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252 points iosifache | 2 comments | 09 Jul 25 21:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.573s | source

I was looking around for an MCP server that could connect Anna's Archive to Claude Desktop, as I wanted to be able to search and download books directly through the interface.

I couldn't find any public implementations, so ended up building one myself.

What it does?

- It searches Anna's Archive by keywords. - It downloads books from search results. - It works directly in Claude Desktop through MCP.

Check out the repository's README for detailed installation and configuration instructions.

The code is fully open source and builds run on GitHub Actions for transparency.

I figured I'd share, since I couldn't be the only one wanting this functionality!

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toomuchtodo ◴[09 Jul 25 21:58 UTC] No.44515128[source]▶
Edit: Would you accept a PR to override the search and download endpoint hostnames with env vars? For someone who has their own copy and ES index, it might be helpful to support overriding the public endpoint hostnames (/internal/anna/anna.go#L22-L23).
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1. iosifache ◴[09 Jul 25 22:05 UTC] No.44515172[source]▶
> local copy of this corpus

Are you referring to the JSON index (https://annas-archive.org/faq#api)?

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2. ◴[09 Jul 25 22:07 UTC] No.44515188[source]▶