Google Books MCP connector
Google Books is Google's digital library platform for discovering, previewing, and managing book collections. The Google Books MCP connector allows AI agents to search for books, retrieve volume details, and manage personal bookshelves including adding and removing titles. It also supports browsing public bookshelves and accessing metadata about books across Google's extensive catalog.
Authentication type
- OAuth 2.0 Authorization Code - Requires a one-time user login to authorize the agent to access the service on their behalf.
Uses
Use the Google Books MCP connector to perform the following actions:
- Search for books by title, author, or keyword across Google Books catalog
- Build a personal library by adding and organizing volumes into custom bookshelves
- Retrieve detailed book information including ISBN, publication date, and descriptions
- Manage reading lists by moving volumes between bookshelves and tracking progress
- Discover curated public bookshelves to research industry trends and competitor reading habits
- Automate book inventory workflows by clearing and reorganizing shelf contents
- Access book metadata to enrich product catalogs or educational resource databases
Example prompts
Use the following example prompts to invoke Google Books MCP connector tools from your AI assistant or Boomi Connect workflow:
Find all books about artificial intelligence in Google Books.Show me the details for the book with ISBN 9780134685991.List the volumes I've added to my 'To Read' bookshelf.Add this book to my business research bookshelf in Google Books.What are the most popular public bookshelves for data science?Remove all books from my completed reading bookshelf.Move the Python programming book higher in my technical reading list.Search Google Books for recent publications on machine learning.Display all my personal bookshelves and how many books each contains.Clear my entire summer reading bookshelf and start fresh.
Google Books MCP connector tools
The Google Books MCP connector provides the following tools. Each tool maps to a specific action you can invoke from your AI agent or automation.
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
| searchVolumes | Searches for books matching specified keywords and filters across Google Books. |
| getVolume | Retrieves detailed information about a specific book. |
| listPublicBookshelves | Retrieves a list of publicly available bookshelves. |
| getPublicBookshelf | Retrieves details about a specific public bookshelf. |
| listPublicBookshelfVolumes | Retrieves the books contained in a specific public bookshelf. |
| listMyBookshelves | Retrieves a list of the user's personal bookshelves. |
| getMyBookshelf | Retrieves details about one of the user's personal bookshelves. |
| listMyBookshelfVolumes | Retrieves the books contained in one of the user's personal bookshelves. |
| addVolumeToBookshelf | Adds a book to one of the user's personal bookshelves. |
| removeVolumeFromBookshelf | Removes a book from one of the user's personal bookshelves. |
| moveVolumeInBookshelf | Changes the position of a book within one of the user's bookshelves. |
| clearBookshelfVolumes | Removes all books from one of the user's personal bookshelves. |
