Connect your AI

Pro

Give Claude, ChatGPT, and other assistants direct access to the whole library via MCP.

Connecting your own AI is part of Pro

Reading, searching, downloading and citing the library stay free. Pro adds unlimited AI research and lets you connect your own assistant over MCP — 2,000 requests a day.

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Get your API key

Each AI assistant connects with its own key. Keys are revocable and scoped to your account, and require an active Pro subscription to create and to use.

API Key

Connect from your AI tool

One-click OAuth in modern clients, or use the stdio bridge for legacy setups. Pick your tool below.

Anthropic's desktop app — recommended for daily use

Option A — Custom connector (recommended)

In Claude Desktop, go to Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector and paste:

https://gameindustrylibrary.com/api/mcp

Claude opens the OAuth consent screen in your browser — no config files or API keys needed. Connectors sync with Claude.ai, so you only set this up once per account.

Option B — Stdio bridge

If you prefer a local process, open ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows) and add:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "game-industry-library": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "github:DerpBicycle/gil-mcp-bridge"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Then authenticate once in a terminal:

npx github:DerpBicycle/gil-mcp-bridge login

This walks through OAuth consent and stores tokens at ~/.gil/credentials.json. Refresh happens automatically — your session lasts 30 days. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

One-shot bundle

Prefer a single-file bundle? Download the .mcpb for Claude Desktop's installer:

Download .mcpb

What your AI can do

The server exposes 19 tools across four areas:

search, search_in_document, get_facets

Hybrid full-text + semantic search across the library, plus keyword search inside a single document. search and fetch also power ChatGPT Deep Research.

Retrieve

fetch, get_document, get_pages, get_figures, get_tables, get_entities

Fetch full text, specific page ranges, charts with structured data, parsed tables, and companies/games mentioned.

Browse

list_documents, list_recent, list_popular, list_tags, list_collections, list_writers

Filter by type, tag, year range, writer, or collection. Surface what is new or trending.

Cite & relate

get_citation, get_similar, get_related, get_glossary_term

Generate citations (APA, BibTeX, MLA, Chicago, Harvard), find similar reports, and look up industry terminology.

Beyond tools, the server publishes every document, collection, writer, and glossary term as browsable gil:// resources, plus four ready-made prompts (summarize_document, compare_publishers, find_evidence, catch_up) in clients that support them.

Rate limits

2,000 tool calls per day, 30 per minute
Daily limits reset at midnight UTC
Only tool calls and resource reads count against them — connecting, listing tools and browsing prompts do not.

Security

Keys are stored as SHA-256 hashes. The full key is shown only once at creation — treat it like a password and revoke it if compromised.