Internet Archive MCP Server runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 64 installs a week from npm. Last commit 21 Aug 2026.
Search the Wayback Machine and IA library (40M+ items), fetch snapshots, item metadata, and text.
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Today is the operative word: we check Internet Archive MCP Server every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.
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This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add internet-archive-mcp-server -- npx -y @cyanheads/internet-archive-mcp-server{
"mcpServers": {
"internet-archive-mcp-server": {
"args": [
"-y",
"@cyanheads/internet-archive-mcp-server"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}[mcp_servers.internet-archive-mcp-server]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@cyanheads/internet-archive-mcp-server"]{
"mcpServers": {
"internet-archive-mcp-server": {
"args": [
"-y",
"@cyanheads/internet-archive-mcp-server"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"internet-archive-mcp-server": {
"args": [
"-y",
"@cyanheads/internet-archive-mcp-server"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}This one needs environment variables set before it will start:
MCP_HTTP_HOST (The hostname for the HTTP server.), MCP_HTTP_PORT (The port to run the HTTP server on.), MCP_HTTP_ENDPOINT_PATH (The endpoint path for the MCP server.), MCP_AUTH_MODE (Authentication mode to use: 'none', 'jwt', or 'oauth'.), MCP_LOG_LEVEL (Sets the minimum log level for output (e.g., 'debug', 'info', 'warn').).
The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.
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