io.github.nulib/dc-api
Northwestern University Libraries Digital Collections API
Agent integration with the Northwestern University Libraries Digital Collections API
alive probed 2026-10-05 · HTTP 200
8tools
4.7ktokens in Claude Opus 5.5
4.8ktokens in Claude Code
2.4 %of a 200k context window
2.8ko200k_base estimate
606 msto initialize
97 msto list tools
- Endpoint
- https://api.dc.library.northwestern.edu/api/v2/mcp (streamable-http)
- Host
- api.dc.library.northwestern.edu
- Protocol
- 2025-11-25
- Reports itself as
- dc-api-mcp 2.11.15
- Capabilities
- resources, tools
- Instructions
- none
- Claude count
- Claude Opus 5.5, measured 2026-10-05. Counted again when the tool definitions change. Method.
- Repository
- https://github.com/nulib/dc-api-v2
- Registry
- active, updated 2026-09-15 · registry entry
- Reachable
- 6 of the last 6 probes
Most expensive tools
| Tool | Tokens (o200k) | Share of this server |
|---|---|---|
| search | 1 123 | 40 % |
| view-search-results | 999 | 36 % |
| similarity-search | 158 | 6 % |
| view-similar-works | 155 | 6 % |
| list-collections | 125 | 5 % |
History
We add a row when the result changes. A server with no change keeps its last row.
| Probed | Result | Init | Tools | Claude | o200k |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-05 15:23 | alive | 606 ms | 8 | 4.7k | 2.8k |
| 2026-10-05 00:43 | alive | 223 ms | 8 | 2.8k | |
| 2026-10-04 10:06 | alive | 1.5 s | 8 | 2.8k | |
| 2026-10-04 07:59 | alive | 1.5 s | 8 | 2.8k | |
| 2026-10-03 20:39 | alive | 2.2 s | 8 | 2.8k | |
| 2026-10-03 17:54 | alive | 2.9 s | 8 | 2.8k |
Badge and feed
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