Hardcover MCP

What it is

A Python server over Hardcover, the book tracking site. It reads your library, reviews, stats and reading goal, and writes back status, ratings, reading dates, ownership and the goal itself. It runs locally through uvx with your own token.

What you get

• search_books, get_book, get_author, get_series and get_edition find a title and return the record, including which edition and where it sits in a series
• get_user_library, get_user_book and get_user_reviews cover your shelf, one entry on it, and what you wrote about it
• set_user_book writes status, rating and reading dates — the write you will use most
• get_reading_journal, get_reading_stats, get_reading_goal and set_reading_goal cover the year's progress and the target
• get_owned_books and set_edition_owned track which physical or digital edition you actually have

Requirements

Install uv, get an API token from hardcover.app/account/api, and set HARDCOVER_API_TOKEN in your client config — uvx fetches the package, so there is nothing to install by hand. It wants a recent Python. The token stays on your machine and the server runs locally.

Setup effort

One command plus a key — uvx hardcover-mcp, then supply credentials

Tools you get

29 tools named in the project's documentation.

Requires

• uvx on PATH
• HARDCOVER_API_TOKEN in your environment

Where it runs

Both documented clients run the server on your machine.