Matricula Church Books
PYPI · MATRICULA-MCP
Find parishes and registers on Matricula, the church-book portal; open any page in its viewer.
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Last scanned (7 hours ago)
Scores higher than 79% of PyPI servers
Category Education and Research
How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. How we score → Why this is hard to score →
Supply Chain Security100
- No malware found by supply-chain analysis.Pass
- No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.Pass
- Runs hatchling.build at install time, a recognised build step with no custom scripting around it. View diagnostics → Pass
- 1 of 32 dependencies flagged as unhealthy. View diagnostics → Partial
Provenance & Transparency100
- Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL. View diagnostics → Pass
- Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to ianderso/matricula-mcp). View diagnostics → Pass
- Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).Pass
- Actively maintained (last published 6 days ago).Pass
- Publishes a security disclosure policy (SECURITY.md).Pass
Schema Quality & AI Usability61
- AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
- Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1574 tokens (~224/item across 7 items; 7 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params. See how to fix → Fail
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management0
- Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).Unverified
Tool Coverage100
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 100% of tool parameters carry a description.Pass
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- We read all 7 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 8 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
- Implements a current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).Pass
Unverified: 1 category
A category scored 0 because we could not verify it: a data source with nothing on this package, evidence we could not reach, or a check we could not run. We only credit what we can confirm.
Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.
- 18 Oct 26 +15
- Malware scan: unverified → pass ▲ security
- 14 Oct 26 +29
- Injection markers: unverified → pass ▲ security
- First check of Judged manipulation: pass security
- Stability: Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window). security
- Tool coverage: unverified → 100 ▲ functional
- MCP protocol: unverified → pass ▲ functional
- First check of Schema quality: fail functional
- First check of Destructive annotations: pass functional
- First check of Schema quality: fail functional
- First check of Schema quality: good functional
- First check of Tool coverage: 100 functional
- 13 Oct 26 −15
- Malware scan: pass → unverified ▼ security
- 12 Oct 26 50
First indexed and scored.
Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.
Captured 18 Oct 2026 · Analysed pypi/matricula-mcp@0.1.0
Provenance Verified
A signed build attestation was found and verified, binding this exact artifact to the source repository it claims to come from.
| Result | Verified |
|---|---|
| Ecosystem | pypi |
| Reason | Verified |
| Discovered via | Registry attestation endpoint |
| Source repo | ianderso/matricula-mcp |
| Certificate issuer | https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com |
| Certificate SAN | https://github.com/ianderso/matricula-mcp/.github/workflows/release.yml@refs/tags/v0.1.0 |
| Rekor log index | 3207623628 |
| Predicate type | PyPI publish attestation https://docs.pypi.org/attestations/publish/v1 |
| Subject digest | sha256:a5951de43b979d71b50a0987c1285b08b3f9ab0b41d46f8c6bde77ed9156f3cf |
Background: How many MCP packages publish verified provenance →
Install scripts 1 script
| Hook | Tier | Command |
|---|---|---|
| build_backend | allowlisted | hatchling.build |
Background: Why install scripts are a supply-chain risk →
Dependencies 32 packages
| Packages resolved | 32 |
|---|---|
| No linked repository | 1 |
| Tree resolution | Complete |
Background: SBOMs and build attestations, explained →
The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →
cache_status ~31
Report this session's requests, the pacing, cache use, and whether images are on. Makes no network call.
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
matricula_page_image ~206
Save one page image with its citation, if the operator has turned image access on. Image access is off unless ICARUS has granted it: Matricula's image host refuses scripted requests. While it is off, this answers `images_not_enabled` with the page's viewer link, label and citation, and writes nothing. When on, the file is a new .jpg, not hidden, not under ~/Library, and inside the operator's download folder when one is set.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| destination | string | – | Absolute path of a new .jpg file, e.g. '/path/to/images/krimml-12.jpg'. Used only when image access is on. |
| page | – | – | The page's position, 1-based, as matricula_register gives. |
| register | string | yes | A register key, e.g. 'oesterreich/salzburg/krimml/TFBI', or a page's viewer address (?pg=N). |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
matricula_parishes ~206
List the parishes of one diocese or archive, with their coordinates. Names are matched as Matricula writes them; a village that was not a parish is found through matricula_search, which reads the parishes' descriptions. `about` is the section's own note, often naming the archive and how to reach it: the place to report a publication.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| count | integer | – | Most parishes to return (1-1000). |
| query | string | – | Keep parishes whose name contains this, ignoring case, accents and hyphens, e.g. 'kirchberg'. |
| refresh | boolean | – | True asks Matricula again instead of using the cache, and replaces the cached copy. Lists are kept 28 days, parish and register pages 7, searches 1. |
| section | string | yes | A section key from matricula_sections, e.g. 'deutschland/passau', or its Matricula address. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
matricula_register ~259
Read one register: its description, citation, and every page's label and viewer link. A page's `url` opens it in Matricula's own viewer for a person to read; `page` is the image's position, the number to cite with the label. A label (e.g. '02-Taufe_0001', '001-03_0004-r') is a finding aid naming the section or folio; it is not a date. A register with no pages shows no images, often because the law closes it.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| count | integer | – | Pages to list (1-1000). |
| first | integer | – | First page to list, 1-based. |
| label_contains | string | – | Keep pages whose label contains this, e.g. 'Index' or '0041'. |
| refresh | boolean | – | True asks Matricula again instead of using the cache, and replaces the cached copy. Lists are kept 28 days, parish and register pages 7, searches 1. |
| register | string | yes | A register key from matricula_registers, e.g. 'oesterreich/salzburg/krimml/TFBI', or its Matricula address. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
matricula_registers ~210
List a parish's registers: signature, type, dates, notes, and each one's key. `type` is the archive's own word (Taufen, Trauungen, Sterben, Index - ...); `kind` is this server's reading of it. Page counts and page links come from matricula_register. A register with `hosted_elsewhere` is shown on the archive's own site, not in Matricula's viewer. A gap in the years may be a register closed by law, unscanned, or lost.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| kind | string | – | Keep registers of this kind (indexes included). |
| parish | string | yes | A parish key, e.g. 'oesterreich/salzburg/krimml', or its Matricula address. |
| refresh | boolean | – | True asks Matricula again instead of using the cache, and replaces the cached copy. Lists are kept 28 days, parish and register pages 7, searches 1. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
matricula_search ~225
Search Matricula's place index: which parishes name this place. It matches parish names and the village lists and histories archives wrote into parish descriptions (`snippet` shows where), so it finds the parish a village belonged to. It never searches the registers' entries: no name of a person is found this way. Searches are slow by design, at least ten seconds apart.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| count | integer | – | Most parishes to return (1-100). |
| from_year | – | – | With to_year: only parishes with registers in these years. |
| place | string | yes | A place name, e.g. 'Altenmarkt'. Matricula matches whole words. |
| refresh | boolean | – | True asks Matricula again instead of using the cache, and replaces the cached copy. Lists are kept 28 days, parish and register pages 7, searches 1. |
| section | string | – | Keep only parishes in this section, e.g. 'oesterreich/gurk'. |
| to_year | – | – | With from_year: the last year. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
matricula_sections ~149
List Matricula's countries and, in each, its sections: the dioceses and archives. A section's key is what matricula_parishes takes. `parishes` is Matricula's own count. The first call for every country reads about a dozen pages, two seconds apart; after that the list is cached for four weeks.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| country | string | – | One country: its key ('oesterreich', 'LU'), German name or English name. Empty lists every country. |
| refresh | boolean | – | True asks Matricula again instead of using the cache, and replaces the cached copy. Lists are kept 28 days, parish and register pages 7, searches 1. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
How do I install the Matricula Church Books MCP server?
Matricula Church Books runs locally as a PyPI package, launched with uvx matricula-mcp. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.
pypi · matricula-mcp
claude mcp add ianderso-matricula-mcp -- uvx matricula-mcp
What is the Matricula Church Books MCP server?
Matricula Church Books is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.ianderso/matricula-mcp. Find parishes and registers on Matricula, the church-book portal; open any page in its viewer. This page covers its PyPI package (matricula-mcp).
Is the Matricula Church Books MCP server safe to use?
Matricula Church Books scores 79 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 18 October 2026. Its build provenance is signed and verified. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.
What tools does the Matricula Church Books MCP server expose?
Matricula Church Books exposes 7 tools: matricula_sections, matricula_parishes, matricula_registers, matricula_register, matricula_search, and 2 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,286 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Is the Matricula Church Books MCP server still maintained?
Matricula Church Books is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 18 October 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.
What licence is the Matricula Church Books MCP server under?
Matricula Church Books declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.