Public beta

DOAB Discovery MCP

Search DOAB-indexed open-access books and book chapters from an AI tool through one read-only MCP connection.

No account, API key, or payment.

Connect

Paste this URL into an AI client that supports remote Streamable HTTP MCP servers:

https://doab-discovery-mcp-zz7qmtk2oa-ew.a.run.app/mcp

Availability and menu names depend on the client and plan.

  1. Claude paid plans: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector.
  2. ChatGPT Business, Enterprise, or Edu: create a custom MCP app in developer mode under Settings → Apps.
  3. Codex or another MCP client: add a remote Streamable HTTP server.

Try asking

Find open-access books on Ottoman provincial administration.
Recommend books for this chapter abstract.
List De Gruyter open-access books in Syriac studies since 2015.
Look up the DOAB record for handle 20.500.12854/32785.

Scope and limits

It searches public DOAB metadata, ranks candidates locally, and returns source links. DOAB metadata is supplied by publishers: peer-review fields describe a declared process, and their absence does not mean a book was not reviewed. Verify results on the DOAB record and the publisher's own page.

Privacy: Do not send confidential manuscript text to a public deployment. Requests pass through the hosting provider and the public DOAB API.

Independent project: DOAB Discovery MCP is an independent, unofficial open-source project. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or operated by DOAB or OAPEN.