Libretexts

MCP server for LibreTexts — open textbooks in physics, math, chemistry, engineering, biology, statistics, and geosciences. Built for self-study (aerospace track: phys + math + chem + eng).

Tools

• search(query, library="phys", limit=10) — full-text search one library.
• get_page(library, path_or_id) — fetch a page as Markdown.
• list_toc(library, path_or_id="home") — list a bookshelf or a book's chapters.

Resources

• libretexts://shelf/{library} for each of: phys, math, chem, eng, bio, stats, geo. Attach to a chat for instant catalog context.

Install / run

cd libretexts-mcp-server
uv venv && source .venv/bin/activate
uv pip install -e .
libretexts-mcp   # stdio MCP server

Claude Code config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "libretexts": {
      "command": "libretexts-mcp"
    }
  }
}

Notes

Uses the MindTouch DekiAPI (/@api/deki/...?dream.out.format=json) exposed by each LibreTexts subdomain. Page refs can be numeric IDs or URL paths (e.g. Bookshelves/Classical_Mechanics/Classical_Mechanics_(Tatum)).