German Archives (DDB; BW, NRW, Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse registers)

io.github.ianderso/german-archives-mcp

German archive finding aids (DDB); civil and church registers of BW, NRW, RLP and Hesse.

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Add this to your MCP client config — claude_desktop_config.json (Claude Desktop) or .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor).Suits: Claude Desktop · Cursor.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "german-archives-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "german-archives-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GERMAN_ARCHIVES_CACHE_DIR": "~/.cache/german-archives-mcp",
        "GERMAN_ARCHIVES_TIMEOUT": "30",
        "GERMAN_ARCHIVES_MIN_INTERVAL": "2",
        "GERMAN_ARCHIVES_PDF_CACHE_DAYS": "3",
        "GERMAN_ARCHIVES_PDF_CACHE_MB": "1000"
      }
    }
  }
}
Environment variables
  • GERMAN_ARCHIVES_CACHE_DIRDirectory for the on-disk response cache, and for the APERTUS volume PDFs kept for reading further pages.
  • GERMAN_ARCHIVES_TIMEOUTHTTP timeout in seconds for one request. Image downloads get 120 s to read.
  • GERMAN_ARCHIVES_MIN_INTERVALLeast seconds between two requests to one host. Never below 2; database searches and APERTUS volume downloads wait 10.
  • GERMAN_ARCHIVES_PDF_CACHE_DAYSDays a downloaded APERTUS volume PDF is kept for reading further pages (at most 30).
  • GERMAN_ARCHIVES_PDF_CACHE_MBMost megabytes of APERTUS volume PDFs kept on disk; the least recently read go first (at least 100).

A starting point — check the repository for exact arguments and setup. Restart your client after editing the config.

Category
Developer Tools
Version
0.3.0
Registry
active
Published
10/11/2026

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