Apple Books MCP

Name: Apple Books MCP
Rating: 76.8 (1 reviews)

MCP server providing access to Apple Books library, highlights, and annotations. Enables AI agents to query your Apple Books reading library, access book metadata, retrieve highlights and notes made in books, and build AI-powered reading workflows — useful for knowledge management and second-brain systems.

Evaluated Mar 06, 2026 (0d ago) vcurrent

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⚙ Agent Friendliness

/ 100

Can an agent use this?

🔒 Security

/ 100

Is it safe for agents?

⚡ Reliability

/ 100

Does it work consistently?

Score Breakdown

⚙ Agent Friendliness

MCP Quality

Documentation

Error Messages

Auth Simplicity

100

Rate Limits

🔒 Security

TLS Enforcement

Auth Strength

Scope Granularity

Dep. Hygiene

Secret Handling

Local database access. Personal reading data. macOS privacy permission required. No external access.

⚡ Reliability

Uptime/SLA

Version Stability

Breaking Changes

Error Recovery

Best When

An Apple ecosystem user wants AI agents to access their Apple Books library and reading highlights — building a knowledge base from books or surfacing insights from reading notes.

Avoid When

You use Kindle, Kobo, or other e-readers. Apple Books is exclusively for Apple platforms. Also: read access only.

Use Cases

• Querying book highlights and annotations from Apple Books for knowledge management agents
• Building a reading knowledge base from Apple Books highlights for AI assistants
• Retrieving book metadata and reading progress from personal library agents
• Integrating Apple Books reading notes into note-taking and knowledge workflows

Not For

• Non-Apple ecosystem users (Apple Books is macOS/iOS only)
• Purchasing or downloading books via API
• Teams requiring Windows or Android reading platform support

Interface

REST API

GraphQL

gRPC

MCP Server

Yes ↗

SDK

Webhooks

Authentication

Methods: none

OAuth: No Scopes: No

No authentication — reads from local Apple Books database on macOS. Requires macOS with Apple Books installed and synced.

Pricing

Model: free

Free tier: Yes

Requires CC: No

Free open source from vgnshiyer.

Agent Metadata

Pagination

none

Idempotent

Full

Retry Guidance

Not documented

Known Gotchas

⚠ macOS only — requires Apple Books database at standard macOS path
⚠ Requires macOS Full Disk Access or Books database access permission
⚠ Apple Books sync state must be current — highlights from iPhone/iPad may not sync immediately
⚠ Apple Books database schema may change with macOS updates — verify compatibility

Alternatives

kindle-mcp-server readwise-mcp goodreads-mcp-server

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Scores are editorial opinions as of 2026-03-06.