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MCP live v0.2.1 MCP 2026-07-28 streamable-http

io.github.cyanheads/libofcongress-mcp-server

io.github.cyanheads/libofcongress-mcp-server

Search LOC digital collections, Chronicling America newspapers (full OCR), and LC Subject Headings.

Uptime
100.0%
1 direct probes · 30d
Response
767ms
last probe
Tools
6
callable
Resources
0
readable
Prompts
0
available

Tools · 6

libofcongress_search

Search the Library of Congress digital collections by keyword. Optionally filter by material format (photos, maps, newspapers, audio, etc.), date range, subject heading, or geographic location, or sco…

libofcongress_get_item

Retrieve the full metadata record for a specific LOC digital item. Returns contributors, subjects, summary, languages, locations, rights information, physical description, call number, original and on…

libofcongress_search_newspapers

Search historical newspaper pages in the Chronicling America corpus. Returns matching pages with OCR text excerpts (~500 characters), publication title, date, state, and the page URL needed for libofc…

libofcongress_get_newspaper_page

Retrieve the full OCR text of a specific historical newspaper page along with publication metadata. Pass the url field from a libofcongress_search_newspapers result — do not construct this URL manuall…

libofcongress_search_subjects

Search Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) by keyword. Returns controlled-vocabulary subject labels and their URIs. Use the returned label as the subject filter in libofcongress_search — LCSH …

libofcongress_browse_collections

List and browse Library of Congress curated digital collections. Returns collection names, descriptions, item counts, slugs, and URLs. Optionally filter by keyword. Collections are curated subsets of …

How to use

Add to your Claude Desktop / Cursor / Cline MCP config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io.github.cyanheads/libofcongress-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://libofcongress.caseyjhand.com/mcp",
      "transport": "streamable-http"
    }
  }
}