`nara_record`

Pack: us-national-archives · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/us-national-archives/mcp

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/nara_record for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

Fetch one US National Archives Catalog record in full by its NAID (National Archives Identifier, the number in a catalog.archives.gov/id/ URL). Returns title, scope and content note, dates, access and use restrictions, the full archival hierarchy back to the record group, and the digital objects attached. Example: nara_record({ naid: “219756158” })

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`naid`	string	yes	National Archives Identifier, e.g. “219756158” — the number in a catalog.archives.gov/id/ URL

Example call

Arguments

{
  "naid": "219756158"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/us-national-archives/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"nara_record","arguments":{"naid":"219756158"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('nara_record', {
  "naid": "219756158"
});

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "us-national-archives": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/us-national-archives/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

nara_record