io.github.nulib/dc-api

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Northwestern University Libraries Digital Collections API

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Agent integration with the Northwestern University Libraries Digital Collections API

Summary by lookupd

Search, retrieve, and compare digital collection works and collections, including semantic similarity lookup and interactive result viewing.

Install

Claude Code, remote (streamable-http)

claude mcp add --transport http dc-api https://api.dc.library.northwestern.edu/api/v2/mcp

Claude Code, npm package (stdio)

claude mcp add dc-api -- npx -y @nulib/dc-api-mcp

Codex, remote (streamable-http)

codex mcp add dc-api --url https://api.dc.library.northwestern.edu/api/v2/mcp

Codex, npm package (stdio)

codex mcp add dc-api -- npx -y @nulib/dc-api-mcp

Cursor, remote (streamable-http) → .cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dc-api": {
      "url": "https://api.dc.library.northwestern.edu/api/v2/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cursor, npm package (stdio) → .cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dc-api": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@nulib/dc-api-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Other clients: docs. Or tell your agent: Set up lookupd for me: read https://lookupd.com/agent.md and follow it.

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search Search for works in the Digital Collections using field-based and/or natural language queries. If both a natural language query and specific field values are pr
get-work Retrieve the full metadata for a work from the NUL Digital Collections.
list-collections List collection records from the NUL Digital Collections.
similarity-search Find works that are similar to a given work. Uses semantic similarity based on work embeddings.
view-work View a work from the NUL Digital Collections in an interactive viewer.
view-collection View a collection from the NUL Digital Collections in an interactive viewer.
view-search-results View results from the search-works tool in an interactive viewer.
view-similar-works View results from the similarity-search tool in an interactive viewer.

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