MCP server

Thea

org.thealibrary/thea

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

Sorry, mostly Korean for now: 1M+ places, people, works. Other countries: regions only. No key.

Website

At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

thealibrary.org (verified by the MCP Registry)

Status

Working at last check

Tools

5

Token cost

About 3,146 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 thea https://thealibrary.org/mcp

Claude Desktop

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

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.thea]
url = "https://thealibrary.org/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"thea":{"httpUrl":"https://thealibrary.org/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"thea":{"url":"https://thealibrary.org/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"thea":{"type":"http","url":"https://thealibrary.org/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add thea https://thealibrary.org/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":"thea","server_url":"https://thealibrary.org/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"thea","server_url":"https://thealibrary.org/mcp"}

Tools

• fetch ~93 tokens
  Generic connector fetch: the full Thea entry for an id from search, as Markdown text (fields, links, recent records, sources, licence). thea_entry returns the same entry as JSON.
• search ~164 tokens
  Generic connector search (the shape ChatGPT connectors and deep research call). Search Thea (a place-first knowledge graph: 1.07M Korean places from public data, plus people, works and organizations) by name or by 'region + kind', e.g. '여주 온천', '명일동 중식', 'IU'. Returns ids to pass to fetch. If you ca
• thea_entry ~455 tokens
  Full view of one entry by id (from thea_search or thea_find; it is not a search): all fields, its connections (each with an id; for an area, what lies inside is only counted in places_inside, list it with thea_find inside=id), and its satellites: dated events (albums, awards, appearances), newest fi
• thea_find ~1850 tokens
  Browse by conditions when you have no name. Questions like 'camping YouTubers who posted a new video recently' or 'hotels in 서귀포' cannot be answered by thea_search. Each filter multiplies: more filters, narrower list; subject alone is broad. Subject codes (Korean/English, with aliases): https://thea
• thea_search ~584 tokens
  Find one entry whose name you know. Thea is curated by people, not a search engine: it returns a trimmed entry (about 1,000 characters) you may use as it is. If several entries share the name they are in 'candidates'; always check it (actor 박지훈 and a singer whose real name is 박지훈 are different peopl

Browse

• Web search
• Website monitoring
• Converting to Markdown
• YouTube

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