# Alexandria Archive

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

- name: com.alexandria-archive/archive
- version: 1.1.0
- connection class: R0 (autonomous)
- trust: 82/100 flags: no-repository
- quality: 85/100 (good)
- owner: not claimed
- descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/com.alexandria-archive%2Farchive
- tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/com.alexandria-archive%2Farchive/tools

**An agent can connect right now, no human step.** Remote endpoint, no authentication, reachable on the last probe.

## Connection (mcpServers)

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


## Trust

- hygiene: 80
- liveness: 99
- freshness: 100
- provenance: 55
- drivers: +dns-namespace +website +reachable +uptime-97% +updated-8d-ago -no-repository
- Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed.

## Quality 85/100 (good)

### protocol: 75 (weight 25)

- warn `protocol.modern`: newest supported version is 2025-06-18; 2026-07-28 not supported, older versions are deprecated until 2027-07-28
- n/a `protocol.stateless`: only applies to 2026-07-28 servers
- pass `protocol.transport`: streamable HTTP
- n/a `protocol.list_ttl`: only applies to 2026-07-28 servers

### authorization: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `auth.prm`, `auth.as_metadata`, `auth.cimd`: no remote uses OAuth
- n/a `auth.secret_in_url`: no templated URL

### tool hygiene: 86 (weight 30)

- pass `tools.descriptions`: every tool has a description
- pass `tools.description_length`: descriptions are concise
- pass `tools.schemas`: every tool has an object input schema
- pass `tools.annotations`: 8 of 8 tools declare readOnlyHint or destructiveHint
- fail `tools.directory_hints`: no tool declares all four of readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint; missing: list_upcoming_events (idempotentHint); search_archive (idempotentHint); list_recent_articles (idempotentHint); …
- pass `tools.token_cost`: about 868 tokens to load every tool
- pass `tools.api_dump`: tools are not a one-to-one API dump

### stability: 100 (weight 15)

- pass `stability.changes`: no tool changes in 30 days
- pass `stability.rug_pull`: no tool changed its meaning under the same name

### dependencies: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `deps.known_vulns`, `deps.mcp_sdk_version`, `deps.resolvable`: no npm or PyPI package

- tools: 8, about 868 tokens to load them all
- tool set hash: 1aec3e09d23ec7e2f96e223a7b310b25
- badge: [![protogrid quality](https://protogrid.dev/badge/com.alexandria-archive/archive.svg)](https://protogrid.dev/servers/com.alexandria-archive/archive)
- Checks run on what our credential-free, read-only probes observe; tools are never called and no code audit is performed.

### Tool changes

_No tool definition changes recorded._

## Remotes

- https://www.alexandria-archive.com/mcp (streamable-http, auth none, reachable true, uptime30d 0.96666664)

## Packages

_none_

## Tools (8)

- `get_article`: Fetch one published article by numeric id — returns full markdown text in Arabic and English plus metadata.
- `get_institution`: 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.
- `get_licensing_info`: 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.
- `list_institutions`: List museums, libraries, archives and other institutions that publish their collections on the Alexandria Archive. Returns name, type, item count and canonical URL.
- `list_recent_articles`: List the most recently published articles (id, title, excerpt, date, URL).
- `list_store_products`: 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.
- `list_upcoming_events`: 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'.
- `search_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.