sourcelibrary

MCP serverSearch

Lets your agent search over 15,000 rare pre-modern texts translated into English.

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

Add ahel to your AI once: Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code or Codex. Then ask it to use this.

Then ask your AI: use sourcelibrary to search library

About this server

Search 15K rare pre-modern texts translated to English: philosophy, religion, science, literature.

Install sourcelibrary

The server’s own address, for the clients that take one directly. Or connect ahel onceand every client you use reads it from one address, with the account kept on ahel rather than in each client’s config.

  • Claude Code

    claude mcp add --transport http --scope user sourcelibrary 'https://sourcelibrary.org/api/mcp'

    Run it once in your project, then open /mcp to approve any sign-in the server asks for.

  • Claude Desktop

    https://sourcelibrary.org/api/mcp

    Add a custom connector in Settings, paste this address, and approve the sign-in.

  • Cursor

    cursor://anysphere.cursor-deeplink/mcp/install?name=sourcelibrary&config=eyJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3NvdXJjZWxpYnJhcnkub3JnL2FwaS9tY3AifQ==

    Open the link and Cursor adds the server at that address.

  • ChatGPT

    https://sourcelibrary.org/api/mcp

    In Settings, enable Developer mode, create an MCP app, and paste this address. Your plan and workspace must allow custom apps.

  • Codex

    codex mcp add sourcelibrary --url 'https://sourcelibrary.org/api/mcp'

    Run it once, then sign in with codex mcp login sourcelibrary if the server asks for an account.

From the project's README

As published by embassy-of-the-free-mind/sourcelibrary-v2 in README.md. This repository publishes several servers, so only the opening is shown here.

A digital library of historical primary sources with AI-aided OCR, translation, and scholarly curation.

🌐 Visit Library • 📖 Docs • 🗺️ System Map • 🤝 Contribute


🎬 Experience Source Library

Shortened here. Read the whole README on GitHub.

Tools it offers (15)

What this server listed when ahel dialed its public endpoint in Sep 2026, with no key and no account of yours. The names are the server’s own.

  • search_library
  • search_translations
  • search_concept
  • search_within_book
  • list_books
  • get_book
  • get_book_text
  • get_quote
  • list_editions
  • get_quotes
  • search_images
  • submit_feedback
  • share_findings
  • propose_collection
  • get_locus

Signals

GitHub stars
19
Forks
3
Last commit
Sep 2026
Advanced
Delivery
sourcelibrary MCP server → your ahel connector (mcp.ahel.ai) → your AI.
Item type
mcp-server
Key
io-github-embassy-of-the-free-mind-sourcelibrary
Source
github.com/embassy-of-the-free-mind/sourcelibrary-v2
Hosted endpoint
https://sourcelibrary.org/api/mcp