# wayback-mcp

> Wayback Machine MCP server (Python)

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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/wayback-mcp/claim

## Declared
- publisher: sisilet
- homepage: https://github.com/sisilet/wayback_mcp
- repository: https://github.com/sisilet/wayback_mcp
- version: 0.1.2
- license: MIT License
        
        Copyright (c) 2025 sisilet
       …
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp, model-context-protocol, wayback, archive.org, internet-archive
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:wayback-mcp

### Description (declared)

### Wayback Machine MCP Server (Python)

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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…

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

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/wayback-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-10T15:24:11.146Z)

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