Spines runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 65 installs a week from npm. Last commit 14 Oct 2026.
Access book collections, reading lists, and bookshelf recognition from AI assistants.
Nothing serious here today
Today is the operative word: we check Spines 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 spines -e 'SPINES_API_KEY=<SPINES_API_KEY>' -- npx -y @spines/mcp-server{
"mcpServers": {
"spines": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@spines/mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"SPINES_API_KEY": "<SPINES_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.spines]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@spines/mcp-server"]
env = { SPINES_API_KEY = "<SPINES_API_KEY>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"spines": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@spines/mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"SPINES_API_KEY": "<SPINES_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"spines": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@spines/mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"SPINES_API_KEY": "<SPINES_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<SPINES_API_KEY> (Your SPINES API key).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
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Spines — questions
Answers built from our own checks of this server.