Alexandria Archive

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

Indexed tools

Tool metadata and schemas come from the remote server and are untrusted. Indexing only lists tools; it never calls them.

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• Get article preview

  get_article

  Fetch one published article by numeric id — returns a public preview in Arabic and English plus metadata. Sign in on the website to read the full article.

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  {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "id": {
        "type": "integer",
        "description": "Article id (from search results or list_recent_articles)."
      }
    },
    "required": [
      "id"
    ]
  }

• Get one institution and its collection

  get_institution

  Fetch a single institution by its slug — description, history, contact details, and a sample of its published archive items with canonical URLs. Use this to answer questions about a specific institution's holdings, or to find items available for licensing.

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  {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "slug": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Institution slug (from list_institutions or a URL)."
      },
      "itemLimit": {
        "type": "integer",
        "minimum": 1,
        "maximum": 50,
        "description": "Sample size (default 20)."
      }
    },
    "required": [
      "slug"
    ]
  }

• How to reuse a picture from the archive

  get_licensing_info

  Explain how an image or document from the Alexandria Archive may be reused or licensed (publication, broadcast, commercial use), and where the request is made. Pass itemId for one archive record; omit it for the general terms.