Bookbrainz

io.github.pipeworx-io/bookbrainz

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@pipeworx/bookbrainz

BookBrainz MCP — open book metadata database run by the MetaBrainz Foundation (sister project to MusicBrainz). No auth.

Part of Pipeworx — an MCP gateway connecting AI agents to 1394+ live data sources.

Tools

search(query, type, limit?, offset?) — search any entity type: work / edition / author / publisher / series / edition-group
lookup(type, bbid, includes?) — fetch a single entity by BookBrainz UUID
browse(type, ...) — list works/editions/authors filtered by relationships

Data source

https://api.bookbrainz.org/ — public REST + JSON. Coverage is much smaller than Open Library or Google Books but it's the canonical home for open editions / works for Wikidata-style data modeling.

Quick Start

Add to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bookbrainz": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/bookbrainz/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Or connect to the full Pipeworx gateway for access to all 1394+ data sources:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Using with ask_pipeworx

Instead of calling tools directly, you can ask questions in plain English:

ask_pipeworx({ question: "your question about Bookbrainz data" })

The gateway picks the right tool and fills the arguments automatically.

License

MIT