Polish Archives Indexes MCP Server

Search Geneteka, the Poznań Project and BaSIA for Polish vital records; fetch archive scans.

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What is the Polish Archives Indexes MCP Server?

Polish Archives Indexes is an MCP integration. Search Geneteka, the Poznań Project and BaSIA for Polish vital records; fetch archive scans.

Packages and local setup

The published pypi package is polish-archives-mcp, version 0.1.1. Its declared MCP transport is stdio.

The package declares POLISH_ARCHIVES_CACHE_DIR: Directory for the on-disk response cache.; POLISH_ARCHIVES_TIMEOUT: HTTP timeout in seconds for one request. Scan downloads get 180 s to read.; POLISH_ARCHIVES_MIN_INTERVAL: Least seconds between two requests to one site. Never below 4; BaSIA always gets at least 10.; POLISH_ARCHIVES_CONTACT: An email address or URL appended to the User-Agent, so a site can reach whoever runs the server.; POLISH_ARCHIVES_DOWNLOAD_DIR: An existing folder. When set, swa_scan saves only inside it; needed to save under ~/Library, such as an iCloud Drive folder..

Before connecting

Check the maintainer’s instructions for account access, authentication and the supported client configuration. Once connected, inspect the tools your client receives and try a small task that matches the server’s stated purpose. The registry description does not include a verified, complete tool list.

Project and source

View the publisher’s registry entry · Project repository. This profile uses version 0.1.1 from the registry. Registration identifies the publisher namespace; it does not establish that this is a first-party integration for every service it connects.

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Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
POLISH_ARCHIVES_CACHE_DIRDirectory for the on-disk response cache.Check documentation
POLISH_ARCHIVES_TIMEOUTHTTP timeout in seconds for one request. Scan downloads get 180 s to read.Check documentation
POLISH_ARCHIVES_MIN_INTERVALLeast seconds between two requests to one site. Never below 4; BaSIA always gets at least 10.Check documentation
POLISH_ARCHIVES_CONTACTAn email address or URL appended to the User-Agent, so a site can reach whoever runs the server.Check documentation
POLISH_ARCHIVES_DOWNLOAD_DIRAn existing folder. When set, swa_scan saves only inside it; needed to save under ~/Library, such as an iCloud Drive folder.Check documentation