Alexandria

Name: Alexandria
Author: The-40-Thieves

The-40-Thieves

152-source digital library MCP server. Natural-language search, full-text reading, and cited answers across academic papers, books, law, government records, security advisories, news, and developer docs.

Setup

Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.

Add to Cursor Add to VS Code

claude mcp add alexandria --env OPENAI_API_KEY='<OPENAI_API_KEY>' --env ALEXANDRIA_API_KEY='<ALEXANDRIA_API_KEY>' --env CORE_API_KEY='<CORE_API_KEY>' --env COURTLISTENER_API_KEY='<COURTLISTENER_API_KEY>' --env GOVINFO_API_KEY='<GOVINFO_API_KEY>' --env GOOGLE_BOOKS_API_KEY='<GOOGLE_BOOKS_API_KEY>' --env GITHUB_TOKEN='<GITHUB_TOKEN>' --env NASA_ADS_API_KEY='<NASA_ADS_API_KEY>' -- npx -y @the-40-thieves/alexandria-mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.alexandria]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@the-40-thieves/alexandria-mcp"]
env = { OPENAI_API_KEY = "<OPENAI_API_KEY>", ALEXANDRIA_API_KEY = "<ALEXANDRIA_API_KEY>", CORE_API_KEY = "<CORE_API_KEY>", COURTLISTENER_API_KEY = "<COURTLISTENER_API_KEY>", GOVINFO_API_KEY = "<GOVINFO_API_KEY>", GOOGLE_BOOKS_API_KEY = "<GOOGLE_BOOKS_API_KEY>", GITHUB_TOKEN = "<GITHUB_TOKEN>", NASA_ADS_API_KEY = "<NASA_ADS_API_KEY>" }

# codex mcp add alexandria --env OPENAI_API_KEY='<OPENAI_API_KEY>' --env ALEXANDRIA_API_KEY='<ALEXANDRIA_API_KEY>' --env CORE_API_KEY='<CORE_API_KEY>' --env COURTLISTENER_API_KEY='<COURTLISTENER_API_KEY>' --env GOVINFO_API_KEY='<GOVINFO_API_KEY>' --env GOOGLE_BOOKS_API_KEY='<GOOGLE_BOOKS_API_KEY>' --env GITHUB_TOKEN='<GITHUB_TOKEN>' --env NASA_ADS_API_KEY='<NASA_ADS_API_KEY>' -- npx -y @the-40-thieves/alexandria-mcp

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "alexandria": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@the-40-thieves/alexandria-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<OPENAI_API_KEY>",
        "ALEXANDRIA_API_KEY": "<ALEXANDRIA_API_KEY>",
        "CORE_API_KEY": "<CORE_API_KEY>",
        "COURTLISTENER_API_KEY": "<COURTLISTENER_API_KEY>",
        "GOVINFO_API_KEY": "<GOVINFO_API_KEY>",
        "GOOGLE_BOOKS_API_KEY": "<GOOGLE_BOOKS_API_KEY>",
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "<GITHUB_TOKEN>",
        "NASA_ADS_API_KEY": "<NASA_ADS_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "alexandria": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@the-40-thieves/alexandria-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<OPENAI_API_KEY>",
        "ALEXANDRIA_API_KEY": "<ALEXANDRIA_API_KEY>",
        "CORE_API_KEY": "<CORE_API_KEY>",
        "COURTLISTENER_API_KEY": "<COURTLISTENER_API_KEY>",
        "GOVINFO_API_KEY": "<GOVINFO_API_KEY>",
        "GOOGLE_BOOKS_API_KEY": "<GOOGLE_BOOKS_API_KEY>",
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "<GITHUB_TOKEN>",
        "NASA_ADS_API_KEY": "<NASA_ADS_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

~/.gemini/settings.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "alexandria": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@the-40-thieves/alexandria-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<OPENAI_API_KEY>",
        "ALEXANDRIA_API_KEY": "<ALEXANDRIA_API_KEY>",
        "CORE_API_KEY": "<CORE_API_KEY>",
        "COURTLISTENER_API_KEY": "<COURTLISTENER_API_KEY>",
        "GOVINFO_API_KEY": "<GOVINFO_API_KEY>",
        "GOOGLE_BOOKS_API_KEY": "<GOOGLE_BOOKS_API_KEY>",
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "<GITHUB_TOKEN>",
        "NASA_ADS_API_KEY": "<NASA_ADS_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "alexandria": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@the-40-thieves/alexandria-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<OPENAI_API_KEY>",
        "ALEXANDRIA_API_KEY": "<ALEXANDRIA_API_KEY>",
        "CORE_API_KEY": "<CORE_API_KEY>",
        "COURTLISTENER_API_KEY": "<COURTLISTENER_API_KEY>",
        "GOVINFO_API_KEY": "<GOVINFO_API_KEY>",
        "GOOGLE_BOOKS_API_KEY": "<GOOGLE_BOOKS_API_KEY>",
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "<GITHUB_TOKEN>",
        "NASA_ADS_API_KEY": "<NASA_ADS_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.trae/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "alexandria": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@the-40-thieves/alexandria-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<OPENAI_API_KEY>",
        "ALEXANDRIA_API_KEY": "<ALEXANDRIA_API_KEY>",
        "CORE_API_KEY": "<CORE_API_KEY>",
        "COURTLISTENER_API_KEY": "<COURTLISTENER_API_KEY>",
        "GOVINFO_API_KEY": "<GOVINFO_API_KEY>",
        "GOOGLE_BOOKS_API_KEY": "<GOOGLE_BOOKS_API_KEY>",
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "<GITHUB_TOKEN>",
        "NASA_ADS_API_KEY": "<NASA_ADS_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Environment variables

OPENAI_API_KEY
ALEXANDRIA_API_KEY
CORE_API_KEY
COURTLISTENER_API_KEY
GOVINFO_API_KEY
GOOGLE_BOOKS_API_KEY
GITHUB_TOKEN
NASA_ADS_API_KEY

Replace the placeholders with your own credentials and keep them out of version control.

Setup

Environment variables

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