Audiobookshelf MCP MCP Server

Inspect and safely operate Audiobookshelf libraries over MCP.

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Published as ghcr.io/jeeftor/abs-mcp:0.6.0 on oci. Runs locally.

Known issues

6 problems reported by people outside the maintainer team. Issues filed by the project's own owners, members and collaborators are excluded — those are release checklists and internal refactors, not things that will go wrong for you. Showing 5.

Most discussed

Investigate Streamable HTTP transport support

Derived from the AI-generated MCP comparison refresh.

Scope:

• Investigate whether Streamable HTTP is useful for hosted or multi-client abs-mcp deployments.
• Define the authentication and deployment model before implementation.
• Preserve stdio as the default local MCP transport.
• Add docs, tests, and security notes if implemented.

Why this is useful:

• Users who already run Audiobookshelf behind Cloudflare Zero Trust could run abs-mcp near the Audiobookshelf server and expose a remote MCP e

Read the thread · 2026-05-20 · closed · 2 comments

send-ebook-to-device returns malformed response after disabling ABS_READ_ONLY

Problem

After disabling ABS_READ_ONLY=true and restarting the abs-mcp server, the send_ebook_to_device endpoint returns malformed responses instead of valid JSON, causing the MCP client to mark the server as unreachable after 3 consecutive failures.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Set ABS_READ_ONLY=false (or --read-only=false)
2. Restart abs-mcp server
3. Attempt to send an ebook to a Kindle device via send_ebook_to_device

Expected Behavior

The endpoint should return a valid JSON response in

Read the thread · 2026-06-24 · closed · 1 comment

Evaluate Claude Desktop MCPB packaging

Derived from the 2026-06-22 AI-generated MCP comparison refresh.

Scope:

• Evaluate whether Claude Desktop .mcpb bundles add meaningful value for abs-mcp users alongside the existing release binaries, Docker/GHCR image, and MCP Registry metadata.
• Identify the expected package contents, supported platforms, signing/checksum expectations, and release workflow changes before implementation.
• Preserve existing install paths; .mcpb packaging should be additive, not a replacement for binaries

Read the thread · 2026-06-22 · open · 1 comment

Add richer author, series, and collection read tools

Derived from the AI-generated MCP comparison refresh.

Scope:

• Review Audiobookshelf source and fixture behavior for author, series, and collection read endpoints.
• Add read-only MCP tools or resources for useful bounded inspection workflows.
• Prefer pagination and ID-based lookups where result sets can be large.
• Add tests and docs for any accepted surface.

Notes:

• michaeldvinci/audiobookshelf-mcp and sierikov/audiobookshelf-mcp expose broader author/series/collection browsing.
• Keep thi

Read the thread · 2026-05-20 · closed · 1 comment

Add playback progress and bookmark MCP tools

Derived from the AI-generated MCP comparison refresh.

Scope:

• Investigate Audiobookshelf endpoints for playback progress and bookmark workflows.
• Add typed MCP tools only for safe, bounded operations.
• Keep mutating progress/bookmark actions gated behind ABS_READ_ONLY=false.
• Add tests and docs if implemented.

Notes:

• sandymac/audiobookshelf-mcp exposes optional progress/bookmark mutations with mutating tools disabled by default.
• sierikov/audiobookshelf-mcp exposes read-oriented progres

Read the thread · 2026-05-20 · closed · 1 comment

See all 6 reports Pod holds for Audiobookshelf MCP.

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