Wayback Machine MCP server (Python)
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### Wayback Machine MCP Server (Python) [](https://github.com/sisilet/wayback_mcp/actions/workflows/ci.yml) [](https://pypi.org/project/wayback-mcp/) [](https://pypi.org/project/wayback-mcp/) [](LICENSE) A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides access to the Internet Archive Wayback Machine: list snapshots and fetch archived pages. Inspired by the TypeScript server described in the LobeHub listing. - Reference: Wayback MCP (listing) — [link](https://lobehub.com/mcp/cyreslab-ai-wayback-mcp-server) - Reference: Internet Archive APIs — [Wayback APIs index](https://archive.org/developers/index-apis.html) - Reference: MCP server quickstart — [Build an MCP Server](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/quickstart/server) #### Features - Tools - `get_snapshots(url, from, to, limit, match_type)` via Wayback CDX API - `get_archived_page(url, timestamp, original)` fetches archived content - `search_items(query, mediatype, collection, fields, sort, rows, page)` searches archive.org items - Resource - `wayback://{url}/{timestamp}` returns the archived page content #### Install ```bash python -m venv .venv source .venv/bin/activate pip install -r requirements.txt ``` #### Run (stdio) ```bash python -m wayback_mcp.server ``` #### Install as CLI ```bash pip install wayback-mcp wayback-mcp ``` #### Run with uvx (no install) ```bash uvx wayback-mcp ``` - Pin Python version: ```bash uvx --python 3.12 wayback-mcp ``` - Pin package version: ```bash uvx --from wayback-mcp==0.1.1 wayback-mcp ``` #### Configure in MCP client Claude Desktop settings (example): ```json { "mcpServers": { "wayback-machine": { "command": "wayback-mcp", "args": [], "env": {}, "dis…
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