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Pustaka

MCP server that searches thesis full text from 75+ Indonesian university repositories.

Python License: AGPLv3 Universities MCP

Pustaka is an MCP server that searches thesis repositories across 75+ Indonesian universities (PTN, PTS, Polytechnics) using OAI-PMH harvesting and HTML scraping. It detects which theses are full text by analyzing PDF content directly.

Port of pencari-skripsi-indonesia (MIT) by Yingtze.

Quick Start

pip install "pustaka-mcp[pdf]"
pustaka

With uvx

uvx --from pustaka-mcp pustaka.exe

Claude Desktop config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pustaka": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["--from", "pustaka-mcp", "pustaka.exe"]
    }
  }
}

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Tools

Tool

Description

search_thesis

Search by keyword, filter by university/type/province. Returns full/partial/locked status.

list_universities

List all supported universities, filter by type (PTN/PTS) or province.

analyze_pdf

Deep PDF content analysis. Detects chapters, estimates page count, checks access.

search_and_analyze

Combined search and PDF analysis in one call. Slower but returns accurate status immediately.

Resources

  • skripsi://universities - all universities as JSON

  • skripsi://stats - repository statistics

Status Meanings

Status

Meaning

FULL

Chapters 1, 3, 4, 5 and bibliography detected inside the PDF

PARTIAL

Some chapters found, incomplete or HTML-only detection

LOCKED

PDF exists but requires login or embargo

UNKNOWN

Cannot determine automatically

Environment Variables

Variable

Default

Description

PUSTAKA_DELAY

1.2

Delay between requests (seconds)

PUSTAKA_WORKERS

5

Number of parallel threads

PUSTAKA_NO_CACHE

0

Set to 1 to disable local cache

Requirements

  • Python 3.10+

  • pdfminer.six (optional, for PDF content analysis)

pip install pustaka-mcp[pdf]

Without pdfminer.six, the server still works but uses HTML-only detection.

Original Work

Port of pencari-skripsi-indonesia by Yingtze, released under MIT License. The original provides the repository configurations, OAI-PMH harvesting logic, HTML parsers, and PDF analysis heuristics.

License

AGPL-3.0-only - This port. See LICENSE.

The original pencari-skripsi-indonesia is MIT licensed.

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