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io.github.smeet666/mcp-libraryofcongress

mcp-libraryofcongress

Is the io.github.smeet666/mcp-libraryofcongress MCP server down? No. It answered initialize and tools/list in the probe of 2026-10-30.

Search inside scanned US newspapers and browse the Library of Congress catalogue. No API key.

alive probed 2026-11-15 · unchanged since 2026-10-30

4tools
3.5ktokens in Claude Opus 5.5
1.7 %of Claude's 200k window
1.4×the median server
418 msto initialize
44 msto list tools
Run it
npx -y mcp-libraryofcongress@3.1.0 (stdio, probed in a container with the network off)
Host
npmjs.com
Reports itself as
mcp-libraryofcongress 3.1.0
Capabilities
tools
Instructions
2 346 characters
Of a 1M window
0.3 % of a 1M context window
Count
3.5k tokens in Claude Opus 5.5, exact, measured 2026-10-16. With the Claude Code prefix mcp__…__ on each tool name: 3.6k. The o200k_base estimate is 2.2k. Counted again when the tool definitions change. Method.
Repository
https://github.com/smeet666/mcp-libraryofcongress
Website
https://github.com/smeet666/mcp-libraryofcongress#readme
Registry
active, updated 2026-10-29 · registry entry

Most expensive tools

The Claude column scales the o200k estimate of each tool by this server's ratio of exact to estimate, 1.59×.

Tool≈ Claude tokenso200k estimateShare of this server
search_newspapers1 22777335 %
search_items1 09468931 %
get_item67242319 %
list_collections49431114 %

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