How to integrate PoetryDB using MCP

Search and discover classic poetry. This guide creates an MCP server from Arthur's PoetryDB template — tools preconfigured against https://poetrydb.org — and finishes by sharing the server's MCP swagger documentation.

Steps

1. Go to the REST API Templates gallery and search for PoetryDB.

   

   

2. Click Use template on the PoetryDB card to open the server-creation dialog.

   

3. Review the server name — the dialog lists every tool that will be created.

   

4. Click Create server. Arthur creates the server, applies the authentication, and generates all the tools.

   

5. Open the server's Tools tab to review the generated tools.

   

6. Open the server's Connect section and click Share the MCP swagger documentation — Arthur generates the public documentation link and QR code for this server.

   

   

   

Confirm it worked

The server appears with 4 preconfigured tool(s): list_authors, search_poems_by_title, search_poems_by_author, get_random_poems. The Connect section offers the MCP swagger documentation — a shareable page with setup instructions for any AI client.

Good to know

• List poets, search poems by title or author, and retrieve random poems from PoetryDB's public collection.
• No authentication required — the server is ready to use immediately.
• Official API documentation: https://github.com/thundercomb/poetrydb#api-reference
• Editing a tool later never changes the template — templates are starting points, and the server is fully yours after creation.

Related

• REST API Template Gallery
• How to Store and Reference a Secret
• How to Create a Server from a Template