Alexandria MCP Server

Connect this server

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 alexandria-mcp -- npx -y @the-40-thieves/alexandria-mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "alexandria-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@the-40-thieves/alexandria-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

[mcp_servers.alexandria-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@the-40-thieves/alexandria-mcp"]

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "alexandria-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@the-40-thieves/alexandria-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "alexandria-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@the-40-thieves/alexandria-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: OPENAI_API_KEY (OpenAI key for routing (library_ask), synthesis (library_answer, library_research), and embeddings (library_ingest). Search and read tools work without it), ALEXANDRIA_BASE_URL (OpenAI-compatible gateway base URL shared by every LLM role (router, synth, research, embeddings, rerank). Falls back to https://api.openai.com/v1), ALEXANDRIA_API_KEY (API key paired with ALEXANDRIA_BASE_URL. Falls back to OPENAI_API_KEY), CORE_API_KEY (Unlocks the core source (CORE, 57M+ open access papers). Free key from core.ac.uk/services/api), COURTLISTENER_API_KEY (Unlocks the courtlistener source (US federal and state court opinions). Free key from courtlistener.com), GOVINFO_API_KEY (Unlocks govinfo (Congressional Record, Federal Register, US Code); also accepted by congress and regulations. Free key from api.data.gov), GOOGLE_BOOKS_API_KEY (Unlocks the googlebooks source (40M+ books). Free key from the Google Cloud Console (Books API)), GITHUB_TOKEN (Unlocks githubsearch and githubmcp (GitHub code search); optional for ghsa and openiti. Public-repo read scope is enough), NASA_ADS_API_KEY (Unlocks the nasaads source (NASA Astrophysics Data System). Free key from ui.adsabs.harvard.edu), EUROPEANA_API_KEY (Unlocks the europeana source (50M+ European cultural heritage items). Free key from apis.europeana.eu), SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY (Optional for semanticscholar and library_recommend; raises the rate limit. Free key from semanticscholar.org/product/api).