Alexandria MCP Setup & Guide

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  "id": "io.github.The-40-Thieves/alexandria-mcp",
  "type": "mcp-server",
  "version": "11.0.0",
  "displayName": "Alexandria",
  "description": "Search, read, and cite across 152 libraries: 11 tools, 3 prompts, and a full-text resource.",
  "repository": {
    "url": "https://github.com/The-40-Thieves/alexandria-mcp",
    "source": "github"
  },
  "distribution": {
    "packages": [
      {
        "registryType": "npm",
        "identifier": "@the-40-thieves/alexandria-mcp",
        "version": "11.0.0",
        "runtimeHint": "npx",
        "transport": "stdio",
        "environmentVariables": [
          {
            "name": "OPENAI_API_KEY",
            "description": "OpenAI key for routing (library_ask), synthesis (library_answer, library_research), and embeddings (library_ingest). Search and read tools work without it.",
            "isSecret": true
          },
          {
            "name": "ALEXANDRIA_BASE_URL",
            "description": "OpenAI-compatible gateway base URL shared by every LLM role (router, synth, research, embeddings, rerank). Falls back to https://api.openai.com/v1."
          },
          {
            "name": "ALEXANDRIA_API_KEY",
            "description": "API key paired with ALEXANDRIA_BASE_URL. Falls back to OPENAI_API_KEY.",
            "isSecret": true
          },
          {
            "name": "CORE_API_KEY",
            "description": "Unlocks the core source (CORE, 57M+ open access papers). Free key from core.ac.uk/services/api.",
            "isSecret": true
          },
          {
            "name": "COURTLISTENER_API_KEY",
            "description": "Unlocks the courtlistener source (US federal and state court opinions). Free key from courtlistener.com.",
            "isSecret": true
          },
          {
            "name": "GOVINFO_API_KEY",
            "description": "Unlocks govinfo (Congressional Record, Federal Register, US Code); also accepted by congress and regulations. Free key from api.data.gov.",
            "isSecret": true
          },
          {
            "name": "GOOGLE_BOOKS_API_KEY",
            "description": "Unlocks the googlebooks source (40M+ books). Free key from the Google Cloud Console (Books API).",
            "isSecret": true
          },
          {
            "name": "GITHUB_TOKEN",
            "description": "Unlocks githubsearch and githubmcp (GitHub code search); optional for ghsa and openiti. Public-repo read scope is enough.",
            "isSecret": true
          },
          {
            "name": "NASA_ADS_API_KEY",
            "description": "Unlocks the nasaads source (NASA Astrophysics Data System). Free key from ui.adsabs.harvard.edu.",
            "isSecret": true
          },
          {
            "name": "EUROPEANA_API_KEY",
            "description": "Unlocks the europeana source (50M+ European cultural heritage items). Free key from apis.europeana.eu.",
            "isSecret": true
          },
          {
            "name": "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY",
            "description": "Optional for semanticscholar and library_recommend; raises the rate limit. Free key from semanticscholar.org/product/api.",
            "isSecret": true
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "remotes": []
  },
  "dependencies": [],
  "installTargets": [
    "claude-code",
    "claude-desktop",
    "cursor",
    "vscode",
    "trae",
    "cherry-studio",
    "lingma",
    "windsurf",
    "cline",
    "workbuddy"
  ],
  "keywords": [],
  "provenance": {
    "origin": "official-mcp-registry",
    "originalId": "io.github.The-40-Thieves/alexandria-mcp",
    "originalUrl": "https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0.1/servers/io.github.The-40-Thieves%2Falexandria-mcp/versions/latest",
    "isOfficial": true,
    "status": "active"
  }
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