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MCP Libraryofcongress MCP Server

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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.

Installs per day peak 59 · avg 23 · -27% w/w
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302
Installs / week
npm · mcp-libraryofcongress
0
Stars
1 open issue
6 Nov 2026
Last commit
9 releases in 90 days
MIT
License
TypeScript

Nothing serious here today

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.

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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.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add mcp-libraryofcongress -- npx -y mcp-libraryofcongress
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-libraryofcongress": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-libraryofcongress"
      ]
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.mcp-libraryofcongress]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "mcp-libraryofcongress"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-libraryofcongress": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-libraryofcongress"
      ]
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "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).

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MCP Libraryofcongress — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for MCP Libraryofcongress?
MCP Libraryofcongress runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the npm package mcp-libraryofcongress was installed 302 times last week.
How do I connect MCP Libraryofcongress?
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 runs locally, so the command pulls mcp-libraryofcongress straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use MCP Libraryofcongress?
The npm package mcp-libraryofcongress was installed 302 times in the last week. Week over week that is -27%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is MCP Libraryofcongress open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript, 0 stars on GitHub and 1 open issue. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.