snac-archives-mcp

Purpose: Finding which archives hold papers and archival collections relevant to genealogy and historical research.

Inferred · not functionally tested

Audience: genealogists, historians, and archival researchers

Inferred · not functionally tested

Functions: rag, 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.

In the Frameworks & runtimes space, snac-archives-mcp takes a focused approach. Inferred · not functionally tested: It focuses on finding which archives hold papers and archival collections relevant to genealogy and historical research. Inferred · not functionally tested: It is built as an open-source project for genealogists, historians, and archival researchers. Basis unknown · not verified: snac-archives-mcp is open source under the MIT license. Basis unknown · not verified: It ships for the command line and API, and it can be self-hosted.

It is developed by Ian Anderson, and it first shipped in 2026. The project is developed in the open on GitHub with 1 commit in the last 90 days. Inferred · not functionally tested: Among its 6 catalogued features are SNAC search, archiveGrid searches, and collection lookup. Inferred · not functionally tested: Catalogued interfaces include an MCP server.

Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.