Alexandria MCP
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRANSPORT | No | Transport mode for the MCP server. Default is stdio. | stdio |
| BHL_API_KEY | No | API key for Biodiversity Heritage Library. Get from biodiversitylibrary.org/getapikey.aspx. | |
| BASE_API_KEY | No | API key for BASE (400M+ records). Email BASE for IP whitelist or token. May be empty if IP-only. | |
| CORE_API_KEY | No | API key for CORE (57M+ full-text OA papers). Register at core.ac.uk/services/api. | |
| DPLA_API_KEY | No | API key for Digital Public Library of America. Register at pro.dp.la/developers/api-codex. | |
| GITHUB_TOKEN | No | GitHub token for OpenITI (10k+ Islamicate texts). Create at github.com/settings/tokens. | |
| SUPABASE_URL | No | Supabase project URL for vector storage (optional). | |
| CONTACT_EMAIL | No | Your email address, optionally used for some API registrations. | |
| TROVE_API_KEY | No | API key for Trove (National Library of Australia). Register at trove.nla.gov.au/about/create-something/using-api. | |
| OPENAI_API_KEY | No | Optional OpenAI API key for natural language search routing. Get from platform.openai.com/api-keys. | |
| ZENODO_API_KEY | No | API key for Zenodo (CERN open research). Get from zenodo.org/account/settings/applications. | |
| GOVINFO_API_KEY | No | API key for GovInfo (US Congressional Record, Federal Register). Register at api.govinfo.gov/docs. Same key as Smithsonian. | |
| NASA_ADS_API_KEY | No | API key for NASA ADS (astronomy, astrophysics, physics). Get from ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/user/settings/token. | |
| DIGITALNZ_API_KEY | No | API key for DigitalNZ (New Zealand digital collections). Register at digitalnz.org/developers. | |
| EUROPEANA_API_KEY | No | API key for Europeana (50M+ items). Register at apis.europeana.eu. | |
| SMITHSONIAN_API_KEY | No | API key for Smithsonian (14M records). Same key works for GovInfo. Register at api.data.gov/signup. | |
| SPRINGER_OA_API_KEY | No | API key for Springer Nature Open Access. Register at dev.springernature.com. | |
| GOOGLE_BOOKS_API_KEY | No | API key for Google Books. Create in Google Cloud Console, enable Books API. | |
| COURTLISTENER_API_KEY | No | API key for CourtListener (US federal and state case law). Register at courtlistener.com/sign-in. | |
| SPRINGER_META_API_KEY | No | API key for Springer Nature Metadata. Register at dev.springernature.com. | |
| SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY | No | API key for Semantic Scholar (200M+ papers). Register at semanticscholar.org/product/api. | |
| SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE_KEY | No | Supabase service role key for vector storage (optional). |
Instructions
Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.
This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.
Capabilities
Server capabilities have not been inspected yet.
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No tools | |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |
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