カーリル for AI MCP: find a book in Japan's libraries from your AI app

Find out which Japanese library holds the book you want, across more than 7,400 libraries, and browse the NDC classification for others on the same subject. カーリル for AI's MCP server brings Calil's library search into your AI app. ContextGate connects it to Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor, and every book search shows up in Activity.

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Add Calil to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

  1. 1Click Connect カーリル for AI free and sign in with your Calil account.
  2. 2Each tool is on after sign-in, and the list appears then. Library searches and NDC browsing don't change anything; switch off any tool your AI app doesn't need so it chooses from fewer.
  3. 3Add ContextGate to your AI app as a connector or MCP server. The steps for each app are on the Works with page.
  4. 4Ask your AI app which libraries in Kyoto hold a particular novel, then open Activity to see the Calil call.

Library research from Claude or ChatGPT

  • Search more than 7,400 libraries across Japan for a title.
  • Find out which library holds the book you want.
  • Browse NDC (Nippon Decimal Classification) categories to find books on the same subject.

Searches on the record

  • Activity keeps a record of every library search your AI apps run.
  • Switch off any Calil tool you don't use; it's hidden and refused if called.

What you get with カーリル for AI and ContextGate

  • Your AI apps can use カーリル for AIClaude, Cursor, ChatGPT and other AI apps reach カーリル for AI through the one ContextGate connection you add to them.
  • You choose which tools they can useSwitch off any カーリル for AI tool you don't want used. It's hidden from your AI apps and refused if called.
  • Every call is checked and recordedYour policies check each call (for example, personal data is hidden and secrets are blocked), and Activity keeps a record of it.

ContextGate sees only the tool calls that go through it, not your AI app's built-in tools or your chats.

カーリル for AI tools

カーリル for AI's own MCP server shows its tools once you sign in. When you connect it, they are listed and synced in your workspace.