UK National Archives Discovery MCP Server

UK National Archives Discovery is an MCP integration. Search the UK National Archives' Discovery catalogue; find Chelsea pensioners' papers in WO 97.

Packages and local setup

The published pypi package is tna-discovery-mcp, version 0.1.0. Its declared MCP transport is stdio.

The package declares TNA_DISCOVERY_TIMEOUT: HTTP timeout in seconds for one request.; TNA_DISCOVERY_MIN_INTERVAL: Least seconds between two requests. Never below 1, TNA's guideline.; TNA_DISCOVERY_DAILY_BUDGET: Requests a day (UTC) before tools refuse. At most 3000, TNA's guideline.; TNA_DISCOVERY_CONTACT: An email address or URL appended to the User-Agent, so The National Archives can reach whoever runs the server.; TNA_DISCOVERY_STATE_DIR: Directory for the day's call count, the one file the server writes (a date and a number)..

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 0.1.0 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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