Connect BookStack to Claude and other AI assistants through the Model Context Protocol (MCP). This server provides complete access to your BookStack knowledge base with 47+ tools covering all API endpoints.

• Complete BookStack Integration - Access all your books, pages, chapters, and content
• 47+ MCP Tools - Full CRUD operations for every BookStack feature
• Search & Export - Find content and export in multiple formats
• User Management - Handle users, roles, and permissions
• Production Ready - Rate limiting, validation, error handling, and logging

# Install globally
npm install -g bookstack-mcp-server

# Or run directly
npx bookstack-mcp-server

# For Claude Code
claude mcp add bookstack npx bookstack-mcp-server \
  --env BOOKSTACK_BASE_URL=https://your-bookstack.com/api \
  --env BOOKSTACK_API_TOKEN=token_id:token_secret

Set these environment variables:

export BOOKSTACK_BASE_URL="https://your-bookstack.com/api"
export BOOKSTACK_API_TOKEN="token_id:token_secret"

💡 Token Format: Combine your BookStack Token ID and Token Secret as token_id:token_secret

💡 Need detailed setup? See the complete Setup Guide

47+ tools across 13 categories:

• 📚 Books - Create, read, update, delete, and export books
• 📄 Pages - Manage pages with HTML/Markdown content
• 📑 Chapters - Organize pages within books
• 📚 Shelves - Group books into collections
• 👥 Users & Roles - Complete user management
• 🔍 Search - Advanced search across all content
• 📎 Attachments & Images - File management
• 🔐 Permissions - Content access control
• 🗑️ Recycle Bin - Deleted item recovery
• 📊 Audit Log - Activity tracking
• ⚙️ System Info - Instance health and information

📖 See the complete Tools Overview for detailed documentation

Find comprehensive guides in the docs/ folder:

• Setup Guide - Complete installation and configuration
• API Reference - All endpoints with examples
• Tools Overview - Every tool explained
• Resources Guide - Resource access patterns
• Examples & Workflows - Real-world usage

List all books:

bookstack_books_list({ count: 10, sort: "updated_at" })

Create a new page:

bookstack_pages_create({
  name: "Getting Started",
  book_id: 1,
  markdown: "# Welcome\nYour content here..."
})

Search for content:

bookstack_search({ query: "API documentation", count: 20 })

git clone <repository-url>
cd bookstack-mcp-server
npm install
npm run dev

🔧 See the Setup Guide for development, Docker, and production deployment

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.

This project is part of the BookStack ecosystem! Check out other API-based tools and scripts in the BookStack API Scripts repository.

• 📚 Documentation: Complete guides in the docs/ folder
• 🐛 Issues: GitHub Issues
• 💬 Discussions: GitHub Discussions

Built with ❤️ for the BookStack community