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Libofcongress MCP Server

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Libofcongress MCP Server runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 98 installs a week from npm. Last commit 23 Aug 2026.

Search LOC digital collections, Chronicling America newspapers (full OCR), and LC Subject Headings.

Installs per day peak 200 · avg 30 · -35% w/w
a month agotoday
98
Installs / week
npm · @cyanheads/libofcongress-mcp-server
4
Stars
6 open issues
23 Aug 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
Apache-2.0
License
TypeScript

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Libofcongress 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.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add libofcongress-mcp-server -- npx -y @cyanheads/libofcongress-mcp-server
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "libofcongress-mcp-server": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/libofcongress-mcp-server"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.libofcongress-mcp-server]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@cyanheads/libofcongress-mcp-server"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "libofcongress-mcp-server": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/libofcongress-mcp-server"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "libofcongress-mcp-server": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/libofcongress-mcp-server"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: LOC_USER_AGENT (User-Agent header sent with LOC API requests. LOC recommends a descriptive value for polite access.), LOC_REQUEST_DELAY_MS (Delay in milliseconds between LOC API requests to stay under the 20 req/min rate limit.), 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').), MCP_SESSION_MODE (HTTP session mode: auto, stateful, or stateless.). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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Libofcongress MCP Server — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Libofcongress MCP Server?
Libofcongress MCP Server runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the npm package @cyanheads/libofcongress-mcp-server was installed 98 times last week.
How do I connect Libofcongress MCP Server?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls @cyanheads/libofcongress-mcp-server straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Libofcongress MCP Server?
The npm package @cyanheads/libofcongress-mcp-server was installed 98 times in the last week. Week over week that is -35%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Libofcongress MCP Server open source?
Yes — it is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, written in TypeScript, 4 stars on GitHub and 6 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.