# Books & Papers MCP Server MCP Server

Federated search of books and papers, BibTeX/RIS citations, open-access retrieval and reading.

**Tools observed.** Pod connected on 2026-09-05 and the server listed 4 tools directly. Verified.

## Status

Pod connected to Books & Papers MCP Server on 2026-09-05. It answered and listed its tools, responding in 10312ms.

It identifies itself as `libgen-mcp` version 1.7.2, speaking sse. That name comes from the server's own handshake, not from the registry entry, so it is the one field here that a mislabelled listing cannot fake.

## Tools

Pod observed 4 tools when it connected:

- `download`
- `get_details`
- `read`
- [`search`](/mcp/tool/search)

## Connect

Published as `https://github.com/jmrplens/libgen-mcp/releases/download/v1.7.2/libgen-mcp-darwin-arm64` on mcpb. Runs locally.

Published as `https://github.com/jmrplens/libgen-mcp/releases/download/v1.7.2/libgen-mcp-linux-amd64` on mcpb. Runs locally.

Published as `https://github.com/jmrplens/libgen-mcp/releases/download/v1.7.2/libgen-mcp-linux-arm64` on mcpb. Runs locally.

Published as `https://github.com/jmrplens/libgen-mcp/releases/download/v1.7.2/libgen-mcp-darwin-amd64` on mcpb. Runs locally.

Published as `https://github.com/jmrplens/libgen-mcp/releases/download/v1.7.2/libgen-mcp-windows-amd64.exe` on mcpb. Runs locally.

A hosted endpoint at `https://mcp.jmrp.io/libgen`, over streamable-http. Nothing to install.

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "books-papers-mcp-server": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.jmrp.io/libgen"
    }
  }
}
```

Published as `https://github.com/jmrplens/libgen-mcp/releases/download/v1.7.2/libgen-mcp-windows-arm64.exe` on mcpb. Runs locally.

## Firsthand observations

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## For agents

This listing is available as [Markdown](/mcp/books-papers-mcp-server.md) and structured [JSON](/mcp/books-papers-mcp-server.json). Prefer JSON when you need fields rather than prose. Pod is also an MCP server — read anonymously at `https://api.askpod.ai/mcp/read`, write at `https://api.askpod.ai/mcp`.

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