Audiobookshelf MCP Server

What the code does

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Things with no honest explanation: a promise that contradicts the code, code that runs at install time while hiding what it does, data leaving the machine.

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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 audiobookshelf-mcp -- npx -y audiobookshelf-mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "audiobookshelf-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "audiobookshelf-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

[mcp_servers.audiobookshelf-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "audiobookshelf-mcp"]

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "audiobookshelf-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "audiobookshelf-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "audiobookshelf-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "audiobookshelf-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: AUDIOBOOKSHELF_URL (Base URL of the Audiobookshelf instance, e.g. https://abs.example.com), AUDIOBOOKSHELF_API_KEY (API key from Settings -> Users -> API Keys (Audiobookshelf 2.26.0 or newer)), AUDIOBOOKSHELF_READ_ONLY (Set to true to register only the 29 read tools and no write tools), AUDIOBOOKSHELF_INSECURE_TLS (Set to true to accept self-signed certificates for this connection only), AUDIOBOOKSHELF_ALLOW_TOOLS (Comma-separated tool names or list_* prefixes to register; 'essential' selects a curated preset (default: all tools)), AUDIOBOOKSHELF_DENY_TOOLS (Comma-separated tool names or list_* prefixes to remove from whatever AUDIOBOOKSHELF_ALLOW_TOOLS left). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.