Alexandria Archive

com.alexandria-archivePublished by alexandria-archive.comOfficial publisherv1.2.1Updated Nov 7, 2026

History of Alexandria, Egypt: search the archive, read articles, find events and prints.

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Overview

AI-generated overview

Read-only access to the Alexandria Archive: search a bilingual Arabic/English heritage collection, read articles, and browse institutions, events and shop…

What you can do
  • Search the archive in Arabic or English and get titles with canonical links
  • Read published articles by id, with text, attribution and metadata; list the newest articles
  • List partner museums, libraries and archives and fetch one institution's description, contacts and sample items
  • List upcoming heritage walks, workshops and talks with dates, places and prices
  • List store products (prints, books, gifts) and explain image and document licensing terms
When to use it
Useful when answering questions about the history of Alexandria, Egypt, or when a user wants to find articles, partner collections, local heritage events, archive prints, or reuse and licensing terms for an image or document.
Requirements
A remote streamable HTTP endpoint; no package, account, API key or header is declared. Unauthenticated clients receive only article previews, while verified search and answer readers get full eligible text.
Before you install
Read-only: nothing can be booked, bought or licensed through the server, and it only returns links for those actions. Article access differs by client verification. Respect each item's licence and attribution, and do not assume reuse or training rights when no licence is stated.

Installation

In SourceWeft

  1. Open Alexandria Archive in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
  2. Enable the server for the chats that should use its tools.

Web executable via Streamable HTTP. Remote servers run from the web runtime once configured in a workspace.

Use with an agent

Paste this prompt into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or another agent — or into SourceWeft chat. The agent reads this server's install guide, shows you its publisher, endpoint and sign-in, and adds it to your client once you agree. Keys never go into a command.

Read https://sourceweft.com/mcp/com.alexandria-archive%2Farchive/install.md and connect the MCP server it describes to my client. Before changing any config, show me its publisher, endpoint and sign-in method and wait for my OK. Never put an API key in a command or in a file I would commit; ask me where it should come from.

Read the install guide the agent follows

Other MCP clients

Add this to your client's mcpServers config.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "alexandria-archive": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.alexandria-archive.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Tools

8

search_archive

Search the Alexandria Archive

Search historical photographs, documents, maps, articles, and events of the Alexandria Archive. Query can be Arabic or English (e.g. 'Stanley Bridge', 'كوم الدكة'). Returns titles and canonical URLs.

Parametersqueryrequired

get_article

Read an article

Read one published article by numeric id, with Arabic/English text, attribution and metadata. Verified search and answer readers receive full eligible text and references; other unauthenticated clients receive the public preview.

Parametersidrequired

list_recent_articles

List recent articles

List the most recently published articles (id, title, excerpt, date, URL).

Parameterslimit

list_institutions

List partner institutions

List museums, libraries, archives and other institutions that publish their collections on the Alexandria Archive. Returns name, type, item count and canonical URL.

Parameterstypelimit

get_institution

Get one institution and its collection

Fetch a single institution by its slug — description, history, contact details, and a sample of its published archive items with canonical URLs. Use this to answer questions about a specific institution's holdings, or to find items available for licensing.

ParametersslugrequireditemLimit

list_upcoming_events

Upcoming events in Alexandria

List the Alexandria Archive's upcoming events — heritage walks, workshops, talks — soonest first, with date, place, price in Egyptian pounds (or free) and the page where a person books a seat. Use for questions like 'what is on in Alexandria this week' or 'a history walk in Alexandria'.

Parameterslimit

list_store_products

The archive's shop

List products on sale in the Alexandria Archive's store — prints, books and gifts about the city — with price in Egyptian pounds and the product page. Sales support the archive.

Parameterslimit

get_licensing_info

How to reuse a picture from the archive

Explain how an image or document from the Alexandria Archive may be reused or licensed (publication, broadcast, commercial use), and where the request is made. Pass itemId for one archive record; omit it for the general terms.

ParametersitemId

Version history

3
  1. v1.2.1LatestNov 7, 2026
  2. v1.2.0Nov 5, 2026
  3. v1.1.0Oct 13, 2026

Score

83% of the applicable checks met

How complete this listing is, computed from the registry entry, the endpoint and public sources. Not a rating of the server and not a statement that it is safe or working today: reachability is a dated check, and no installs or reviews go into the score.

  • Reached in the last 30 daysRequired25 pts
  • Auth declaredRequired10 pts
  • Tools listedRequired15 pts
  • DescriptionRequired15 pts
  • Logo10 pts
  • Documentation15 pts

    Declare a GitHub repository with a README, or serve resource_documentation in the OAuth protected-resource metadata.

  • LicenseNot applicable

    A hosted service is used under its provider's terms, so no license is expected here. This check is left out of the percentage.