# mcp-server-ancestry

> A Model Context Protocol server providing functionality to GEDCOM files via LLM usage

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/mcp-server-ancestry/claim

## Declared
- publisher: Robert Oxley
- version: 0.1.1
- license: MIT
- protocols: mcp
- tags: automation, llm, mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:mcp-server-ancestry

### Description (declared)

# Ancestry MCP Server
[![MIT licensed][mit-badge]][mit-url]
[![Python Version][python-badge]][python-url]

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[mit-url]: https://github.com/reeeeemo/ancestry-mcp/blob/main/LICENSE
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[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.

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- dev.filesystem (0.802, derived)
- dev.package-management (0.768, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/mcp-server-ancestry/ (first seen 2026-09-10T03:19:55.548Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/mcp-server-ancestry/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/mcp-server-ancestry · ARD identifier urn:air::server:mcp-server-ancestry