MCP server

Internet Archive

io.github.cyanheads/internet-archive-mcp-server

Checked 26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

Search the Wayback Machine and IA library (40M+ items), fetch snapshots, item metadata, and text.

Source

At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

Not verified

Status

Working at last check

Tools

5

Token cost

About 3,005 tokens per request

Sets up in

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok

Last checked

26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC

Connect it to your agent

Add to CursorAdd to VS CodeVS Code Insiders

Opens the app, which shows the server and asks you to confirm. For other apps, copy the setup below.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http internet-archive-mcp-server https://internet-archive.caseyjhand.com/mcp

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.internet-archive-mcp-server]
url = "https://internet-archive.caseyjhand.com/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"internet-archive-mcp-server":{"httpUrl":"https://internet-archive.caseyjhand.com/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"internet-archive-mcp-server":{"url":"https://internet-archive.caseyjhand.com/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"internet-archive-mcp-server":{"type":"http","url":"https://internet-archive.caseyjhand.com/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add internet-archive-mcp-server https://internet-archive.caseyjhand.com/mcp

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings: turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector and paste the URL. Which plans can do this varies.

OpenAI API (Responses tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"internet-archive-mcp-server","server_url":"https://internet-archive.caseyjhand.com/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"internet-archive-mcp-server","server_url":"https://internet-archive.caseyjhand.com/mcp"}

Tools

• ia_find_snapshots ~917 tokens
  Find Wayback Machine snapshots of a URL. Mode "closest" returns the single nearest capture to a given timestamp via the Availability API, falling back to a CDX closest-capture query when the Availability API has no answer (one result). Mode "history" returns the full capture list via the CDX API — f
• ia_get_item ~491 tokens
  Retrieve metadata and the file manifest for an Internet Archive item by identifier. Returns title, creator, description, subjects, collections, license, language, the total file count, and a page of files, each with its format, size, and direct download URL. Pages hold up to max_files files (default
• ia_get_snapshot ~258 tokens
  Fetch the archived content of a URL at a specific Wayback Machine timestamp. Resolves to the nearest available capture when the exact timestamp has no snapshot. Returns the archived page as readable plain text (HTML stripped) and the replay URL of the capture Wayback served, for browser access. Use
• ia_get_text ~427 tokens
  Retrieve readable OCR DjVuTXT or plain text from an Internet Archive item, including public-domain books, documents, scanned periodicals, and transcripts. Set max_chars for page size, then pass next_continuation as continuation with the same identifier and omit char_offset. Direct char_offset access
• ia_search_items ~912 tokens
  Search the Internet Archive library (40M+ items) using the Advanced Search (Solr) API. Filter by media type (texts, audio, movies, software, image, etc.), collection, creator, date range, and language. Sort by downloads (the default), date, title, or random. Supports pagination via page/rows. Return

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• GitHub tools
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• OCR (text from images)
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