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Teneo Book Generation

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Publish-ready nonfiction books from a topic: manuscript, cover, PDF/EPUB/DOCX. Free outline to try.

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Install

Add this to your client's MCP configuration (Claude Desktop: claude_desktop_config.json; Cursor: .cursor/mcp.json; VS Code and others use the same "mcpServers" shape).

NPM package teneo-book-mcp
Claude Code 
claude mcp add teneo-book-generation -e 'TENEO_API_KEY=<your teneo_api_key>' -e 'TENEO_BASE_URL=<TENEO_BASE_URL>' -e 'TENEO_SERVICE_KEY=<your teneo_service_key>' -e 'TENEO_ON_BEHALF_OF=<TENEO_ON_BEHALF_OF>' -- npx -y teneo-book-mcp@1.0.3
JSON configuration (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code) 
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "teneo-book-generation": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "teneo-book-mcp@1.0.3"
            ],
            "env": {
                "TENEO_API_KEY": "<your teneo_api_key>",
                "TENEO_BASE_URL": "<TENEO_BASE_URL>",
                "TENEO_SERVICE_KEY": "<your teneo_service_key>",
                "TENEO_ON_BEHALF_OF": "<TENEO_ON_BEHALF_OF>"
            }
        }
    }
}

Environment variables

  • TENEO_API_KEY required secret Per-agent API key from the Teneo dashboard. Books are charged to this key owner's Teneo credit balance.
  • TENEO_BASE_URL Optional Teneo API base URL. Defaults to https://teneo.io. Use https://staging.teneo.io for staging.
  • TENEO_SERVICE_KEY secret Optional ecosystem service key alternative to TENEO_API_KEY.
  • TENEO_ON_BEHALF_OF Required when using TENEO_SERVICE_KEY. Teneo user id whose credits are charged.

Documentation

From the project's README on GitHub, refreshed weekly. Links open on GitHub.

Contents
  1. teneo-book-mcp
  2. Tools
  3. What it costs
  4. Setup
  5. Spend semantics
  6. Not for
  7. Develop
  8. Links
  9. License

teneo-book-mcp

MCP server for Teneo. Lets any MCP-capable agent — Claude Desktop, Cursor, Claude Code, or your own — generate a complete, publish-ready non-fiction book: full manuscript, cover, and PDF/EPUB/DOCX files.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "teneo-book": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "teneo-book-mcp"],
      "env": { "TENEO_API_KEY": "tk_live_..." }
    }
  }
}

Tools

ToolWhat it does
teneo_capabilitiesDiscover auth, pricing, request shape, workflow, and output shape. Start here.
teneo_generate_bookStart a book (async) → returns a jobId. Runs ~45 min. Charged in credits.
teneo_book_statusPoll a job; when completed, returns download URLs for the cover and PDF/EPUB/DOCX.
teneo_generate_outlineGenerate an outline only, without running the full pipeline. Free.
teneo_research_nicheNiche research from a seed topic. Free.
teneo_generate_coverGenerate a cover only.
teneo_evaluate_bookRun quality evaluation on an existing generated book.

What it costs

Priced in Teneo credits. One credit is $69 singly, $59 each in a 3-pack, $44.90 each in a 10-pack; credits never expire.

requiredCredits = bookCredits + coverCredits + qualityCreditsReserve
bookCredits     = wordBandCredits(estimatedWordCount) x modelMultiplier(model_version)
estimatedWordCount = number_of_chapters x topics_per_chapter x subtopic_count x 350

A default request (12 chapters / 3 topics / 3 subtopics) estimates 37,800 words → 1.05 credits, about $72 at list. teneo_generate_outline and teneo_research_niche cost nothing, so validate direction before committing to a paid generation.

A funded Teneo balance is required before the first paid call — there is no pay-per-call endpoint yet. The live numbers, the full model-multiplier table, and the request schema are always at /api/agent/capabilities, which is authoritative if anything here disagrees with it.

Setup

Get a credential, then add the config block above to your MCP client.

  • Preferred (delegated): start at auth.teneo.io/auth.md, register for https://teneo.io/, have the user approve the claim, and exchange it for a delegated agent token. Pass it as TENEO_AGENT_TOKEN. The delegated user is charged.
  • Legacy: create an API key in your Teneo dashboard and pass TENEO_API_KEY=tk_live_....
  • Point at staging with TENEO_BASE_URL=https://staging.teneo.io.

Spend semantics

Worth knowing before you wire this into an autonomous loop:

  • Quoted before charged. A request that would exceed the balance returns 402 with the full quote and charges nothing — a safe way to read the exact price.
  • Idempotent. Send an Idempotency-Key header; replaying a request replays the original debit instead of charging twice.
  • Refunded on failure. A failed generation is refunded in full.
  • Async. A book takes ~45 minutes. Poll teneo_book_status, or pass callback_url for a completion webhook. Download URLs expire in ~1 hour; re-poll for fresh ones.

Not for

A single short answer, a blog post, or an article — answer those directly instead. Fiction and novels are not supported by this API.

Develop

npm test          # unit tests for the HTTP client (mocked fetch, no network)
npm start         # run the MCP server over stdio

client.mjs is a dependency-free HTTP client; server.mjs wraps it as MCP tools. Both mirror the published OpenAPI contract.

License

MIT

Frequently asked questions

What is Teneo Book Generation?

Publish-ready nonfiction books from a topic: manuscript, cover, PDF/EPUB/DOCX. Free outline to try.

How do I install Teneo Book Generation?

It runs on your machine. In Claude Code: claude mcp add teneo-book-generation -e 'TENEO_API_KEY=<your teneo_api_key>' -e 'TENEO_BASE_URL=<TENEO_BASE_URL>' -e 'TENEO_SERVICE_KEY=<your teneo_service_key>' -e 'TENEO_ON_BEHALF_OF=<TENEO_ON_BEHALF_OF>' -- npx -y teneo-book-mcp@1.0.3. For other clients, paste the JSON configuration from this page into their MCP settings.

Does Teneo Book Generation need an API key?

Yes. It expects TENEO_API_KEY, TENEO_SERVICE_KEY, which you set in its configuration.

Is Teneo Book Generation open source?

Yes. Its code is on GitHub under the MIT license.

Who maintains Teneo Book Generation?

It is published by Traviseric. AI.tn lists it but does not maintain or endorse it.

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