Source Library MCP
An MCP server for Source Library, an open digital library dedicated to making early printed books and primary sources readable and citable. It provides access to a collection specializing in alchemy, Hermetica, Kabbalah, Rosicrucianism, and early modern science, featuring AI-enhanced translations, scholarly metadata, and semantic search capabilities.
Package and access
Local package with source-attributed installation metadata. Koskamo does not execute packages during review.
What you can do with it
- Search 22,000+ rare pre-modern texts
- Retrieve AI English translations of ancient manuscripts
- Access scholarly metadata and DOIs for citations
- Browse collections and galleries of illustrations
Source and maintenance
- Maintenance checked
Packages and installation
Source-provided package data. Koskamo has not executed or live-probed this package.
@source-library/mcp-server 4.3.0
{
"version": "4.3.0",
"transport": "stdio",
"identifier": "@source-library/mcp-server",
"registryType": "npm"
}Tools
Reported by the attributed source; not independently observed by Koskamo.
Connect from your client
Each snippet configures the same source-provided package; replace placeholders before use.
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{
"mcpServers": {
"source-library-mcp-source-library-mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@source-library/mcp-server@4.3.0"
]
}
}
}Cline
{
"mcpServers": {
"source-library-mcp-source-library-mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@source-library/mcp-server@4.3.0"
]
}
}
}VS Code
{
"servers": {
"source-library-mcp-source-library-mcp-server": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@source-library/mcp-server@4.3.0"
]
}
}
}Claude Desktop
{
"mcpServers": {
"source-library-mcp-source-library-mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@source-library/mcp-server@4.3.0"
]
}
}
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