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io.github.cyanheads/internet-archive-mcp-server

io.github.cyanheads/internet-archive-mcp-server · v0.4.0

Search the Wayback Machine and IA library (40M+ items), fetch snapshots, item metadata, and text.

MCPremotelocal · npmno credentialsFiles & storageImages, video & audioDocuments & PDF

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Last check

Reachable, 5 tools, protocol 2025-06-18 · checked 2026-10-17

Test & rating

B 88/100

What it does: 5 tools · 5 read, 0 write · Files & storage, Documents & PDF, Developer tools

No tool could be tested safely. Only read-only tools that need no input are called.

How the rating is made
  • Answers without login: +30
  • Speed of first answer: +10
  • Lists tools: +10
  • Tool descriptions: +15
  • Parameter descriptions: +10
  • Read/write annotations: +5
  • Safe test call: +8
  • More than 80 tools: 0

Tested 2026-10-17. Fixed rules, no AI model. Grade A needs a successful real call.

Install

Remote URL
https://internet-archive.caseyjhand.com/mcp
Package
registry:   npm
identifier: @cyanheads/internet-archive-mcp-server
version:    0.4.0
transport:  stdio

Tools

5 tools listed at last check
  • ia_find_snapshots Find Wayback Machine snapshots of a URL. Mode "closest" returns the single nearest capture to a given timestamp via the Availability API, falling back to a CDX closest-capture query when the Availability API has no answer (one result). Mode "history" returns the full capture list via the CDX API — f
  • ia_get_snapshot Fetch the archived content of a URL at a specific Wayback Machine timestamp. Resolves to the nearest available capture when the exact timestamp has no snapshot. Returns the archived page as readable plain text (HTML stripped) and the replay URL of the capture Wayback served, for browser access. Use
  • ia_search_items Search the Internet Archive library (40M+ items) using the Advanced Search (Solr) API. Filter by media type (texts, audio, movies, software, image, etc.), collection, creator, date range, and language. Sort by downloads (the default), date, title, or random. Supports pagination via page/rows. Return
  • ia_get_item Retrieve metadata and the file manifest for an Internet Archive item by identifier. Returns title, creator, description, subjects, collections, license, language, the total file count, and a page of files, each with its format, size, and direct download URL. Pages hold up to max_files files (default
  • ia_get_text Retrieve the readable text content of a text item (OCR DjVuTXT or plain-text file) from the Internet Archive, with length-aware truncation and a continuation pointer for pagination. Suited for public-domain books, documents, scanned periodicals, and transcripts. Use max_chars and char_offset to page

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