Digital Guitar Archive MCP Server

This MCP (Model Context Protocol) server provides AI assistants with tools to search and retrieve records from the Digital Guitar Archive.

The server is pre-configured to connect to the Digital Guitar Archive API at https://digitalguitararchive.com/archive/api.

Features

The server exposes three tools:

• search_guitar_archive - Search for records with full-text search and field-specific filters
• get_record_details - Get full details for a specific record by ID
• list_sources - List all source libraries (RISM sigla) with record counts

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+ (with native fetch support)
• npm

Installation

cd mcp
npm install
npm run build

Claude Desktop Configuration

Claude Desktop launches the MCP server automatically. Add the following to your configuration file:

macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "guitar-archive": {
            "command": "node",
            "args": ["/path/to/mcp/dist/mcp-server.js"]
        }
    }
}

Replace /path/to/mcp/ with the absolute path to your mcp folder. For example:

macOS:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "guitar-archive": {
            "command": "node",
            "args": ["/path/to/mcp/dist/mcp-server.js"]
        }
    }
}

After updating the configuration, restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect.

Development

To test the server manually:

npx ts-node src/mcp-server.ts

Note: When running with stdio transport, the server communicates via stdin/stdout and won't produce visible output. The server acts as a proxy to the live production API.

License

ISC