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CONTENTdm State Archives

Search US state archives' record images on CONTENTdm; read items, pages and transcripts.

iandersoianderso/contentdm-mcpUpdated Oct 6, 2026

server.json

{
  "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-12-11/server.schema.json",
  "name": "io.github.ianderso/contentdm-mcp",
  "description": "Search US state archives' record images on CONTENTdm; read items, pages and transcripts.",
  "title": "CONTENTdm State Archives",
  "repository": {
    "url": "https://github.com/ianderso/contentdm-mcp",
    "source": "github"
  },
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "packages": [
    {
      "registryType": "pypi",
      "registryBaseUrl": "https://pypi.org",
      "identifier": "contentdm-mcp",
      "version": "0.1.0",
      "runtimeHint": "uvx",
      "transport": {
        "type": "stdio"
      },
      "environmentVariables": [
        {
          "description": "Directory for the on-disk response cache.",
          "default": "~/.cache/contentdm-mcp",
          "name": "CONTENTDM_CACHE_DIR"
        },
        {
          "description": "HTTP timeout in seconds for one request. Image downloads get 120 s to read.",
          "default": "30",
          "name": "CONTENTDM_TIMEOUT"
        },
        {
          "description": "Least seconds between two requests to one site. Never below 0.5.",
          "default": "1",
          "name": "CONTENTDM_MIN_INTERVAL"
        },
        {
          "description": "An email address or URL appended to the User-Agent, so an institution can reach whoever runs the server.",
          "name": "CONTENTDM_CONTACT"
        },
        {
          "description": "More CONTENTdm sites a tool may reach, beyond the curated ones and *.contentdm.oclc.org: https base URLs separated by commas, or the absolute path of a YAML file shaped like instances.yaml.",
          "name": "CONTENTDM_EXTRA_INSTANCES"
        },
        {
          "description": "An existing folder. When set, get_image saves only inside it; needed to save under ~/Library, such as an iCloud Drive folder.",
          "name": "CONTENTDM_DOWNLOAD_DIR"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Permissions

DeclaredDetected
Runs code—python
Installs—pypi:contentdm-mcp@0.1.0
Runs install scripts—None
NetworkNoneNone
Needs credentialsNoneNone
Outside the workspace—None
Agent tools—None

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Versions

  1. #10.1.0latestOct 7, 2026