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Search, read, and cite across 152 libraries: 11 tools, 3 prompts, and a full-text resource.

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What this server can do and what it asks for, from its tool list, install config and code. Checked Oct 25, 2026.

Tools
12 read · 1 write · 0 delete
Secrets
10 (API keys, tokens or passwords)
Install scripts
None found
Runs as
Node.js package

Tools by what they do 13

Read from the source code; the running server may list different tools.

Read 12 · Look things up without changing anything.

  • library_answer
  • library_ask
  • library_citations
  • library_health_check
  • library_index
  • library_list_sources
  • library_read
  • library_recommend
  • library_research
  • library_search
  • read
  • search

Write 1 · Create, change, send or run things.

  • library_ingest

Secrets and settings it asks for

Secrets: values you paste in that let it act as you.

  • ALEXANDRIA_API_KEY
  • CORE_API_KEY
  • COURTLISTENER_API_KEY
  • EUROPEANA_API_KEY
  • GITHUB_TOKEN
  • GOOGLE_BOOKS_API_KEY
  • GOVINFO_API_KEY
  • NASA_ADS_API_KEY
  • OPENAI_API_KEY
  • SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY

Other settings (environment variables or headers).

  • ALEXANDRIA_BASE_URL

Network hosts it talks to 60

  • abc.net.au · found in code
  • al-monitor.com · found in code
  • aljazeera.com · found in code
  • allafrica.com · found in code
  • api.biorxiv.org · found in code
  • api.cloudflare.com · found in code
  • api.congress.gov · found in code
  • api.core.ac.uk · found in code
  • api.github.com · found in code
  • api.govinfo.gov · found in code
  • api.lib.harvard.edu · found in code
  • api.openai.com · found in code
  • api.openalex.org · found in code
  • api.semanticscholar.org · found in code
  • api.springernature.com · found in code
  • api.worldbank.org · found in code
  • arabnews.com · found in code
  • archive.org · found in code
  • archives.gov · found in code
  • arxiv.org · found in code
  • asia.nikkei.com · found in code
  • attack.mitre.org · found in code
  • bills.parliament.uk · found in code
  • biodiversitylibrary.org · found in code
  • biorxiv.org · found in code
  • books.google.com · found in code
  • catalog.archives.gov · found in code
  • catalog.data.gov · found in code
  • ccel.org · found in code
  • cervantesvirtual.com · found in code
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  • cisa.gov · found in code
  • classics.mit.edu · found in code
  • codewiki.google · found in code
  • context7.com · found in code
  • core.ac.uk · found in code
  • courtlistener.com · found in code
  • csrc.nist.gov · found in code
  • ctext.org · found in code
  • cwe.mitre.org · found in code
  • dailymaverick.co.za · found in code
  • dblp.org · found in code
  • dev.to · found in code
  • doabooks.org · found in code
  • doi.org · found in code
  • europeana.eu · found in code
  • federalregister.gov · found in code
  • gallica.bnf.fr · found in code
  • github.com · found in code
  • huggingface.co · found in code
  • jina.ai · found in code
  • legislation.gov.uk · found in code
  • loc.gov · found in code
  • ntrs.nasa.gov · found in code
  • nvd.nist.gov · found in code
  • osti.gov · found in code
  • standardebooks.org · found in code
  • trove.nla.gov.au · found in code
  • wikidata.org · found in code
  • www3.nhk.or.jp · found in code
  • zenodo.org · found in code

Files it touches

  • Any path the agent passes to its tools

Tools (13)

Read from the source code; the running server may differ. Descriptions are the server’s own words; hidden characters are shown as [U+…].

  • library_answerAnswer With Cited Sourcesread-only

    Ask a question in plain English and get a synthesized answer with inline [n] citations, fused across sources with reciprocal rank fusion. Use this instead of library_ask when you want a cited answer rather than raw results. Every factual sentence is cited or dropped; an uncited or all-dropped answer is flagged in warnings[]. Requires OPENAI_API_KEY (or ALEXANDRIA_SYNTH_API_KEY). Set response_format: "detailed" for the full result set, routing, citation grades, and resolvability.

  • library_askNatural Language Library Searchread-only

    Description is built at runtime.

  • library_citationsGet References or Citations (with Bibliography Export)read-only

    List the works a scholarly item cites (direction: "references") or the works that cite it (direction: "citations"), resolved through OpenAlex's citation graph with OpenCitations as a fallback when OpenAlex has no record. Accepts an id/source from library_search or library_ask, or a bare DOI/arXiv id. Set format: "bibtex" | "ris" | "apa" to also return a `formatted` bibliography string; BibTeX prefers Crossref's own citation when a DOI is resolvable, for the first 20 results only (a paced, one-at-a-time doi.org lookup per item), with later results using a locally generated entry instead. Set re…

  • library_health_checkCheck Source Healthread-only

    Report per-source health: 'ok', 'degraded', 'down', 'key_missing', or 'unknown', merging this process's live error rate and latency with the last off-process probe run. The probe layer reads eval/probe-latest.json, which published installs do not ship, so on a published install a source's status stays 'unknown' until this process itself calls it. Use before relying on a source that has been erroring, or to check whether a key is configured. Optionally filter by source or cluster. Set response_format: "detailed" for error rate, latency, and quota usage.

  • library_indexPreview Chunking (Dry Run)read-only

    Dry run: fetch text, chunk semantically, score OCR quality. No writes. Full-text sources only.

  • library_ingestIngest Into Vector Database

    Chunk, embed, and store a text. Idempotent. Full-text sources only. Requires OPENAI_API_KEY + SUPABASE_URL + SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE_KEY.

  • library_list_sourcesList Available Library Sourcesread-only

    Description is built at runtime.

  • library_readRead Full Text or Metadataread-only

    Fetch text from a library source. Full-text sources return cleaned text (truncated at 200k chars). Metadata sources return item details and an external URL.

  • library_recommendGet Similar Papers (Semantic Scholar)read-only

    Get papers similar to a given paper using Semantic Scholar's recommendation engine. Pass a paperId from a semanticscholar search result. Returns up to 500 similar papers.

  • library_researchRecursive Cited Researchread-only

    Deep research on a topic: outlines 3 to 7 coverage objectives, generates search queries, answers each with library_answer, extracts learnings and follow-up questions, then recurses with half the breadth. Stops once every objective is covered by a learning, at the given depth, at the time budget, or once a round finds no new sources. Requires OPENAI_API_KEY (or ALEXANDRIA_RESEARCH_API_KEY / ALEXANDRIA_SYNTH_API_KEY). Set response_format: "detailed" for the per-round breakdown, elapsed time, citation grades, resolvability, and the objectives/coverage outline.

  • library_searchSearch Library Sourceread-only

    Search a specific library source by name. Use library_ask instead for natural language queries across multiple sources. Sources marked [full text] support library_read and library_ingest. Sources marked [metadata] return discovery info and external URLs only.

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  • search

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Stars
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Forks
0
Open issues
2
Last commit
Oct 24, 2026 (7 days ago)
Last release
Sep 5, 2026 (1 month ago)

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Details

Registry name
io.github.The-40-Thieves/alexandria-mcp
Version
11.0.0
Auth
API key
Packages
npm @the-40-thieves/alexandria-mcp
License
MIT
Repository
github.com/The-40-Thieves/alexandria-mcp
First seen
Oct 24, 2026
Last checked
Oct 24, 2026
Source
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