Northwestern University Libraries Digital Collections API

Connect Remote server

claude mcp add --transport http dc-api https://api.dc.library.northwestern.edu/api/v2/mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dc-api": {
      "url": "https://api.dc.library.northwestern.edu/api/v2/mcp"
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "dc-api": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.dc.library.northwestern.edu/api/v2/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Settings > Connectors > Add custom connector
URL: https://api.dc.library.northwestern.edu/api/v2/mcp

Tools 8 found in our last check

• search

  Search for works in the Digital Collections using field-based and/or natural language queries. If both a natural language query and specific field values are provided, the natural language query will take priority, using the specified field values as additional constraints. The…

• get-work

  Retrieve the full metadata for a work from the NUL Digital Collections.

• list-collections

  List collection records from the NUL Digital Collections.

• similarity-search

  Find works that are similar to a given work. Uses semantic similarity based on work embeddings.

• view-work

  View a work from the NUL Digital Collections in an interactive viewer.

• view-collection

  View a collection from the NUL Digital Collections in an interactive viewer.

• view-search-results

  View results from the search-works tool in an interactive viewer.

• view-similar-works

  View results from the similarity-search tool in an interactive viewer.

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