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mcp-libraryofcongress

Search inside scanned US newspapers and browse the Library of Congress catalogue. No API key.

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★ 0 stars Last pushed 2026-09-22 License: MIT

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Review any command before running it. Package names and URLs come from the server's own registry entry.

Package (npm 3.0.1)

npx -y [email protected]

Or add to your MCP client config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-libraryofcongress": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "[email protected]"
      ],
      "env": {
        "LOC_USER_AGENT": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
        "LOC_MIN_INTERVAL_MS": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
        "LOC_TIMEOUT_MS": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
        "LOC_NEWSPAPER_TIMEOUT_MS": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
        "LOC_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_VALUE>"
      }
    }
  }
}
  • 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.

Package (mcpb 3.0.1)

Package: mcpb https://github.com/smeet666/mcp-libraryofcongress/releases/download/v3.0.1/mcp-libraryofcongress-3.0.1.mcpb

Related servers

Listed in punkpeye/awesome-mcp-servers (MIT)

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