Koskamo

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

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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

Community listingRegistry 4.3.0
Maintenance checked

Packages and installation

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@source-library/mcp-server 4.3.0

npm
@source-library/mcp-server package definition
{
  "version": "4.3.0",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "@source-library/mcp-server",
  "registryType": "npm"
}

Tools

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "source-library-mcp-source-library-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@source-library/mcp-server@4.3.0"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "source-library-mcp-source-library-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@source-library/mcp-server@4.3.0"
      ]
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration
{
  "servers": {
    "source-library-mcp-source-library-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@source-library/mcp-server@4.3.0"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "source-library-mcp-source-library-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@source-library/mcp-server@4.3.0"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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