Terobyte/librarian-cli
by Various
π Any ebook β clean token-counted Markdown chapters. Let Claude read your bookshelf over MCP β and catch it misquoting your books. Deterministic RAG: no embeddings, no network, no
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Terobyte/librarian-cli
Added 8 Sept 2026
Overview
A Python CLI that converts ebooks into clean, token-counted Markdown chapters. It lets Claude read books over MCP and uses deterministic RAG with no embeddings, network, or API keys. Designed to catch misquotations by Claude.
Best for
Best for
Developers who want a deterministic, offline way to feed ebooks to Claude via MCP.
Use cases
- Convert ebooks to Markdown chapters for LLM ingestion
- Expose a bookshelf to Claude via MCP
- Run deterministic retrieval without embeddings or external services
Notes
A Python CLI that converts ebooks into clean, token-counted Markdown chapters. It lets Claude read books over MCP and uses deterministic RAG with no embeddings, network, or API keys. Designed to catch misquotations by Claude.
2 stars on GitHub. Last updated 2026-09-01. Licensed MIT.
Use cases
- Convert ebooks to Markdown chapters for LLM ingestion
- Expose a bookshelf to Claude via MCP
- Run deterministic retrieval without embeddings or external services
Pros
- No external dependencies for retrieval (no embeddings, network, API keys)
- Token-counted output helps manage context limits
- Open source Python CLI
Cons
- Very low community adoption (2 GitHub stars)
- Focused on ebooks, not arbitrary document formats
- Requires MCP setup for Claude integration
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Pros
- No external dependencies for retrieval (no embeddings, network, API keys)
- Token-counted output helps manage context limits
- Open source Python CLI
Cons
- Very low community adoption (2 GitHub stars)
- Focused on ebooks, not arbitrary document formats
- Requires MCP setup for Claude integration
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