dpla-catalog-mcp

Purpose: Searching dispersed digitized library, archive, and museum collections for genealogy and historical research.

Inferred · not functionally tested

Audience: genealogists, historians, and developers building MCP-enabled research assistants

Inferred · not functionally tested

Functions: data_extraction

Inferred · not functionally tested

Interfaces: API: indicated (inferred, not tested) · MCP: indicated (inferred, not tested) · CLI: indicated (inferred, not tested) · Self-hosting: indicated (inferred, not tested)

Recorded constraints: pricing: open_source · license: MIT · platforms: CLI · deployment: cli, self_hosted, api_only

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Record sources: pypi.org · github.com. These links do not verify the individual claims.

dpla-catalog-mcp sits in PulseGate's Frameworks & SDKs category. Inferred · not functionally tested: It focuses on searching dispersed digitized library, archive, and museum collections for genealogy and historical research. Inferred · not functionally tested: dpla-catalog-mcp is an open-source project aimed at genealogists, historians, and developers building MCP-enabled research assistants. Basis unknown · not verified: dpla-catalog-mcp is open source under the MIT license. Basis unknown · not verified: dpla-catalog-mcp is available on the command line and API, and it can be self-hosted.

Iain Anderson builds and maintains dpla-catalog-mcp, and it first shipped in 2026. The project is developed in the open on GitHub with 2 commits in the last 90 days. Inferred · not functionally tested: Key capabilities include collection search, item descriptions, and institution records. Inferred · not functionally tested: Catalogued interfaces include an MCP server.

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