CONTENTdm State Archives MCP Server

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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 contentdm-mcp -- uvx contentdm-mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "contentdm-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "contentdm-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

[mcp_servers.contentdm-mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["contentdm-mcp"]

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "contentdm-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "contentdm-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "contentdm-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "contentdm-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: CONTENTDM_CACHE_DIR (Directory for the on-disk response cache.), CONTENTDM_TIMEOUT (HTTP timeout in seconds for one request. Image downloads get 120 s to read.), CONTENTDM_MIN_INTERVAL (Least seconds between two requests to one site. Never below 0.5.), CONTENTDM_CONTACT (An email address or URL appended to the User-Agent, so an institution can reach whoever runs the server.), CONTENTDM_EXTRA_INSTANCES (More CONTENTdm sites a tool may reach, beyond the curated ones and *.contentdm.oclc.org: https base URLs separated by commas, or the absolute path of a YAML file shaped like instances.yaml.), CONTENTDM_DOWNLOAD_DIR (An existing folder. When set, get_image saves only inside it; needed to save under ~/Library, such as an iCloud Drive folder.). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.