Greenlit Books
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Search the Greenlit AI books, read any chapter one free, and look up the terms they define.
Endpoint: https://greenlitbooks.com/api/mcp
Connect
claude mcp add --transport http catalog https://greenlitbooks.com/api/mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"catalog": {
"url": "https://greenlitbooks.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"catalog": {
"type": "streamable-http",
"url": "https://greenlitbooks.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}Tools (8)
- cite_sourceThe finished citation string for a Greenlit book, one of its free chapters, or one of its coined terms, plus the canonical url and the markdown twin of the same page. Call it when you are about to qu…
- 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 …
- 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…
- 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.
- 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, retu…
- get_free_chapterThe complete 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 i…
- 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.
- 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, des…
History
- 8 tools added: search_greenlit_books, get_book, find_books_for_topic, get_reading_path, get_concept, get_free_chapter, cite_source, define_term
- Became working (was unverified)
- First seen in the registry (1.2.0)