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OpenHeritage Public Search MCP Server

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OpenHeritage Public Search is answering right now. Last checked 15 min ago. It exposes 12 tools. Last commit 6 Nov 2026.

Read-only OpenHeritage search for genealogy and cultural heritage records.

Uptime history 91 days of history · worst day 12%
91 days agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
91 of 91 checks
12
Tools
read from the server
160 ms
Response time
average over 24h
0
Stars
last commit 6 Nov 2026

What changed 21

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 10 August 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

14 Sep a tool changed version
10 Sep 3 tools appeared autocomplete_places, find_places_nearby, get_place
10 Sep a tool changed the parameters it asks for search_places
10 Sep a tool changed version
5 Sep a tool changed version
4 Sep a tool changed version
3 Sep 2 tools appeared search_authors, search_collections
31 Aug a tool changed version
30 Aug a tool changed version
27 Aug a tool changed version3 times that day
and 8 more, back to 10 August 2026

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check OpenHeritage Public Search 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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Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 15 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add public-search --transport http https://openheritage.online/mcp
Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address
https://openheritage.online/mcp
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.public-search]
url = "https://openheritage.online/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "public-search": {
      "url": "https://openheritage.online/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "public-search": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://openheritage.online/mcp"
    }
  }
}

This endpoint answered with an authorization challenge. The server is running, but it did not say what kind of credentials it expects.

Available tools 12

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

places
find_places_nearby
Find active canonical places near coordinates, optionally resolving historical context for a date.
search_places
Search active canonical places by text and optional geographic or type filters.
authors
search_authors
Search public person and organization author authority records by text.
autocomplete
autocomplete_places
Autocomplete active canonical places by prefix, optionally resolving historical context for a date.
cemeteries
search_cemeteries
Search public cemeteries by text.
collections
search_collections
Search public OpenHeritage collections by text.
documents
search_documents
Search public source documents by text.
memorials
search_memorials
Search public memorial records by text.
place
get_place
Read a canonical place by stable ID, optionally resolving its historical context for a date.
records
search_records
Search public OpenHeritage records across supported entity types.
repositories
search_repositories
Search public source repositories by text.
sources
search_sources
Search public sources by text.

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://openheritage.online/mcp streamable-http needs auth 160 ms 15 min ago

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OpenHeritage Public Search — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can OpenHeritage Public Search do?
It exposes 12 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: autocomplete_places, find_places_nearby, get_place, search_authors, search_cemeteries, search_collections and 6 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →
Is OpenHeritage Public Search working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 160 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect OpenHeritage Public Search?
Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address. You will need your own credentials: it refuses anonymous clients.
Does OpenHeritage Public Search need an API key?
Yes. Every time we knock, OpenHeritage Public Search answers with an authorization challenge instead of its tool list — that is how we know it is running and gated rather than broken. Bring your own credentials and it will talk.
How fast is OpenHeritage Public Search?
It answers our handshake in 160 ms on average, which is faster than 80% of all working MCP servers we measure. That puts it in the quick quarter of the ecosystem. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.
Is OpenHeritage Public Search open source?
We cannot say either way: written in Python and 0 stars on GitHub, but we could not determine the licence, and without one the code is not open source by default.