German Archives (DDB; BW, NRW, Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse registers)
Install German Archives (DDB; BW, NRW, Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse registers) for Claude Desktop
Claude Desktop reads mcpServers from claude_desktop_config.json. Restart the app after saving.
- Open ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS, %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json on Windows, or ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on Linux.
- Paste the JSON config below.
- Replace placeholder secrets, then restart the client if it does not reload on its own.
~/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"
}
}
}
}