Library MCP Server

com.siftdex/library

answering

Library is answering right now. Last checked 6 min ago. It exposes 13 tools.

Verified doc corpora for agents: grep-first retrieval, hashed pages, Merkle+RFC-3161 receipts

Uptime history 41 hours of history

41 hours agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

91 of 91 checks

Tools

read from the server

1625 ms

Response time

average over 24h

open, no key

Access

streamable-http

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 6 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add library --transport http https://library.siftdex.com/mcp

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "library": {
      "url": "https://library.siftdex.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.library]
url = "https://library.siftdex.com/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "library": {
      "url": "https://library.siftdex.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "library": {
      "url": "https://library.siftdex.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 13

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

changed

changed_since

Net added/modified/removed pages since a cursor (run_id from snapshot_status, or ISO ts), from the hash-chained changelog. Returns a fresh cursor; up_to_date:true = nothing new. Read only what it returns instead of re-reading the corpus.

diff

diff_md

Unified diff of ONE page between two published snapshots. from=<run_id|ISO ts> required; to defaults to current. Changed hunks + both content_hashes only — pair with changed_since for which pages moved.

dir

list_dir

Immediate children of current/<path>: name, kind, size. Up to 500.

facts

read_facts

Read one facts/<schema>/*.json (numbers/rates/thresholds). 20K-char cap.

fetch

fetch

Fetch one document by search id (<index>:<path>). Returns full text + metadata receipt (content_hash, fetched_at, run_id) — prove(url) upgrades it to an offline-verifiable proof.

glob

glob_corpus

fnmatch glob (e.g. md/**/*.md). Cursor-paginated. 500 paths/page.

grep

grep_corpus

Regex over current/md. files_only=true skips snippets. Capped 200 hits. INVALID_PATH/TIMEOUT.

indexes

list_indexes

The library catalog: slug, displayName, source, pageCount, lastPublishedAt. Other tools take optional index=<slug>.

manifest

query_manifest

Read-only SELECT against manifest's public columns (see corpus.contract §3.6). format='columnar' saves ~40% bytes. Cursor-paginated. 500 rows/page.

prove

prove

Merkle inclusion proof that url's content_hash is committed by the snapshot root (+ RFC-3161 token). as_of=<run_id|ISO ts> proves a past snapshot. included:false = not an error. Verify offline: python -m sift.verify_proof.

read

read_md

Read one markdown file (frontmatter + body slice). verify=true recomputes content_hash: pass → verified:true, mismatch → VERIFY_MISMATCH.

search

Library-wide search (ChatGPT connector schema). query → results[{id,title,url,text}]; pass a result id to fetch. Native tools (grep_corpus, read_md) offer finer control.

snapshot

snapshot_status

Published snapshot: run_id, gates, integrity. Call first. Pre-publish → NO_PUBLISHED_RUN.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://library.siftdex.com/mcp	streamable-http	answering	1662 ms	6 min ago

Library — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Library do?

It exposes 13 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: changed_since, diff_md, fetch, glob_corpus, grep_corpus, list_dir and 7 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 Library 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 1625 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect Library?

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 is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.

Does Library need an API key?

No. Library completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 13 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is Library?

It answers our handshake in 1625 ms on average, which is faster than 1% of all working MCP servers we measure. That is on the slow side — worth knowing if the tool sits inside an interactive loop. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.