Alexandria MCP
by suavecito585
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). |
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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