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Search and read AtoM archival catalogues with citable links; staff propose changes for review.
Remote server: your requests and data go to mcp.theahg.co.za. Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http ahg-archives https://mcp.theahg.co.za/public/mcp · Claude app: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector.
The tools this server listed when we connected to it, in its own words.
search_records — Search archival descriptions (fonds, series, files, items) by keyword. Returns title, level of description and the citable URL of each matchlist_catalogues — The catalogues this service can search and read. Proposals go to the home catalogue only.get_record — Read one archival description in full, by its slug (the last part of its URL). Includes dates, names, subjects, places, notes and, where theget_children — List the descriptions directly below one record (for example the series in a fonds).work_through_series — Work through every record below a parent (for example each page of a family Bible), a batch at a time, with a running summary of what you prget_authority — Read an authority record (a person, family or organisation) by its slug.search_authorities — Find existing authority records (people, organisations, families) or places by name. Every word must appear in the name, in any order, so "Hget_iiif_manifest — Return the IIIF manifest URL for a record's images, for viewing in a IIIF viewer.get_record_text — Read the text held for a record's files: text extracted from a PDF or by OCR, and transcriptions of audio or video. Use it for documents, whric_query — Read a record as Records in Contexts (RiC-O 1.1 JSON-LD): its RiC type, title, dates, creators, subjects, holder, and the record it is part get_record_image — Look at a record's image: returns the reference image itself, so you can describe what it shows, read inscriptions or labels, or judge its clist_my_proposals — List the proposals you made and what became of them, newest first. Each shows the record, the name, place, date or field text proposed, and propose_access_points_and_dates — Propose access points (people, organisations, places) and dates for one record. Read the record with get_record first. Propose only what itspropose_relationships — Propose relationships between people or organisations that a record states, such as a marriage or parent and child in a family register. Eacpropose_condition — Flag the physical condition of a record's item, for a conservator to confirm or dismiss. Use it for damage or deterioration you can see on tpropose_description_change — Propose new text for one field of a record, for an archivist to review. text is the complete proposed text for the field, not a fragment: repropose_transcription — Propose a transcription of a record's file, such as a scanned page with no text. Look at the page with get_record_image first and transcribepropose_translation — Propose a translation of one field of a record into another language. language is the target language code, e.g. "en", "af" or "nl". TranslaNot tested by KitScout yet. When our harness runs it, pros, cons and the tasks we tried appear here, with the date and evidence.