RA-MCP

Connect

MCP Endpoint

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

Claude Code

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

Claude Desktop / Cursor / Windsurf

Add as a streamable HTTP server with the URL above.

MCP Inspector

npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/inspector \
  --config <(echo '{"mcpServers":{"ra-mcp":{"type":"streamable-http","url":"https://riksarkivet-ra-mcp.hf.space/mcp"}}}')

Tools

Grouped by source. Every tool returns results as text/markdown; viewer tools also open an interactive app in supporting clients.

Transcriptions & catalogue

• search_transcribed — Full-text search in AI-transcribed (HTR/OCR) documents
• search_metadata — Search titles, names, places and descriptions in the catalogue (2M+ records)
• browse_document — Read page transcriptions by reference code

Document viewer

• view_document / view_document_urls / view_manifest / view_bild — Open pages with zoomable images and text-layer overlays (by reference code, raw URLs, IIIF manifest, or bild_id)
• viewer_navigate / viewer_navigate_urls / viewer_go_to_page / viewer_set_highlight / viewer_reopen — Drive an already-open viewer

PDF guides

• search_guides — Search all Riksarkivet PDF guides at once
• list_pdfs / display_pdf / search_pdf / read_pdf_page / pdf_go_to_page / pdf_set_search — Open, search and read a PDF in the interactive viewer

Biography & medieval sources

• search_sbl / view_sbl_article — Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (9,400+ articles)
• diplomatics_search_sdhk — SDHK medieval charters before 1540 (44,000+)
• diplomatics_search_mpo — MPO medieval parchment fragments (23,000+)

People registers

• dds_search_fodelse / dds_search_vigsel / dds_search_doda — Church records: births, marriages, deaths (2.5M records, 1600s–1951)
• court_search_domboksregister / court_search_medelstad — Court records 1611–1750
• sjomanshus_search_liggare / sjomanshus_search_matrikel — Seamen's voyages and registrations
• aktiebolag_search_bolag / aktiebolag_search_styrelse — Joint-stock companies and board members 1901–1935
• faltjagare_search_faltjagare — Jämtland field regiment soldiers 1645–1901
• suffrage_search_rostratt / suffrage_search_fkpr — Women's suffrage petition 1913–1914 and FKPR members

Places, vehicles & infrastructure

• tora_search_tora — Geocode historical places (51,000 settlements, WGS84)
• rosenberg_search_rosenberg — Rosenberg's geographical lexicon (66,000 places)
• wincars_search_wincars — Norrland vehicle register 1916–1972 (1.5M vehicles)
• sj_search_juda / sj_search_ritningar — SJ railway properties and technical drawings

Special collections

• filmcensur_search_filmreg — Film censorship records 1911–2011 (60,000 films)
• specialsok_search_fangrullor — Östersund prison records 1810–1900
• specialsok_search_flygvapen — Military aviation accidents 1912–2007
• specialsok_search_kurhuset — Hospital patient records 1817–1866
• specialsok_search_press — Government press conferences 1993–2017
• specialsok_search_video — Video rental stores 1991–1994

The viewers also expose internal helpers (load_page, load_thumbnails, search_all_pages, get_page_blocks, get_viewer_state, read_pdf_bytes, get_pdf_state, load_sbl_article, get_sbl_state) used by the embedded apps, not meant to be called directly.

Search syntax, connection guides, and architecture details:

GitHub