Free public-domain books, puzzles, museum art and encyclopedia articles, sent to your e-reader.
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Add encyclopedia articles (Wikipedia or 1911 Britannica, by title) to the reader's Daily reads; a few arrive in each edition.
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claude mcp add --transport http fireside-folio https://firesidefolio.com/mcp
Add encyclopedia articles (Wikipedia or 1911 Britannica, by title) to the reader's Daily reads; a few arrive in each edition.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| articles* | array |
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"articles"
],
"properties": {
"articles": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"source",
"title"
],
"properties": {
"title": {
"type": "string"
},
"source": {
"enum": [
"wikipedia",
"britannica1911"
],
"type": "string"
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
},
"maxItems": 20,
"minItems": 1
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}Search the blogs, newsletters and news sites a reader can add to their Daily reads edition. Returns an id for each source.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| query* | string | A topic or site name ("science", "AI labs", "The Atlantic"). |
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"query"
],
"properties": {
"query": {
"type": "string",
"description": "A topic or site name (\"science\", \"AI labs\", \"The Atlantic\")."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}The signed-in reader's connected devices and Daily reads setup (schedule, subscriptions, saved links, queued topics, last edition).
No arguments.
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {},
"additionalProperties": false
}Save a public web page (an article or blog post) to read later. It arrives in the reader's next Daily reads edition — or straight away with now=true.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| now | boolean | Send it to the device right away as its own document. |
| url* | string | The page's https address. |
| title | string |
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"url"
],
"properties": {
"now": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Send it to the device right away as its own document."
},
"url": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The page's https address."
},
"title": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}Search Wikipedia and the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica for articles to read on an e-reader. Returns each article's source and title.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| query* | string | |
| source | string |
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"query"
],
"properties": {
"query": {
"type": "string"
},
"source": {
"enum": [
"both",
"wikipedia",
"britannica1911"
],
"type": "string"
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}Search Fireside Folio's free catalogue: classic and open-licence books, children's picture books, comics, magazines, puzzle books (sudoku, mazes, crosswords-style puzzles, calcudoku…), printable templates, planners and handwriting or maths practice sheets. Returns an id for each item.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| kind | string | Limit to one kind (default any). |
| limit | integer | How many results (default 8). |
| query* | string | Words to search for: a title, author, subject or kind of thing ("easy sudoku", "dinosaurs picture book"). |
| language | string | A language name such as English or French. |
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"query"
],
"properties": {
"kind": {
"enum": [
"any",
"book",
"childrens_book",
"comic",
"magazine",
"puzzle",
"template"
],
"type": "string",
"description": "Limit to one kind (default any)."
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"maximum": 15,
"minimum": 1,
"description": "How many results (default 8)."
},
"query": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Words to search for: a title, author, subject or kind of thing (\"easy sudoku\", \"dinosaurs picture book\")."
},
"language": {
"type": "string",
"description": "A language name such as English or French."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}Search hundreds of thousands of public-domain artworks from The Met, the Art Institute of Chicago, the National Gallery of Art, the Rijksmuseum, the Cleveland Museum of Art and SMK (Denmark): paintings, prints, drawings, photographs, maps, manuscripts, sculpture and more. Use a room for a curated theme. Returns a ref for each work.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| era | string | |
| kind | string | |
| page | integer | |
| room | string | A curated room: impressionists, post-impressionists, dutch-golden-age, renaissance, durer-and-prints, ukiyo-e, china, india-persia, egypt, greece-rome, medieval, manuscripts, portraits, landscapes, still-life, botanical, birds, cats-dogs, horses, sea, winter, night, myths, cities, maps, early-photography, posters, danish-golden-age, arms, fashion, africa-americas. |
| query | string | Artist, title or subject ("Hokusai", "sunflowers", "ships in a storm"). |
| museum | string |
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"era": {
"enum": [
"ancient",
"medieval",
"renaissance",
"1600s",
"1700s",
"1800s",
"1900s"
],
"type": "string"
},
"kind": {
"enum": [
"Paintings",
"Drawings",
"Prints",
"Photographs",
"Books and manuscripts",
"Maps",
"Sculpture",
"Ceramics",
"Glass",
"Metalwork",
"Jewellery",
"Textiles and costume",
"Furniture",
"Arms and armour",
"Coins and medals",
"Musical instruments"
],
"type": "string"
},
"page": {
"type": "integer",
"maximum": 50,
"minimum": 1
},
"room": {
"type": "string",
"description": "A curated room: impressionists, post-impressionists, dutch-golden-age, renaissance, durer-and-prints, ukiyo-e, china, india-persia, egypt, greece-rome, medieval, manuscripts, portraits, landscapes, still-life, botanical, birds, cats-dogs, horses, sea, winter, night, myths, cities, maps, early-photography, posters, danish-golden-age, arms, fashion, africa-americas."
},
"query": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Artist, title or subject (\"Hokusai\", \"sunflowers\", \"ships in a storm\")."
},
"museum": {
"enum": [
"met",
"aic",
"nga",
"rijks",
"cma",
"smk"
],
"type": "string"
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}Put together the reader's Daily reads edition now (new articles, saved links, newsletters, topics) and send it to their device. Takes a few minutes to arrive.
No arguments.
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {},
"additionalProperties": false
}Send up to 20 encyclopedia articles (Wikipedia or 1911 Britannica, by title) to the reader's e-reader right away, as one small book.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| device | string | |
| articles* | array |
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"articles"
],
"properties": {
"device": {
"type": "string"
},
"articles": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"source",
"title"
],
"properties": {
"title": {
"type": "string"
},
"source": {
"enum": [
"wikipedia",
"britannica1911"
],
"type": "string"
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
},
"maxItems": 20,
"minItems": 1
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}Send one to 30 artworks (by their museum refs) to the reader's e-reader as full-page pictures. With a booklet title, they arrive as an exhibition booklet with a contents page and credits.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| refs* | array | |
| device | string | |
| booklet_title | string | Optional: make an exhibition booklet with this title. |
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"refs"
],
"properties": {
"refs": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"maxItems": 30,
"minItems": 1
},
"device": {
"type": "string"
},
"booklet_title": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional: make an exhibition booklet with this title."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}Send a book, children's book, comic, magazine, puzzle book or template (by its catalogue id) to the reader's e-reader. Only free, openly licensed items exist; nothing is purchased.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| id* | string | The item's catalogue id. |
| device | string | Optional: remarkable, kindle, or cloud:dropbox / cloud:gdrive / cloud:onedrive. Defaults to the reader's main device. |
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"id"
],
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The item's catalogue id."
},
"device": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional: remarkable, kindle, or cloud:dropbox / cloud:gdrive / cloud:onedrive. Defaults to the reader's main device."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}Add (or remove) a blog or news site, by its id, in the reader's Daily reads edition.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| id* | string | |
| subscribe | boolean | false to remove it (default true). |
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"id"
],
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string"
},
"subscribe": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "false to remove it (default true)."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}Wikipedia's featured article of the day and its 'On this day' events.
No arguments.
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {},
"additionalProperties": false
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