MCP Archiveorg runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 181 installs a week from npm. Last commit 21 Sep 2026.
Search inside digitised books, browse the Internet Archive catalogue and read Wayback captures.
Today is the operative word: we check MCP Archiveorg every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.
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 mcp-archiveorg -- npx -y mcp-archiveorg
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-archiveorg": {
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-archiveorg"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}
[mcp_servers.mcp-archiveorg]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "mcp-archiveorg"]
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-archiveorg": {
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-archiveorg"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-archiveorg": {
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-archiveorg"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}
This one needs environment variables set before it will start:
IA_USER_AGENT (Identify your own client. The project's own identifier is appended, so the Archive can always reach a human.), IA_MIN_INTERVAL_MS (Minimum milliseconds between requests. Default 1000, floor 500.), IA_HISTORY_TIMEOUT_MS (Deadline for the capture index, which answers in tens of seconds. Default 60000.), IA_LOG_LEVEL (silent, error, info or debug. Default error. Logs go to stderr.).
The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.
Search books and authors across Open Library, the Internet Archive open catalog.
Search books and authors on the Internet Archive's Open Library
Internet Archive search, item metadata, and Wayback snapshots.
Search the BnF open catalogue: authors, works, editions and links to what is digitised.
Search PayU docs, browse the payment integration catalog, and fetch production-ready code.
Search inside scanned US newspapers and browse the Library of Congress catalogue. No API key.
Search the Internet Archive, the Library of Congress and data.bnf.fr at once, in one answer.
Search and browse the BAM Kaarsen candle catalog and white-label offering. Read-only, no auth.
Answers built from our own checks of this server.