UK National Archives Discovery 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 tna-discovery-mcp -- uvx tna-discovery-mcp

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

[mcp_servers.tna-discovery-mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["tna-discovery-mcp"]

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

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

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: TNA_DISCOVERY_TIMEOUT (HTTP timeout in seconds for one request.), TNA_DISCOVERY_MIN_INTERVAL (Least seconds between two requests. Never below 1, TNA's guideline.), TNA_DISCOVERY_DAILY_BUDGET (Requests a day (UTC) before tools refuse. At most 3000, TNA's guideline.), TNA_DISCOVERY_CONTACT (An email address or URL appended to the User-Agent, so The National Archives can reach whoever runs the server.), TNA_DISCOVERY_STATE_DIR (Directory for the day's call count, the one file the server writes (a date and a number).). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.