ra-mcp-plugins

ra-mcp

A Model Context Protocol server and CLI for searching and browsing transcribed historical documents from the Swedish National Archives (Riksarkivet). Provides full-text search across millions of AI-transcribed pages, complete page transcriptions, handwritten text recognition, interactive document viewing, and archival research guides — all as MCP tools that any LLM client can use.

Quick Start (MCP)

Streamable HTTP — works with ChatGPT, Claude, and any MCP-compatible client:

https://riksarkivet-ra-mcp.hf.space/mcp

Claude Code:

claude mcp add --transport http ra-mcp https://riksarkivet-ra-mcp.hf.space/mcp

IDE (mcp.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ra-mcp": {
      "type": "streamable-http",
      "url": "https://riksarkivet-ra-mcp.hf.space/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Quick Start (CLI)

uv pip install ra-mcp

# Search transcribed documents
ra search "trolldom"
ra search "((Stockholm OR Göteborg) AND troll*)"

# Browse specific pages
ra browse "SE/RA/310187/1" --pages "7,8,52" --search-term "trolldom"

# Interactive terminal browser
ra tui "trolldom"

Documentation

For architecture, development setup, deployment, tool reference, CLI reference, and more:

ai-riksarkivet.github.io/ra-mcp

License

Apache 2.0