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Search historical texts and mythology references with citation URLs from The Old Ways library.
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Install
One-Click Install
Add this to your `claude_desktop_config.json` file:
{
"mcpServers": {
"library": {
"url": "https://mcp.theoldways.co/mcp"
}
}
}Remote endpoints
https://mcp.theoldways.co/mcpstreamable-httpWhat it can do
Tool inventory
Tools (3)
🟢search_library(query, tradition, kind, limit)
Search the Old Ways historical-text and mythology reference collection: Norse, Greek/Hellenic, Egyptian/Kemetic, Celtic and Zoroastrian writings, glossary, deity profiles and explanatory questions. Returns canonical citation URLs and short previews from a prebuilt lexical index. Not web search or verification of historical claims. Use read_page to examine the passage and recorded edition details. Known malformed and noindex pages are excluded.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"query": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 200
},
"tradition": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"norse",
"hellenic",
"kemetic",
"celtic",
"zoroastrian"
]
},
"kind": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"chapter",
"book",
"glossary",
"questions",
"reference"
]
},
"limit": {
"default": 5,
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 8
}
},
"required": [
"query"
],
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"additionalProperties": false
}🟢read_page(url, offset, length)
Read a bounded text excerpt from an indexed public theoldways.co page. Supply a canonical URL or path returned by search_library. Returns a citation URL, edition/source note, text and nextOffset for continuation. Never accesses arbitrary websites, private accounts or the live app. Imported historical editions can contain transcription errors; editorial summaries are not passage-level source verification.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"url": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 500
},
"offset": {
"default": 0,
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 2000000
},
"length": {
"default": 4000,
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 8000
}
},
"required": [
"url"
],
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"additionalProperties": false
}🟢list_collections
List available book landing pages, traditions, content types, index-build timestamp and the source policy before exploring The Old Ways. Index-build time is not the publication date of a historical text.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {},
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"additionalProperties": false
}Community
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