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US National Archives Catalog (NARA): search the federal government's permanent records…

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Status
Unhealthy
Uptime
0.2% over 20 days
Last Tested
Transport
Streamable HTTP
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Repository
pipeworx-io/mcp-us-national-archives
GitHub Stars
0
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@pipeworx/us-national-archives

TDQS

A3.9/5.0

Scored across 39 tools

Disambiguation3/5

The long descriptions work hard to delineate boundaries (e.g. entity_profile vs company_facts vs recent_changes, and the six polymarket_* tools each claim a distinct role), but three near-identical routers (ask_pipeworx, ask_pipeworx_beta, ask_pipeworx_grounded) and several overlapping company/entity tools (entity_profile, compare_entities, resolve_entity, company_facts) create real misselection risk. The server name 'Us National Archives' also clashes with 36 non-NARA tools, adding conceptual confusion.

Naming Consistency4/5

Names are uniformly snake_case with a mostly predictable verb_noun or noun_action shape (nara_search, discover_tools, resolve_entity, polymarket_edges, validate_claim). A few noun-first names (entity_profile, company_facts, recent_alerts) deviate slightly but remain readable and consistent in style.

Tool Count2/5

39 tools is heavy for any single server, and it is a severe mismatch for a server titled 'Us National Archives' where only 3 tools (nara_search, nara_record, nara_digital_objects) actually serve the stated purpose. The remaining 36 belong to an unrelated broad gateway, so the surface feels like two servers glued together.

Completeness3/5

The NARA surface covers keyword search, single-record fetch and digital-object listing but has no browse-by-record-group, collection listing, or bulk/export operations — notable gaps for an archival domain. The broader gateway side is comparatively rich (research, entity resolution, financials, markets, memory, subscriptions, feedback), which offsets but does not eliminate the archival gaps.

Tool Schema Changelog

Recent tool additions, removals, and schema changes observed during successful MCP inspections.

  1. 1 tool update
    • Changedrelease_calendar_markets2 fields changed
      • addedOutput schema / properties / empty_reason
        Added value: +{
        +  "description": "Present ONLY on a zero-release window: \"no_releases_in_window\". The window was queried and nothing is scheduled — this is an answer, not a failure.",
        +  "type": "string"
        +}
      • addedOutput schema / properties / hint
        Added value: +{
        +  "description": "Present ONLY on a zero-release window: what to change (usually a wider `hours`).",
        +  "type": "string"
        +}
  2. 39 tool updates
    • First observedai_visibility_check
    • First observedask_pipeworx
    • First observedask_pipeworx_beta
    • First observedask_pipeworx_grounded
    • First observedbet_research
    • First observedcompany_facts
    • First observedcompare_entities
    • First observeddeep_research
    • First observeddiscover_tools
    • First observedentity_profile
    • First observedforget
    • First observedgenerate_llms_txt
    • First observedkalshi_weather_edge
    • First observedlist_subscriptions
    • First observednara_digital_objects
    • First observednara_record
    • First observednara_search
    • First observedpipeworx_feedback
    • First observedpipeworx_trending
    • First observedpolymarket_arbitrage
    • First observedpolymarket_edge_tracker
    • First observedpolymarket_edges
    • First observedpolymarket_fill_risk
    • First observedpolymarket_kalshi_spread
    • First observedrecall
    • First observedrecent_alerts
    • First observedrecent_changes
    • First observedrelease_calendar_markets
    • First observedremember
    • First observedresolution_audit
    • First observedresolution_diff
    • First observedresolve_entity
    • First observedscan_competitor_ai_presence
    • First observedscan_dependency
    • First observedsearch_within
    • First observedsubscribe
    • First observedsuggest_questions
    • First observedunsubscribe
    • First observedvalidate_claim

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