{"slug": "audiobookshelf-io-github-ni-c-audiobookshelf-mcp-0-3-0", "title": "Audiobookshelf (io.github.ni-c/audiobookshelf-mcp@0.3.0)", "summary": "Audiobookshelf, an MCP server for browsing Audiobookshelf libraries and syncing listening progress, bookmarks, and playlists, was published as version 0.3.0 to the official MCP registry on 2026-09-03. The server, distributed as audiobookshelf-mcp on npm and as the Docker image ghcr.io/ni-c/audiobookshelf-mcp:0.3.0, declares 6 environment variables and passed a semantic screen by mcpindex with no manipulation pattern found in its description.", "body_md": "[← Index](/leaderboard)\n\n# Audiobookshelf\n\nBrowse your Audiobookshelf libraries and keep listening progress, bookmarks and playlists in sync\n\nThe current version, v0.3.0, was published to the official MCP registry on 2026-09-03. It is distributed as audiobookshelf-mcp on npm and as the Docker image ghcr.io/ni-c/audiobookshelf-mcp:0.3.0, filed under Image, Video & Audio by this index, and declares 6 environment variables. Removals and unreachable sources are measured across every server this index tracks, contract drift across the servers that answer in consecutive snapshots; [the index's current counts](/stats) put this record in context.\n\n## Using Audiobookshelf in Claude, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Cline, or Zed?\n\nMCP tool contracts can change remotely with no version bump. The mcpindex gate pins each contract and **HOLDs the call** when it drifts-before your agent acts. Zero credentials. This is not the package install for this server itself (use **Install this server** for that).\n\nRewrites your MCP host config so each server launches behind the gate. Inspect first: curl -fsSL https://mcpindex.ai/install.sh | less\n\n```\nuv tool install mcpindex-gate && mcpindex-config-wire\n```\n\n[method](/methodology)\n\nSemantic screen found no manipulation pattern in the description. Conformance probe not yet run.\n\n`mcpindex.integrity.description`\n\npassINFOevidence“Normal browsing and sync capability”via static_description\n\n- - Semantic screen only - the deterministic conformance probe has not run on this server\n- - Confidence is reported but not yet calibrated (v1)\n- - Screen reads the tool description, not the live behavior\n- - advisory\n- - registry description only no input schema\n- - screen model 8b\n- - The registry listing (version, packages, links) changed after this screen ran - the description we assessed did not\n\nSemantic screen: an LLM judge reads the tool description for hidden instructions (status PARTIAL). A pass means the description is not lying, not that the tool is safe: a high-capability tool with an honest description still warrants caution. The deterministic conformance probe has not been run on this server yet, so the screen here is semantic-only. Posture: advisory. Confidences are reported but not yet calibrated (calibrated=false at v1). Full verdict history is not shown on this page.\n\nOwn this server? [Screen its description →](/screen)\n\n## That verdict was true at screening time (snapshot 2026-09-03).\n\nContracts can change after screening, with no version bump. The gate pins Audiobookshelf’s tool contracts on first sight and holds any silent change before your agent acts - the check that keeps being true on Tuesday.\n\n[See your first HOLD in 2 minutes →](/guides/install-the-gate-first-hold)\n\nRelated: [how to trust an MCP server](/guides/how-to-trust-an-mcp-server) · [screen before install](/guides/screen-mcp-server-before-install) · [silent contract drift](/guides/mcp-silent-contract-drift)\n\nPeople vet a server before wiring it in. One line on your project site or docs answers that with an independent record: screening verdict, registry provenance, contract drift history. It stays current as new screens and drift events land.\n\n```\n[Independent trust record for Audiobookshelf](https://mcpindex.ai/server/io-github-ni-c-audiobookshelf-mcp) - screening verdict, registry provenance, and contract drift monitoring.\nIndependent trust record for Audiobookshelf - screening verdict, registry provenance, and contract drift monitoring.\n```\n\nA live verdict badge for your README or listing. It reflects the current screen, links back here, and updates when the verdict does.\n\n```\n[![mcpindex](https://mcpindex.ai/api/v1/badge/io-github-ni-c-audiobookshelf-mcp)](https://mcpindex.ai/server/io-github-ni-c-audiobookshelf-mcp)\n\"mcpindex\n```\n\n`AUDIOBOOKSHELF_URL`\n\nBase URL of the Audiobookshelf instance, e.g. https://abs.example.com\n\n`AUDIOBOOKSHELF_API_KEY`\n\nAPI key from Settings -> Users -> API Keys (Audiobookshelf 2.26.0 or newer)\n\n`AUDIOBOOKSHELF_READ_ONLY`\n\nSet to true to register only the 29 read tools and no write tools\n\n`AUDIOBOOKSHELF_INSECURE_TLS`\n\nSet to true to accept self-signed certificates for this connection only\n\n`AUDIOBOOKSHELF_ALLOW_TOOLS`\n\nComma-separated tool names or list_* prefixes to register; 'essential' selects a curated preset (default: all tools)\n\n`AUDIOBOOKSHELF_DENY_TOOLS`\n\nComma-separated tool names or list_* prefixes to remove from whatever AUDIOBOOKSHELF_ALLOW_TOOLS left\n\n`AUDIOBOOKSHELF_URL`\n\nBase URL of the Audiobookshelf instance, e.g. https://abs.example.com\n\n`AUDIOBOOKSHELF_API_KEY`\n\nAPI key from Settings -> Users -> API Keys (Audiobookshelf 2.26.0 or newer)\n\n`AUDIOBOOKSHELF_READ_ONLY`\n\nSet to true to register only the 29 read tools and no write tools\n\n`AUDIOBOOKSHELF_INSECURE_TLS`\n\nSet to true to accept self-signed certificates for this connection only\n\n`AUDIOBOOKSHELF_ALLOW_TOOLS`\n\nComma-separated tool names or list_* prefixes to register; 'essential' selects a curated preset (default: all tools)\n\n`AUDIOBOOKSHELF_DENY_TOOLS`\n\nComma-separated tool names or list_* prefixes to remove from whatever AUDIOBOOKSHELF_ALLOW_TOOLS left\n\n[methodology](/methodology)\n\n[InstantClipsai.instantclips/instantclips](/server/ai-instantclips-instantclips)\n\nCreate branded vertical video ads from ecommerce product URLs or product photos.\n\n[ModelRunnerai.modelrunner/mcp](/server/ai-modelrunner-mcp)\n\nRun 100+ AI models — image, video, audio, 3D — through one API with pay-per-use billing.\n\n[KinoPipeio.github.nicolascoutureau/kinopipe](/server/io-github-nicolascoutureau-kinopipe)\n\nFFmpeg as a service for AI agents: typed video editing tools, async jobs, downloadable outputs.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/audiobookshelf-io-github-ni-c-audiobookshelf-mcp-0-3-0", "canonical_source": "https://mcpindex.ai/server/io-github-ni-c-audiobookshelf-mcp", "published_at": "2026-09-03 14:28:15+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-03 14:54:25.538449+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-tools", "developer-tools"], "entities": ["Audiobookshelf", "ni-c", "mcpindex", "npm", "Docker"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/audiobookshelf-io-github-ni-c-audiobookshelf-mcp-0-3-0", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/audiobookshelf-io-github-ni-c-audiobookshelf-mcp-0-3-0.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/audiobookshelf-io-github-ni-c-audiobookshelf-mcp-0-3-0.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/audiobookshelf-io-github-ni-c-audiobookshelf-mcp-0-3-0.jsonld"}}