# @spines/mcp-server

MCP server for SPINES — access book collections, reading lists, and bookshelf recognition from AI assistants

- **Type:** MCP server
- **Trust:** 60/100 (B), scored on the package rubric
- **Verification:** community-indexed — nobody has claimed this listing
- **Version:** 1.1.0
- **Author:** io.github.SuperAgentic
- **License:** MIT
- **npm:** @spines/mcp-server
- **Source:** https://github.com/GetSpines/mcp-server
- **Compatible clients:** claude-code, cursor, copilot, gemini (basis: transport)

## Trust

60/100 (B), scored on the package rubric
- Publisher verified: no
- Install scripts: nothing suspicious found
- Prompt-injection scan: not run
- Obfuscation scan: not run
- Evidence age: 0 days

## Security scan

- **Status:** clean
- **Scanned:** 2026-10-21T22:17:55.828Z
- **Version scanned:** 1.1.0
- **CVEs:** none found by OSV at scan time

## Tools

18 declared. Statically extracted from the shipped source — a floor on the surface, not a census.
- `analyze_shelf` — Analyze a collection for themes, reading patterns, and personality
- `collection_id` — The collection to analyze
- `compare_collections` — Compare two collections for similarities and differences
- `collection_a` — First collection ID
- `collection_b` — Second collection ID
- `search_books` — Search for books by title, author, or ISBN
- `get_book_details` — Get full details for a specific book
- `get_collection` — Get a book collection with all its books
- `list_collections` — List the user's collections with optional filters
- `list_categories` — List all approved book categories
- `get_persona` — Get details about a persona (bookshelf owner)
- `add_to_reading_list` — Add a book to a reading list
- `remove_from_reading_list` — Remove a book from a reading list
- `check_credits` — Check your daily recognition credit balance
- `get_book_pairings` — Find books commonly co-shelved with a specific book (Shelfology)
- `recognize_bookshelf` — Recognize books from one or more photos of a bookshelf; several photos become one collection (uses daily credits or BYOK)
- `recommend_books` — Get book recommendations based on the user's library
- `based_on` — Reading list name or collection ID to base recommendations on

## Install

**Verdict: review** — Installable, but 1 thing to check first: No publisher has proved control of this listing; it is indexed, not vouched for.
**Cautions** (coverage gaps and advisories — never blocking)
- No publisher has proved control of this listing; it is indexed, not vouched for.
**Config** (claude-code):
```json
"{\n  \"mcpServers\": {\n    \"mcp-server\": {\n      \"command\": \"npx\",\n      \"args\": [\n        \"-y\",\n        \"@spines/mcp-server\"\n      ],\n      \"env\": {\n        \"SPINES_API_KEY\": \"<YOUR_SPINES_API_KEY>\"\n      }\n    }\n  }\n}"
```
**Credentials it will ask for** (names only — Forge never holds a value):
- `SPINES_API_KEY` — Spines API Key (required)
Placeholders only. Forge never holds, brokers, or transmits a credential value — replace each <YOUR_NAME> in your own config file. Do not send a value back to Forge; no Forge endpoint accepts one.
- This entry needs 1 credential (1 required). The generated config carries placeholders, so it will fail in the editor rather than at runtime if they are left unset.

## Blast radius

Extensive blast radius — deletes data; holds an api key.
- Floor 52, ceiling 52 (tier: extensive)
- This is impact, not likelihood. A high radius is not a defect: a filesystem server is supposed to write files. It is never part of the trust score.

## Machine-readable views of this entry

- Signed JSON: https://forgeregistry.com/api/v1/packages/%40spines%2Fmcp-server
- Install plan: https://forgeregistry.com/api/v1/packages/%40spines%2Fmcp-server/install-plan
- Alternatives: https://forgeregistry.com/api/v1/alternatives/%40spines%2Fmcp-server
- HTML page: https://forgeregistry.com/registry/%40spines%2Fmcp-server
- MCP: POST https://forgeregistry.com/api/mcp → `forge_get_package` / `forge_install_plan`

## About this document

Generated by Forge (https://forgeregistry.com) — a compact rendering of the same record served, signed, at the JSON URL above. Trust and scan facts are the registry's own measurements; anything Forge did not measure is named as unmeasured rather than omitted.