A side-by-side look at the Animequotes and Uooks MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Animequotes for art & culture work as a local process; choose Uooks for art & culture as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
random_quote, search_by_anime, search_by_character.search_books, get_book, get_author.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Art & Culture | Art & Culture |
| Quality signal | 53/100 · Good | 53/100 · Good |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | No auth required | No auth required |
| Pricing | Free | Free |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 0 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 3 | 4 |
| Full listing | View Animequotes | View Uooks |
random_quoteGet a random anime quote. Returns quote text, character name, and anime series title.search_by_animeSearch for quotes from a specific anime series by title (e.g., "Attack on Titan"). Returns matching quotes with character and series info.search_by_characterSearch for quotes by anime character name (e.g., "Naruto Uzumaki"). Returns matching quotes with character, series, and quote text.search_booksSearch for books by title, author, or keyword. Returns title, author, year, ISBN, and cover image URL. Use this to discover books before fetching full details.get_bookFetch Open Library edition details for a book by ISBN-10 or ISBN-13. Returns title, publish_date, number_of_pages, subjects (up to 10), description, cover_url, and author_keys for follow-up get_author calls.get_authorFetch an author's profile from Open Library by their author key (e.g., 'OL23919A'). Returns name, birth_date, death_date, biographical summary, and Wikipedia URL.get_book_workFetch the canonical Open Library "work" record (the concept of a book across all its editions), by work ID (e.g. "OL45804W"). Returns title, description, first publish date, subjects, and author keys. Use search_books to find a work_id (the W-suffixed key); use get_book for a specific edition by IS…Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
{
"mcpServers": {
"animequotes": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-animequotes"
]
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"uooks": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-books"
]
}
}
}