MCP Libraryofcongress runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 302 installs a week from npm. Last commit 6 Nov 2026.
Search inside scanned US newspapers and browse the Library of Congress catalogue. No API key.
Today is the operative word: we check MCP Libraryofcongress 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-libraryofcongress -- npx -y mcp-libraryofcongress
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-libraryofcongress": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-libraryofcongress"
]
}
}
}
[mcp_servers.mcp-libraryofcongress]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "mcp-libraryofcongress"]
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-libraryofcongress": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-libraryofcongress"
]
}
}
}
{
"servers": {
"mcp-libraryofcongress": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-libraryofcongress"
]
}
}
}
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
LOC_USER_AGENT (Identify your own client. The project's own identifier is appended, so the Library can always reach a human), LOC_MIN_INTERVAL_MS (Minimum milliseconds between requests. Default 6000, floor 3000), LOC_TIMEOUT_MS (Deadline for one catalogue, record or collection request, in milliseconds. Default 30000), LOC_NEWSPAPER_TIMEOUT_MS (Deadline for one search_newspapers request, in milliseconds. The full-text corpus answers in tens of seconds. Default 90000), LOC_LOG_LEVEL (silent, error, info or debug. Default error. Logs go to stderr).
Search the Library of Congress catalogue, collections and digitised items - keyless.
Search the Library of Congress collections. No key required.
Chronicling America: search historical US newspaper pages and titles at the Library of Congress.
Search the Internet Archive, the Library of Congress and data.bnf.fr at once, in one answer.
Search inside digitised books, browse the Internet Archive catalogue and read Wayback captures.
Search the NASA image and video library. No key required.
Search books and authors across Open Library, the Internet Archive open catalog.
Search rated insider dealings across the UK, US, Sweden, Netherlands and US Congress.
Answers built from our own checks of this server.