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Which MCP servers are Near Fine's own, from the official registry and from asking its own domain, whether they answer, and what they offer. A program checked each of these, nobody copied them from a product page.

read 2026-10-29

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Whose server it is
  • Registry namecom.nearfine/booksverified in the MCP registry

The registry name sits under nearfine.com. The registry only lets a publisher use that namespace after proving control of the domain through DNS or HTTP.

When we asked itchecked 2026-10-29
  • Stateanswerschecked 2026-10-29
  • Tools5
  • Server calls itselfnearfine
  • Server version1.0.0
  • Protocol version2025-06-18

On 2026-10-29 the server answered initialize and tools/list without a sign-in. First answer in 324 ms.

Should an agent connect itConnect it, with care
  • Its tools do every use case we checked: Compare new and used copies across many bookshops; Get emailed when a wanted book appears; Ask an AI assistant to find the cheapest copy.

Once connected

  • For "Compare new and used copies across many bookshops", the likely first call is search_books.
  • For "Ask an AI assistant to find the cheapest copy", the likely first call is search_books.
  • set_alert, cancel_alert change data without a sign-in: anyone with the address can call them.

Said by rules from the measurements above. The likely first call is a model's pick from the tool list; read its description before relying on it.

Measured dailydaily checks: 7, the first on 2026-10-29
  • INITE MCP score80 of 100answers 100 · does the job 100 · definitions 100 · context 100 · connects 100 · lowered by the warning signs below
  • What an agent can do with it3 of 3 use cases
  • Answered100% of days7 of 7 daily checks
  • Median first answer450 ms
  • Space in an agent's context≈ 1,792 tokensthe definitions of all its tools (5), which an agent carries on every turn
  • Tool definitionsA · 100 of 100
  • Typed results0 of 5 toolsdeclared outputSchema: results come typed, read once
  • Every tool passes all six checks.

What an agent can do with it

  • can do · Compare new and used copies across many bookshops
  • can do · Get emailed when a wanted book appears
  • can do · Ask an AI assistant to find the cheapest copy

Each of the product's use cases, put to Jev against this server's tool list: can an agent do it with these tools?

Worth a look

  • Tools that change data, on a server that answers without a sign-in: set_alert, cancel_alert

A program checks the server once a day: initialize and tools/list, no model. Tokens are the definitions' length at about four characters a token. The grade averages six checks of every tool's name, description, schema and annotations; it says how well the tools are described, not whether they work. The score weighs what was measured and nothing else: answering (25%), doing the product's job (25%), definitions (20%), context (10%), use (10%) and how readily a client connects (10%). A part that was not measured is left out, and a hidden instruction caps the score at 40. The state of vendors' MCP servers: method and numbers →

Tools it offers5 tools · read 2026-10-29
  • search_books

    Search for a book across every bookseller Near Fine covers for the buyer's country (AbeBooks and eBay sites everywhere, plus World of Books, ThriftBooks, Casa del Libro, Hugendubel, Booklooker, Leslibraires.fr, Rarewaves, Ex Libris…

  • list_sources

    List the bookseller catalogs Near Fine searches, each with the countries it serves. Pass a country to see only the sources that serve buyers there.

  • set_alert

    Set an alert on a search for the person. The first time, they sign in to Near Fine. Near Fine checks the alert for six months and emails them once when a new listing turns up with everything the query asks for, such as a first edition, a…

  • list_alerts

    List the person's alerts on Near Fine. The first time, they sign in. Finds come first, then alerts being checked, then the rest, newest first. Each has its id, query, country, status, when it was set, last checked and runs until, a link…

  • cancel_alert

    Cancel one of the person's alerts on Near Fine by its id, from list_alerts or set_alert, deleting it as its Delete button on Near Fine does. The first time, they sign in. Returns the cancelled alert and the person's plan.

How to connect

Add the server to your MCP client config. Claude Desktop, Cursor and most other clients read this shape:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "books": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://nearfine.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Add it

Claude Code, in a terminal

claude mcp add --transport http nearfine https://nearfine.com/mcp

Add to CursorAdd to VS Code

claude.ai, ChatGPT and other clients: add https://nearfine.com/mcp as a custom connector in the settings.

Each line is something a program found when it went looking: the registry entry, the server's own answer, a spec that parses. A missing line means we did not find it, not that it does not exist.