DPLA Catalog MCP Server

Connect this server

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 dpla-catalog-mcp -- uvx dpla-catalog-mcp

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

[mcp_servers.dpla-catalog-mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["dpla-catalog-mcp"]

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

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

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: DPLA_API_KEY (Your DPLA API key: 32 letters, digits or hyphens. Free; request it with POST https://api.dp.la/v2/api_key/YOUR_EMAIL and it arrives by email.), DPLA_CACHE_DIR (Directory for the on-disk response cache.), DPLA_TIMEOUT (HTTP timeout in seconds.), DPLA_MIN_INTERVAL (Least seconds between the start of one request to DPLA and the next.). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.