Polish Archives Indexes MCP server

by ianderso·io.github.ianderso/polish-archives-mcp·v0.1.1

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Search Geneteka, the Poznań Project and BaSIA for Polish vital records; fetch archive scans.

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Polish Archives Indexes tools (7)

write = sends, deletes, buys or posts

Read from the package source without running it. The installed server may list more.

basia_search
Search BaSIA, the Wielkopolska archival index tied to call numbers and scans.
cache_status
Report this session's requests, by site, and cache use. Makes no network call.
geneteka_coverage
List the registers Geneteka has indexed for a parish: record type, years, and rid.
geneteka_search
Search Geneteka's index of one region, or of one register with rid.
poznan_search
Search the Poznań Project's marriages, 1800-1899, Wielkopolska and Kujawy.
regions
List Geneteka's region codes and names. Makes no network call.
swa_scan
Download one full-size scan (about 3500 px) from Szukaj w Archiwach's photo host.

Public scan report

scanner v0.1.10 · 2026-10-13 · same rubric, same numbers if you re-run it

no findings

Code scan11 source files scanned25/25
–Live reliabilityno gateway calls yet and no remote to proben/a
–Tool poisoningtools not inspected (local package is not executed); not countedn/a
Auth qualitylocal package, no credentials required12/15
Maintenancelast push 2 days ago15/15
Maintainer identityregistry namespace matches repository owner; GitHub account older than a year8/10

Overall 92/100. Components that don't apply are left out of the denominator. Any critical finding is an F.Rubric Appeal a finding JSON

How Polish Archives Indexes compares

Against every graded Web search MCP server, from our own scans and uptime checks. Updated after each scan run.

Safety score: 92/100; higher than 90% of 3,470 Web search servers
Tools: 7; the typical Web search server has 5
Tools that change things: 0%; typical: 0%. Fewer write tools means less an agent can break
Downloads a week: 211; more than 71% of 827 Web search servers with a package

What its tools let an agent do: 7 read

Install Polish Archives Indexes in Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code

claude mcp add polish-archives-mcp -- uvx polish-archives-mcp

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What the publisher says

From the Polish Archives Indexes repository's README, as published. We do not edit it. Read it on GitHub

polish-archives-mcp

An MCP server for the Polish volunteer indexes of vital records, and for the archive scans they point to:

Genealogiczne's index of parish and civil registers: tens of millions of baptisms, marriages and burials from thousands of parishes across Poland, and some beyond. Its coverage list says, parish by parish, which registers and years have been indexed.

Geneteka, the Polskie Towarzystwo

1800-1899 in Wielkopolska and Kujawy, the former Prussian Provinz Posen and its neighbours, with ages and parents.

The Poznań Project: marriages of

Genealogiczne "Gniazdo"'s archival index, whose entries name the archive, the call number and the scan.

BaSIA, the Wielkopolskie Towarzystwo

state archives' portal: this server downloads a full-size scan from its open photo host, given the scan's name.

Szukaj w Archiwach, the Polish

It works the way a careful genealogist does. An index row is a finding aid, typed by a volunteer from the register: it says which register and entry to read, and the scan is the evidence. A zero covers only what was indexed, so Geneteka's coverage list comes first. And a scan is cited by the archive's own call number, the Sygnatura on the Szukaj w Archiwach unit page, never by an index's rendering of it.

Nothing here writes anywhere, and nothing here keeps a family tree. It grew from a script used in one family-history project, and sits well beside familysearch-mcp, whose catalogue holds the filmed copies of many of the same registers.

This is an independent project. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or supported by the Polskie Towarzystwo Genealogiczne, the Poznań Project, the Wielkopolskie Towarzystwo Genealogiczne "Gniazdo", the Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych, or any archive.

Tools

The server publishes seven tools. All but swascan are read-only; swascan writes one new file and never overwrites one.

Before searching

Searching the indexes

Reading the scan

Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.

Nothing above is checked by us. What we check is on the safety report.

Polish Archives Indexes: common questions

Is Polish Archives Indexes MCP server safe?: Yes, by our scan: it is graded A (92/100). Read the Polish Archives Indexes safety report
How do I install Polish Archives Indexes?: It runs on your machine. Copy the Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code or Claude Desktop config from the install section.
Does Polish Archives Indexes need an API key?: No secret keys are declared. It reads 5 settings from the environment.
Is Polish Archives Indexes maintained?: The last commit was 24 days ago (2026-10-11). The latest release is v0.1.1.
What can I use instead of Polish Archives Indexes?: Servers from other publishers that do the same job: ContextStream MCP Server, Open Library MCP server and HIG Doctor MCP server.
How does Polish Archives Indexes compare with other Web search MCP servers?: safety score 92/100 (higher than 90% of 3,470 Web search servers); tools 7 (the typical Web search server has 5); tools that change things 0% (typical: 0%. Fewer write tools means less an agent can break). Full comparison.

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Rating: —
Safety grade: A · 92/100
Stars: 0
Downloads/wk: 211
Price: Free
Licence: MIT
Transport: Local · pypi
Version: 0.1.1
Category: Web search
Last release: 2026-10-11

Credentials it needs

POLISH_ARCHIVES_CACHE_DIRDirectory for the on-disk response cache.
POLISH_ARCHIVES_TIMEOUTHTTP timeout in seconds for one request. Scan downloads get 180 s to read.
POLISH_ARCHIVES_MIN_INTERVALLeast seconds between two requests to one site. Never below 4; BaSIA always gets at least 10.
POLISH_ARCHIVES_CONTACTAn email address or URL appended to the User-Agent, so a site can reach whoever runs the server.
POLISH_ARCHIVES_DOWNLOAD_DIRAn existing folder. When set, swa_scan saves only inside it; needed to save under ~/Library, such as an iCloud Drive folder.

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