Wayback

live Utility

Internet Archive Wayback Machine MCP.

3 tools
0ms auth
free tier 50 calls/day

Tools

get_snapshot

Look up the archived/historical version of a web page in the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. Returns the closest available snapshot (its Wayback URL, timestamp and HTTP status). Pass a timestamp to

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list_snapshots

List the captured snapshots of a URL in the Internet Archive Wayback Machine over time, using the CDX index. Each entry includes the capture timestamp, the original URL, HTTP status code, MIME type, c

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get_capture_count

Count how many times a URL has been captured by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine, and find when a URL was first and last archived. Returns the total number of captures plus the earliest and latest

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Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools
bash 
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/wayback/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
Call a tool
bash 
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/wayback/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_snapshot","arguments":{}}}'

Use with the SDK

Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.

TypeScript 
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("get_snapshot", {});
ask_pipeworx 
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("internet archive wayback machine mcp");