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German archive finding aids (DDB); civil and church registers of BW, NRW, RLP and Hesse.
55FairInstall
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"ianderso-german-archives-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"german-archives-mcp"
],
"env": {
"GERMAN_ARCHIVES_CACHE_DIR": "~/.cache/german-archives-mcp",
"GERMAN_ARCHIVES_TIMEOUT": "30",
"GERMAN_ARCHIVES_MIN_INTERVAL": "2",
"GERMAN_ARCHIVES_CONTACT": "",
"GERMAN_ARCHIVES_DOWNLOAD_DIR": "",
"GERMAN_ARCHIVES_PDF_CACHE_DAYS": "3",
"GERMAN_ARCHIVES_PDF_CACHE_MB": "1000"
}
}
}
}
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Environment
| Name | Required | Notes |
|---|
| GERMAN_ARCHIVES_CACHE_DIR | No | Directory for the on-disk response cache, and for the APERTUS volume PDFs kept for reading further pages. |
| GERMAN_ARCHIVES_TIMEOUT | No | HTTP timeout in seconds for one request. Image downloads get 120 s to read. |
| GERMAN_ARCHIVES_MIN_INTERVAL | No | Least seconds between two requests to one host. Never below 2; database searches and APERTUS volume downloads wait 10. |
| GERMAN_ARCHIVES_CONTACT | No | An email address or URL appended to the User-Agent, so an archive can reach whoever runs the server. |
| GERMAN_ARCHIVES_DOWNLOAD_DIR | No | An existing folder. When set, the image tools save only inside it; needed to save under ~/Library, such as an iCloud Drive folder. |
| GERMAN_ARCHIVES_PDF_CACHE_DAYS | No | Days a downloaded APERTUS volume PDF is kept for reading further pages (at most 30). |
| GERMAN_ARCHIVES_PDF_CACHE_MB | No | Most megabytes of APERTUS volume PDFs kept on disk; the least recently read go first (at least 100). |
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German archive finding aids (DDB); civil and church registers of BW, NRW, RLP and Hesse.
FAQ
- What is German Archives (DDB; BW, NRW, Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse registers)?
- German archive finding aids (DDB); civil and church registers of BW, NRW, RLP and Hesse.
- How do I install German Archives (DDB; BW, NRW, Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse registers)?
- Pick a client above and copy the generated config. Cursor and VS Code also have a deep link when the server can run locally or remotely.
- Is German Archives (DDB; BW, NRW, Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse registers) official?
- No. Registry-listed is not the same as vendor-official. Read the methodology for the difference.
- How is the trust score calculated?
- This listing scores 55 (Fair). The formula is published on the methodology page.
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