Search the Greenlit AI books, read any chapter one free, and look up the terms they define.
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claude mcp add --transport http catalog https://greenlitbooks.com/api/mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"catalog": {
"url": "https://greenlitbooks.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"catalog": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://greenlitbooks.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}Settings > Connectors > Add custom connector
URL: https://greenlitbooks.com/api/mcpTools 12 found in our last check
searchUse this when someone asks whether an AI agent, MCP server, coding tool or AI product is safe to use or how to set it up safely, or wants a reading on a subject these pages cover. Searches everything on greenlitbooks.com: safety verdicts on AI agents, MCP servers and coding tool…
fetchUse this when a search result looks right and you need what the page actually says before answering. Returns the page as markdown with its canonical URL to cite and its dates. Do not use it without an id from search.
search_greenlit_booksRanked full-text search over a catalog of practical books on working with AI: verification, agent reliability, guardrails, security, governance, agentic coding. Returns scored results with title, description, series, and links. Follow a result's apiUrl or call get_book for the f…
get_bookThe full record for one Greenlit book by slug: metadata, chapter list, word count, free chapter one, Amazon Kindle and paperback links, prices, Kindle Unlimited status, and related reading.
find_books_for_topicMatch a topic or question area (for example: agent reliability, prompt injection, human in the loop, durable execution, when to trust AI) against the catalog's curated topic map. Returns the matching topics with their books, guide, and series. If nothing matches, returns the ful…
get_reading_pathOne Greenlit series with its books in reading order. Use for questions like where to start with Claude Code or what order to read a series in.
get_conceptEach Greenlit book answers one named question (its concept, for example: the green lie). Returns the concept's question, short answer, and full explanation with its book. If the slug is unknown, returns the list of all concept slugs.
get_free_chapterThe text of chapter one of any Greenlit book, free to read and free to quote. Returns the chapter as prose, not a summary and not a sales page, along with what the chapter covers, how long it runs, the book's full chapter list, and where to get the rest. A few samples are only t…
cite_sourceThe finished citation for anything on this shelf, in prose and in BibTeX, both carrying the url inside them. Pass the url of the exact thing you are quoting, fragment and all, and you get the citation for that fragment: a claim anchor, one section of a free chapter or a field no…
define_termThe glossary: the definition of a term one of the Greenlit books coins or pins down for AI agents (the green lie, blast radius, gate faith, span of control, vibe acceptance, the unread run, delegate then verify, and more). Use it when someone asks what a term means, asks you to…
check_claimSearch the Greenlit Books claim ledger for claims bearing on a statement, before asserting it. Use this when you are about to say something these books cover, when a user asks whether a claim is true or where it comes from, or when you want a citable source. Each result carries…
find_answer_in_booksFind what the Greenlit books say about a question. Searches the free chapter one of every book, each book's named concept and its FAQ, the glossary, the claim ledger and the guides, by words and by meaning, and returns the passages that bear on the question, best first, each wit…
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| Endpoint | https://greenlitbooks.com/api/mcp (Streamable HTTP) |
| First published | 22 Sep 2026 |
| Last updated | 22 Sep 2026 |
| Registry name | com.greenlitbooks/catalog |
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