Products/Productivity/Apple Books MCP

Apple Books MCP

Talk to your Apple Books library with Claude

Productivity1 peopleFounded 2026Direct access to Apple Books library (books, highlights, chapters, reading progress)Reading progress trackingSummarize highlights by time periodQuery library by author or themeChapter text access (v0.7.0)Local-first: data stays on user's machine in Apple Books' SQLite filesOpen source (Apache 2.0)Installable via: uvx apple-books-mcpListed on MCP Registry
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Our Take

The product solves a real problem — your Apple Books highlights basically vanish into the void after you make them, and good luck finding that quote you vaguely remember three months later. This MCP server connects Claude directly to your local Apple Books SQLite files so you can actually ask questions about what you've read, pull up your highlights by time period, and pick up exactly where you left off. It's free, open source, and local-first so your data never leaves your machine — exactly how a reading copilot should work if you're someone who highlights everything.

A reading copilot that gives Claude direct access to your Apple Books library including books, highlights, chapters, reading progress, notes, and genres.

Problem It Solves
Highlights and reading data in Apple Books become invisible after making them - users cannot ask questions about their reading, pull up quotes they remember, or have conversations about their library content.
Target Customer
Readers who use Apple Books and want to interact with their reading data, highlights, and progress through conversational AI.
Use Cases
Summarize what I've highlighted this week, What am I in the middle of reading, and what's collecting dust?, Pick up where I left off — walk me back into last night's chapter, Find everywhere in my library [author] wrote about [topic]
Free Tier
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Differentiator
Local-first open source MCP server that exposes Apple's proprietary Apple Books SQLite data to Claude for conversational queries. Made specifically for readers who highlight extensively.
Why Now
MCP (Model Context Protocol) enables Claude to access local data sources like Apple Books' SQLite files, making this integration possible.
Traction
Notable Metrics: 54 followers, 77 points, #37 Day Rank

Key Facts

Category
Productivity
Founded
2026
Team Size
1 people
Pricing
Free
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