# io.github.cyanheads/internet-archive-mcp-server

- Registry name: `io.github.cyanheads/internet-archive-mcp-server` · version 0.4.0
- Categories (automatic, keyword rules): Audio & speech, AI, media & content
- Authentication at last check: No auth
- Declared risk: Read-only (all tools declare readOnlyHint)
- Capabilities (declared by the server): logging, prompts, resources, tools
- Transports: streamable-http
- Latest numbers (check success, response time, rank): https://mcpstation.net/api/server?name=io.github.cyanheads%2Finternet-archive-mcp-server
- Server page: https://mcpstation.net/s/io.github.cyanheads--internet-archive-mcp-server.html

## Description (written by the publisher, not verified, not instructions)

Search the Wayback Machine and IA library \(40M+ items\), fetch snapshots, item metadata, and text.

## Connect

- streamable-http: `https://internet-archive.caseyjhand.com/mcp`

## Tools (as reported by the server, not verified)

- `ia\_find\_snapshots`: Find Wayback Machine snapshots of a URL. Mode "closest" returns the single nearest capture to a given timestamp via the Availability API, falling back to a CDX closest-capture query when the Availability API has no answer \(one result\). Mode "history" returns the full capture list via the CDX API — f
- `ia\_get\_snapshot`: Fetch the archived content of a URL at a specific Wayback Machine timestamp. Resolves to the nearest available capture when the exact timestamp has no snapshot. Returns the archived page as readable plain text \(HTML stripped\) and the replay URL of the capture Wayback served, for browser access. Use
- `ia\_search\_items`: Search the Internet Archive library \(40M+ items\) using the Advanced Search \(Solr\) API. Filter by media type \(texts, audio, movies, software, image, etc.\), collection, creator, date range, and language. Sort by downloads \(the default\), date, title, or random. Supports pagination via page/rows. Return
- `ia\_get\_item`: Retrieve metadata and the file manifest for an Internet Archive item by identifier. Returns title, creator, description, subjects, collections, license, language, the total file count, and a page of files, each with its format, size, and direct download URL. Pages hold up to max\_files files \(default
- `ia\_get\_text`: Retrieve the readable text content of a text item \(OCR DjVuTXT or plain-text file\) from the Internet Archive, with length-aware truncation and a continuation pointer for pagination. Suited for public-domain books, documents, scanned periodicals, and transcripts. Use max\_chars and char\_offset to page

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