A Model Context Protocol server providing functionality to GEDCOM files via LLM usage
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# Ancestry MCP Server [![MIT licensed][mit-badge]][mit-url] [![Python Version][python-badge]][python-url] [mit-badge]: https://img.shields.io/pypi/l/mcp.svg [mit-url]: https://github.com/reeeeemo/ancestry-mcp/blob/main/LICENSE [python-badge]: https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/mcp.svg [python-url]: https://www.python.org/downloads/ Built on top of the [Model Context Protocol Python SDK](https://modelcontextprotocol.io) ## Overview Python server implementing Model Context Protocol (MCP) for interactibility with `.ged` files *(Ancestry files)* ## Features - Read and parse .ged files - Rename `.ged` files - Search within .ged files for certain individuals, family, etc **Note:** The server will only allow operations within the directory specified via `args` ## Resources - `gedcom://{file_name}`: `.ged` operations interface ## Tools - **list_files** - List a (or multiple) `.ged` file within the directory - Input: `name` (string) - **rename_file** - Renames a (or multiple) `.ged` file within the directory - Inputs: - `file_name` (string): Old file name - `new_name` (string) - **view_file** - Parses and reads full contents of a `.ged` file - Can also parse and read multiple files - Can get specific information out of file(s), such as date of birth, marriage, etc. - Input: `name` (string) ## Usage with Claude Desktop 1. First, install the package: ```pip install mcp-server-ancestry``` Add this to your `claude_desktop_config.json` ```json { "mcpServers": { "ancestry": { "command": "mcp-server-ancestry", "args": ["--gedcom-path", "path/to/your/gedcom/files"] } } } ``` ## License This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.
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