Google Books integration
Google Books API v1. Search the Google Books catalogue and read the bibliographic, sale and access information of a volume, browse another user's public bookshelves, and manage the signed-in user's own library: list shelves, add, remove and reorder volumes on them, read and write reading positions, and create, list and delete annotations. Search works with an API key alone, everything under the personal library needs the OAuth grant modelled here.
Common Google Books use cases
- cleaning up annotations created by a test run
- clearing finished books off the Reading now shelf
- putting the next book to read at the top of a shelf
- exporting highlights from a book into a notes system
- reporting reading progress across a personal library
- resolving an ISBN to a title, author and cover image
- importing a public reading list into a workflow table
- checking how many books are on a shelf before syncing it
- displaying a public reading list curated by a known user
- syncing reading progress from another reading application
What you can do with Google Books
Each of these is one operation on one endpoint, available both as a workflow step and as a tool an AI agent can call on its own. Nothing bundles several operations into one action, so what a run did stays readable afterwards.
Most endpoints run on the free plan. A few, mainly the ones that publish on your behalf, need a paid plan.
Bookshelf, 8 operations
- POSTadd_volume_to_bookshelf
Adds a book to one of the signed-in user's shelves.
- POSTclear_bookshelf_volumes
Empties one of the signed-in user's shelves.
- GETget_my_bookshelf
Retrieves one of the signed-in user's bookshelves.
- GETget_public_bookshelf
Retrieves a single public bookshelf.
- GETlist_my_bookshelves
Lists the signed-in user's bookshelves.
- GETlist_public_bookshelves
Lists another user's public bookshelves.
- POSTmove_volume_in_bookshelf
Reorders a book on one of the signed-in user's shelves.
- POSTremove_volume_from_bookshelf
Removes a book from one of the signed-in user's shelves.
Volume, 4 operations
- GETget_volume
Retrieves the full record of a single volume.
- GETlist_my_bookshelf_volumes
Lists the books on one of the signed-in user's shelves.
- GETlist_public_bookshelf_volumes
Lists the books on another user's public bookshelf.
- GETsearch_volumes
Searches books by title, author, subject or free text.
Annotation, 3 operations
- POSTcreate_annotation
Creates a highlight or note on a book.
- DELETEdelete_annotation
Deletes an annotation.
- GETlist_annotations
Lists the signed-in user's highlights and notes.
Reading position, 2 operations
- GETget_reading_position
Retrieves how far the signed-in user has read in a book.
- POSTset_reading_position
Records how far the signed-in user has read in a book.
User setting, 1 operation
- GETget_user_settings
Retrieves the signed-in user's Books settings.
OAuth scopes Google Books requires
Each operation declares the scopes Google Books requires for it.
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/booksneeded by add_volume_to_bookshelf, clear_bookshelf_volumes, create_annotation and 13 more
Use Google Books from Claude Code, Cursor or Codex
Connect Google Books in LiveContext, create an API key in Settings, then add the LiveContext MCP server to your client. Its Google Books operations become tools the client can call, next to every other integration you connected.
claude mcp add --transport http livecontext https://livecontext.ai/mcp --header "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"[mcp_servers.livecontext]
url = "https://livecontext.ai/mcp"
[mcp_servers.livecontext.http_headers]
"X-API-Key" = "YOUR_API_KEY"{
"mcpServers": {
"livecontext": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://livecontext.ai/mcp",
"headers": {
"X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
}
}
}
}How to connect Google Books
Create your workspace
Sign up free. Nothing to install.
Connect Google Books once
Add your Google Books connection in Settings. Every tool from this integration reuses it, and secrets are encrypted at rest and visible only to you.
Describe the job in chat
The workflow builds itself in front of you and picks the endpoints it needs. Drag the steps yourself on the canvas whenever you would rather be explicit.
Google Books integration FAQ
- What can you do with the Google Books integration?
- LiveContext exposes 18 operations on Google Books, covering bookshelf, volume, annotation and reading position. Common uses include cleaning up annotations created by a test run, clearing finished books off the Reading now shelf and putting the next book to read at the top of a shelf.
- Which OAuth scopes does Google Books require?
- The operations that declare a scope all need https://www.googleapis.com/auth/books.
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