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 Apple Books MCP server expose?
Apple Books exposes 31 tools: list_all_collections, get_collection_books, describe_collection, search_collections_by_title, create_collection, and 26 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 3,548 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
What licence is the Apple Books MCP server under?
Apple Books declares the Apache-2.0 licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.