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greenlitbooks.com

Search the Greenlit Books catalog: practical books on AI verification, agents, and governance.

https://greenlitbooks.com/api/mcpWebsiteNo authMCP 2025-11-25v1.5.0last checked 9 Oct 2026spoke MCP on 100% of 90 checks (30 days)initialize in 298 ms

Will my client connect?

Decided from what the probe found at the endpoint, and from what each client's own documentation says it can complete. Every row carries the day that documentation was read.

✓Claude CodeConnects

The endpoint answers an anonymous handshake, so no credential is needed.

claude mcp add --transport http greenlit-books https://greenlitbooks.com/api/mcp

Claude Code docs · read on 2026-08-30

✓Claude (claude.ai & Desktop)Connects

The endpoint answers an anonymous handshake, so no credential is needed.

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste https://greenlitbooks.com/api/mcp.

Claude (claude.ai & Desktop) docs · read on 2026-08-30

✓ChatGPTConnects

The endpoint answers an anonymous handshake, so no credential is needed.

Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode, then create a connector pointing at https://greenlitbooks.com/api/mcp.

ChatGPT docs · read on 2026-08-30

✓CursorConnects

The endpoint answers an anonymous handshake, so no credential is needed.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "greenlit-books": {
      "url": "https://greenlitbooks.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cursor docs · read on 2026-08-30

✓VS Code (Copilot)Connects

The endpoint answers an anonymous handshake, so no credential is needed.

{
  "servers": {
    "greenlit-books": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://greenlitbooks.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

VS Code (Copilot) docs · read on 2026-08-30

How to authenticate

Checked against the endpoint by our probe on 9 Oct 2026. These are the capabilities the server advertises, not a prediction about any particular client.

Scheme	No auth
Protected-resource metadata	✕Not found Without it a client has to guess where the authorization server lives.
Anonymous access	Handshake succeeds; 12 tools listable

Tools

check_claimcite_sourcedefine_termfetchfind_answer_in_booksfind_books_for_topicget_bookget_conceptget_free_chapterget_reading_pathsearchsearch_greenlit_books

Contract history

2 Oct 2026v1.5.01 compatible1 cosmetic

1 Oct 2026v1.5.01 compatible2 cosmeticinstructions rewritten

Instructions rewritten: get_free_chapter. The description an agent follows changed; the callable contract may not have.

29 Sep 2026v1.4.04 compatible9 cosmetic

23 Sep 2026v1.3.03 compatible1 cosmeticinstructions rewritten

Instructions rewritten: cite_source. The description an agent follows changed; the callable contract may not have.

22 Sep 2026v1.3.01 compatible

7 Sep 2026v1.2.01 compatible

2 Sep 2026v1.2.01 compatible

1 Sep 2026v1.0.02 compatible

27 Aug 2026v1.0.03 compatible

24 Aug 2026v1.0.0first recorded contract

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