MCP serverio.github.Embassy-of-the-Free-Mind/sourcelibrary

Search 15K rare pre-modern texts translated to English: philosophy, religion, science, literature.

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source-library 4.7.1

protocol 2025-06-18

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Tool	Schema
get_book READ PIPELINE step 1 — DISCOVER. START HERE for any named work or author. Returns the book's AI-generated summary, chapter list, edition metadata, DOI, page counts, IIIF manifest,	input · no output
get_book_text READ PIPELINE step 2 — READ. Read a book's text. Call get_book first (step 1) for the chapter list, then come here. Preferred: use the chapter param to read one chapter at a time (	input · no output
get_locus Turn a CANONICAL CITATION into the actual leaves that carry it. Aristotle is cited by Bekker number (1094a8, 1447a) and Plato by Stephanus number (Rep. 328b) — the references schol	input · no output
get_quote READ PIPELINE step 3 — CITE. Get the exact verbatim text of a single page plus its citation apparatus. ALWAYS use before putting text in quotation marks. The response headline is c	input · no output
get_quotes READ PIPELINE step 3 — CITE, in batch. Get verbatim text + citation_link for SEVERAL pages of a single book in one round-trip, to assemble a multi-passage dossier. Specify either p	input · no output
list_books BROWSES/FILTERS THE CATALOG by metadata (canonical author via author_id, author/title fragment via search, language, category, year range, translation recency) — no content/topic m	input · no output
list_editions Every edition of one work that the library holds — the other witnesses to the same text, across languages and centuries. Give it a book_id (easiest: the id of any edition you alrea	input · no output
propose_collection Propose a themed collection of books to the Source Library team — a title, a rationale (why these books belong together and what thread connects them), and an ordered list of book	input · no output
search_concept RETURNS QUOTABLE PASSAGES matched by MEANING (cosine similarity on Gemini embeddings, 768d) — paraphrases and adjacent phrasings match even with zero keyword overlap. PICK THIS whe	input · no output
search_images Search 200,000+ historical illustrations, emblems, engravings, diagrams, AND 24,000+ artworks (paintings, prints, sculptures). Filter by type, subject, figure, symbol, year. Result	input · no output
search_library RETURNS A LIST OF BOOKS (works on a topic) — NOT passages. PICK THIS to discover which works exist on a subject. → For quotable text use search_translations (exact words) or search	input · no output
search_translations RETURNS QUOTABLE PASSAGES (page-level snippets + citation URLs), matched by KEYWORD/term. PICK THIS to find a quote or textual evidence on a topic across the whole library. → If th	input · no output
search_within_book SEARCHES INSIDE ONE BOOK (requires book_id). PRIMARILY KEYWORD: it runs a lexical search over the book's pages plus a narrow scoped-semantic pass (top ~10), interleaved by relevanc	input · no output
share_findings Share a research dossier back to the Source Library team — a title, an optional summary, and an ordered list of citations (the passages your thesis rests on). Each citation is a re	input · no output
submit_feedback Submit feedback, bug reports, or feature requests to the Source Library team. Before proposing NEW functionality, read https://sourcelibrary.org/llms.txt and https://sourcelibrary.	input · no output

Verify it yourselfnpx teppi-check https://sourcelibrary.org/api/mcpcurl -s https://api.teppi.xyz/v1/trust/mcp/mcs_01M1FZ2BYXWEM991NC6ZCVP6MS