Digital Guitar Archive MCP Server

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