INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

get_reading_index

The weekly Siftivo Reading Index: the fiction and nonfiction books moving most in cultural circulation this week, ranked.

siftivo.comnone authenticationAvailability not checked

LIVE ENDPOINT

https://api.siftivo.com/mcp

No auth detected

Connect to this endpoint to inspect the live schema for get_reading_index and invoke it with your own arguments.

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Inferred read-only · medium confidence · heuristic, not a guarantee.

No write-capable action terms were found; this is not proof that invocation has no side effects.

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.siftivo]
url = "https://api.siftivo.com/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "siftivo": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.siftivo.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: siftivo
Remote MCP URL: https://api.siftivo.com/mcp

Add this remote URL as a custom connector in Claude Desktop. Availability depends on the user plan and workspace policy.

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "siftivo": {
      "url": "https://api.siftivo.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "siftivo": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.siftivo.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "siftivo",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://api.siftivo.com/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.

search_books — Keyword search over the Siftivo book catalog.
get_book — Full detail for one book: synopsis, authors, series position, genres, and its page on siftivo.
what_to_read_next — Given one book, what to read after it: the next books in its series, more by the same author, and books that read like it.
get_author — An author, their biography, and the works Siftivo holds for them.
get_series — A series and its works in reading order.
recommend_from_description — Describe what someone is in the mood for, in their own words, and get books that match.
recommend_from_titles — Give Siftivo a few books someone liked, by title, and get books like them.
get_my_library — The signed-in reader's own Siftivo library: what they want to read, are reading, finished, or set down, with their ratings.