Install
openclaw skills install @brucegutman/pipeworx-booksSearch and look up books via Open Library — titles, authors, ISBNs, and cover images from the world's largest open book catalog
openclaw skills install @brucegutman/pipeworx-booksOpen Library aims to catalog every book ever published. This pack wraps their API to let you search by title, author, or keyword, look up detailed book info by ISBN, and retrieve author biographies.
search_books — Search by title, author, or keywords. Returns up to 20 results with titles, authors, publish years, ISBNs, and cover image URLs.get_book — Full details for a book by ISBN-10 or ISBN-13. Includes description, publishers, page count, and subjects.get_author — Author biography, birth/death dates, and photos by Open Library author key (e.g., OL23919A for J.K. Rowling).curl -s -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/books/mcp \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_books","arguments":{"query":"Ursula Le Guin","limit":5}}}'
{
"results": [
{
"title": "The Left Hand of Darkness",
"authors": ["Ursula K. Le Guin"],
"first_publish_year": 1969,
"isbn": "0441478123",
"cover_url": "https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/..."
}
]
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"pipeworx-books": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "mcp-remote@latest", "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/books/mcp"]
}
}
}