NARA Catalog

{
  "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-12-11/server.schema.json",
  "name": "io.github.ianderso/nara-catalog-mcp",
  "description": "Genealogical research in the US National Archives Catalog: records, transcriptions, page images.",
  "title": "NARA Catalog",
  "repository": {
    "url": "https://github.com/ianderso/nara-catalog-mcp",
    "source": "github"
  },
  "version": "1.1.0",
  "packages": [
    {
      "registryType": "pypi",
      "registryBaseUrl": "https://pypi.org",
      "identifier": "nara-catalog-mcp",
      "version": "1.1.0",
      "runtimeHint": "uvx",
      "transport": {
        "type": "stdio"
      },
      "environmentVariables": [
        {
          "description": "Catalog API key, requested from the National Archives Catalog API team.",
          "isRequired": true,
          "isSecret": true,
          "name": "NARA_API_KEY"
        },
        {
          "description": "Directory for the on-disk response cache.",
          "default": "~/.cache/nara-catalog-mcp",
          "name": "NARA_CACHE_DIR"
        },
        {
          "description": "HTTP timeout in seconds.",
          "default": "60",
          "name": "NARA_TIMEOUT"
        },
        {
          "description": "Calls per month the key allows, reported by api_budget.",
          "default": "10000",
          "name": "NARA_MONTHLY_CALL_BUDGET"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}