Content Tools

alexandria-archive.com

Search and retrieve articles and historical materials from the Alexandria Archive.

1 endpoint5 known toolsFirst detected July 17, 2026Last detected August 24, 2026

ENDPOINT 1

https://www.alexandria-archive.com/mcp

No auth detected

MCP server metadata

Name: alexandria-archive
Version: 1.0.0

Capabilities

tools

Server instructions

Read-only tools over the Alexandria Archive, a bilingual (Arabic/English) digital archive of the history of Alexandria, Egypt. Use search_archive to find content, get_article for full article text, list_recent_articles for the latest publications, and list_institutions / get_institution for the collections held by partner museums, libraries and archives. Every item carries an explicit licence — report it when citing, and point anyone wanting to reproduce an image at the licence request form on its page. Cite pages as https://www.alexandria-archive.com/article/{id} or https://www.alexandria-archive.com/institution/{slug}/item/{id}.

Known tools 5

search_archive

Search historical photographs, documents, maps, articles, and events of the Alexandria Archive.

Inferred read-only

get_article

Fetch one published article by numeric id — returns full markdown text in Arabic and English plus metadata.

Inferred read-only

list_recent_articles

List the most recently published articles (id, title, excerpt, date, URL).

Inferred read-only

list_institutions

List museums, libraries, archives and other institutions that publish their collections on the Alexandria Archive.

Potential side effects

get_institution

Fetch a single institution by its slug — description, history, contact details, and a sample of its published archive items with canonical URLs.

Inferred read-only

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

Client installation

Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.alexandria-archive]
url = "https://www.alexandria-archive.com/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "alexandria-archive": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.alexandria-archive.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: alexandria-archive
Remote MCP URL: https://www.alexandria-archive.com/mcp

Add this remote URL as a custom connector in Claude Desktop. Availability depends on the user plan and workspace policy.

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "alexandria-archive": {
      "url": "https://www.alexandria-archive.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "alexandria-archive": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.alexandria-archive.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "alexandria-archive",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://www.alexandria-archive.com/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.

TRUST AND VERIFICATION EVIDENCE

Trust Data Available

BuiltWith Trust API v2 evidence for alexandria-archive.com was fetched 2026-09-06T08:51:30.818Z.

Trust status Trusted

alexandria-archive.com is assessed as Trusted: Domain runs a meaningful technology spend, consistent with a real business.

Indexed

Evidence is source-attributed and does not guarantee that a third-party server is safe. Risk labels are conservative metadata heuristics.