Handbook runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 37 installs a week from npm. Last commit 6 Mar 2026.
MCP server for the Handbook API – manage handbook entries via CRUD, overview and tag search.
Nothing serious here today
Today is the operative word: we check Handbook every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.
Connect this server
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add handbook -e 'HANDBOOK_API_TOKEN=<HANDBOOK_API_TOKEN>' -- npx -y @ah-oh/handbook-mcp-server{
"mcpServers": {
"handbook": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@ah-oh/handbook-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"HANDBOOK_API_TOKEN": "<HANDBOOK_API_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.handbook]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@ah-oh/handbook-mcp-server"]
env = { HANDBOOK_API_TOKEN = "<HANDBOOK_API_TOKEN>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"handbook": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@ah-oh/handbook-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"HANDBOOK_API_TOKEN": "<HANDBOOK_API_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"handbook": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@ah-oh/handbook-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"HANDBOOK_API_TOKEN": "<HANDBOOK_API_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<HANDBOOK_API_TOKEN> (Bearer token for authenticating with the Handbook API).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
HANDBOOK_API_URL (Base URL of the Handbook API (default: https://handbook.ah-oh.com/handbook-api)).
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Handbook — questions
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