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io.github.ianderso/polish-archives-mcp · v0.1.1

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

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Terminal
claude mcp add polish-archives-mcp -e POLISH_ARCHIVES_CACHE_DIR=<POLISH_ARCHIVES_CACHE_DIR> -e POLISH_ARCHIVES_TIMEOUT=<POLISH_ARCHIVES_TIMEOUT> -e POLISH_ARCHIVES_MIN_INTERVAL=<POLISH_ARCHIVES_MIN_INTERVAL> -e POLISH_ARCHIVES_CONTACT=<POLISH_ARCHIVES_CONTACT> -e POLISH_ARCHIVES_DOWNLOAD_DIR=<POLISH_ARCHIVES_DOWNLOAD_DIR> -- uvx polish-archives-mcp==0.1.1
claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "polish-archives-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "polish-archives-mcp==0.1.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "POLISH_ARCHIVES_CACHE_DIR": "<POLISH_ARCHIVES_CACHE_DIR>",
        "POLISH_ARCHIVES_TIMEOUT": "<POLISH_ARCHIVES_TIMEOUT>",
        "POLISH_ARCHIVES_MIN_INTERVAL": "<POLISH_ARCHIVES_MIN_INTERVAL>",
        "POLISH_ARCHIVES_CONTACT": "<POLISH_ARCHIVES_CONTACT>",
        "POLISH_ARCHIVES_DOWNLOAD_DIR": "<POLISH_ARCHIVES_DOWNLOAD_DIR>"
      }
    }
  }
}
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "polish-archives-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "polish-archives-mcp==0.1.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "POLISH_ARCHIVES_CACHE_DIR": "<POLISH_ARCHIVES_CACHE_DIR>",
        "POLISH_ARCHIVES_TIMEOUT": "<POLISH_ARCHIVES_TIMEOUT>",
        "POLISH_ARCHIVES_MIN_INTERVAL": "<POLISH_ARCHIVES_MIN_INTERVAL>",
        "POLISH_ARCHIVES_CONTACT": "<POLISH_ARCHIVES_CONTACT>",
        "POLISH_ARCHIVES_DOWNLOAD_DIR": "<POLISH_ARCHIVES_DOWNLOAD_DIR>"
      }
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "polish-archives-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "polish-archives-mcp==0.1.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "POLISH_ARCHIVES_CACHE_DIR": "<POLISH_ARCHIVES_CACHE_DIR>",
        "POLISH_ARCHIVES_TIMEOUT": "<POLISH_ARCHIVES_TIMEOUT>",
        "POLISH_ARCHIVES_MIN_INTERVAL": "<POLISH_ARCHIVES_MIN_INTERVAL>",
        "POLISH_ARCHIVES_CONTACT": "<POLISH_ARCHIVES_CONTACT>",
        "POLISH_ARCHIVES_DOWNLOAD_DIR": "<POLISH_ARCHIVES_DOWNLOAD_DIR>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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Tools

This server runs locally, so its tools are listed by your MCP client once it starts.

Environment variables

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

Details

Package[email protected] (PYPI, stdio)
First published11 Oct 2026
Last updated11 Oct 2026
Registry nameio.github.ianderso/polish-archives-mcp

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