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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "oreilly-expert": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.oreilly.com/api/expert/v1/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${mcp_access_token}"
      }
    }
  }
}

claude mcp add --transport http oreilly-expert https://api.oreilly.com/api/expert/v1/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer ${mcp_access_token}"

[mcp_servers.oreilly-expert]
url = "https://api.oreilly.com/api/expert/v1/mcp"
bearer_token_env_var = "mcp_access_token"

{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "oreilly-expert": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://api.oreilly.com/api/expert/v1/mcp",
      "enabled": true,
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer {env:mcp_access_token}"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "oreilly-expert": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.oreilly.com/api/expert/v1/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${mcp_access_token}"
      }
    }
  },
  "deeplink": "cursor://anysphere.cursor-deeplink/mcp/install?name=oreilly-expert&config=eyJ0eXBlIjoiaHR0cCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXBpLm9yZWlsbHkuY29tL2FwaS9leHBlcnQvdjEvbWNwIiwiaGVhZGVycyI6eyJBdXRob3JpemF0aW9uIjoiQmVhcmVyICR7bWNwX2FjY2Vzc190b2tlbn0ifX0%3D"
}

{
  "servers": {
    "oreilly-expert": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.oreilly.com/api/expert/v1/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${mcp_access_token}"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "oreilly-expert": {
      "httpUrl": "https://api.oreilly.com/api/expert/v1/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${mcp_access_token}"
      }
    }
  }
}

extensions:
  "oreilly-expert":
    enabled: true
    name: "oreilly-expert"
    type: streamable_http
    uri: "https://api.oreilly.com/api/expert/v1/mcp"
    headers:
      "Authorization": "Bearer ${mcp_access_token}"
    timeout: 300

Placeholders to fill from your own secret store: ${mcp_access_token}. The registry never accepts secret values.

Quality 83 / 100good

protocoln/a · weight 25

n/a
protocol.modern, protocol.stateless, protocol.transport, protocol.list_ttlno remote answered a protocol handshake (not probed yet, unreachable, or local-only)

authorization83 · weight 15

pass
auth.prmProtected Resource Metadata (RFC 9728) published
pass
auth.as_metadataauthorization server metadata reachable
warn
auth.cimdonly Dynamic Client Registration, deprecated in 2026-07-28 in favour of CIMD
n/a
auth.secret_in_urlno templated URL

tool hygienen/a · weight 30

n/a
tools.descriptions, tools.description_length, tools.schemas, tools.annotations, tools.directory_hints, tools.token_cost, tools.api_dumptool list unknown (behind auth, not probed, or empty)

stabilityn/a · weight 15

n/a
stability.changes, stability.rug_pulltool list unknown

dependenciesn/a · weight 15

n/a
deps.known_vulns, deps.mcp_sdk_version, deps.resolvableno npm or PyPI package

Tool list unknown · checked 2026-10-20 10:03 UTC

Tool changes

No tool definition changes recorded. A server's first observation is its baseline; later probes record what changes.

Checks run on what our credential-free, read-only probes observe; tools are never called and no code audit is performed. How it is computed.

Trust 77 / 100

no-repository

provenance45

liveness100

freshness85

hygiene80

+website +reachable +uptime-100% ~updated-60d-ago -no-repository

Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed. How it is computed.

Endpoints

remote	auth	reachable	uptime 30d	p50	protocol	last ok
`https://api.oreilly.com/api/expert/v1/mcp` streamable-http	oauth2 AS: https://api.oreilly.com/api/expert/v1	yes	100%	1010 ms	–	2026-10-20

Tools (0)

No tools observed. Tools appear once a credential-free probe can list them.

Schemas: list_tools.

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Official server.json

{
  "name": "io.github.oreillymedia/oreilly-expert",
  "title": "O'Reilly Expert MCP Server",
  "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-12-11/server.schema.json",
  "remotes": [
    {
      "url": "https://api.oreilly.com/api/expert/v1/mcp",
      "type": "streamable-http",
      "headers": [
        {
          "name": "Authorization",
          "value": "Bearer {mcp_access_token}",
          "variables": {
            "mcp_access_token": {
              "isSecret": true,
              "description": "Your O'Reilly personal access token, used only for token-based authentication. Leave unset to authenticate via OAuth. See https://learning.oreilly.com/apidocs/mcp/expert/#section/Authentication for details on generating a token, and ask your O'Reilly account administrator if you need the Expert MCP entitlement enabled."
            }
          },
          "description": "Optional. OAuth is the recommended way to authenticate: OAuth-capable clients (e.g. Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code) start the OAuth flow automatically when no token is provided. Alternatively, supply a personal access token here for token-based authentication. Note that authenticating is necessary but not sufficient — your O'Reilly account must also carry the Expert MCP entitlement, or requests are rejected with HTTP 403."
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "websiteUrl": "https://learning.oreilly.com/apidocs/mcp/expert/",
  "description": "Grounded, citable answers to tech questions from O'Reilly's library. Requires Expert MCP access."
}