INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

list_institutions

List museums, libraries, archives and other institutions that publish their collections on the Alexandria Archive.

alexandria-archive.comnone authenticationAvailability not checked

LIVE ENDPOINT

https://www.alexandria-archive.com/mcp

No auth detected

Connect to this endpoint to inspect the live schema for list_institutions and invoke it with your own arguments.

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Potential side effects detected · medium confidence · heuristic, not a guarantee.

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.alexandria-archive]
url = "https://www.alexandria-archive.com/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "alexandria-archive": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.alexandria-archive.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: alexandria-archive
Remote MCP URL: https://www.alexandria-archive.com/mcp

Add this remote URL as a custom connector in Claude Desktop. Availability depends on the user plan and workspace policy.

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "alexandria-archive": {
      "url": "https://www.alexandria-archive.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "alexandria-archive": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.alexandria-archive.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "alexandria-archive",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://www.alexandria-archive.com/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.

search_archive — Search historical photographs, documents, maps, articles, and events of the Alexandria Archive.
get_article — Fetch one published article by numeric id — returns full markdown text in Arabic and English plus metadata.
list_recent_articles — List the most recently published articles (id, title, excerpt, date, URL).
get_institution — Fetch a single institution by its slug — description, history, contact details, and a sample of its published archive items with canonical URLs.