Norway Archives
PYPI · NORWAY-ARCHIVES-MCP
Norway's church books, censuses and scans, National Library books, and place names.
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Last scanned (11 hours ago)
Scores higher than 80% 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 34 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/norway-archives-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 Usability65
- AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
- Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 2006 tokens (~154/item across 13 items; 13 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 13 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 14 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.
- 14 Oct 26 +45
- Injection markers: unverified → pass ▲ security
- Malware scan: 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/norway-archives-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/norway-archives-mcp |
| Certificate issuer | https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com |
| Certificate SAN | https://github.com/ianderso/norway-archives-mcp/.github/workflows/release.yml@refs/tags/v0.1.0 |
| Rekor log index | 3200910409 |
| Predicate type | PyPI publish attestation https://docs.pypi.org/attestations/publish/v1 |
| Subject digest | sha256:c5a97c87f10795d7a22eb349020df53010ee0f7b1d1afb1bccc73423beef63f4 |
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 34 packages
| Packages resolved | 34 |
|---|---|
| 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 ~27
Report this session's requests, by service, the Digitalarkivet budget, and cache use.
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
da_download_page ~164
Download one scanned page from Digitalarkivet so it can be read. This is the step that turns a hit into evidence. Returns the citation (source, archive reference, image number, permanent link). Census pages (ft… ids) come at full resolution only.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| destination | string | yes | Absolute path of a new .jpg file. The directory must exist and the file must not: nothing is overwritten. |
| image | – | – | …and the image number, 1-based. |
| max_pixels | integer | – | Longest side in pixels; 0 for full resolution. |
| page_id | string | – | Permanent page id, e.g. 'kb20070419660152' or 'ft2009…'. |
| source_id | – | – | Instead: the source id… |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
da_get_record ~112
Read one transcribed record: its fields, everyone named in it, and its scanned page. `scanned_pages` gives the permanent page id to pass to da_download_page.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| record | string | yes | A record address from da_search_persons, or its path, e.g. 'view/255/pd00000024592808' or 'census/person/pf01038322000172'. |
| refresh | boolean | – | True asks again instead of using the cached answer, and replaces it. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
da_get_source ~102
Describe one source and map its scans: archive reference, images, where each list starts. Sections are the lists in the book (baptisms, confirmations, out-migrated…) with the image each begins on; a list usually runs until the next starts.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| refresh | boolean | – | True asks again instead of using the cached answer, and replaces it. |
| source_id | integer | yes | The source id, from da_search_sources or a record. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
da_list_pages ~126
List a source's scanned pages in order, with each page's permanent id and permalink. For reading a list nobody transcribed: pass page ids to da_download_page.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| count | integer | – | How many images, at most 100. |
| refresh | boolean | – | True asks again instead of using the cached answer, and replaces it. |
| section | string | – | Start where this list begins instead (code or label, e.g. kf). |
| source_id | integer | yes | The source id. |
| start | integer | – | First image number, 1-based. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
da_search_persons ~288
Search Digitalarkivet's transcribed records for a person. Covers transcribed church-book entries, censuses (1801-1920), emigrant lists and more. Each hit gives the record's address for da_get_record. Only transcribed lists are searched.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| birth_place | string | – | Birthplace as written in the record. |
| birth_year_from | – | – | Earliest birth year. |
| birth_year_to | – | – | Latest birth year. |
| domicile | string | – | Residence or farm as written. |
| event_year_from | – | – | Earliest event year. |
| event_year_to | – | – | Latest event year. |
| first_name | string | – | Given name(s). |
| last_name | string | – | Surname; * is a wildcard, e.g. 'Rønning*'. |
| list_type | string | – | One list, by code or label: dp baptisms, kf confirmations, vi marriages, gr burials, uf out-migrated, if in-migrated, fl in/out-migrated. |
| municipality | string | – | Historical municipality: name or four-digit number (see municipalities). |
| name_variants | boolean | – | Also match Digitalarkivet's name variants. |
| page | integer | – | Result page, 50 hits each. |
| refresh | boolean | – | True asks again instead of using the cached answer, and replaces it. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
da_search_sources ~184
Find sources (church books, censuses, probate records) by place, period and list. Each source says which lists it holds, which are scanned and which are searchable. A list that is scanned but not searchable can still be read page by page with da_get_source and da_list_pages.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| list_type | string | – | Only sources holding this list, by code or label (e.g. kf, uf). |
| municipality | string | – | Historical municipality: name or four-digit number. |
| page | integer | – | Result page. |
| query | string | – | Words in the source's title, e.g. a parish name. |
| refresh | boolean | – | True asks again instead of using the cached answer, and replaces it. |
| year_from | – | – | Earliest year the source covers. |
| year_to | – | – | Latest year the source covers. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
municipalities ~86
Look up Digitalarkivet's historical municipalities and their numbers. Makes no network call. The da_ tools filter by these (as they stood around 1947), not by today's merged municipalities. Also lists the list-type codes.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| county | string | – | An old county name or two-digit number. |
| query | string | – | Part of a name, or a four-digit number. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
nb_download_page ~125
Download one page image of a National Library item that is open where you are.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| destination | string | yes | Absolute path of a new .jpg file. The directory must exist and the file must not: nothing is overwritten. |
| image | – | – | Instead: the image number, 1-based. |
| item_id | string | yes | The item id from nb_search. |
| max_pixels | integer | – | Longest side in pixels; 0 for full resolution. |
| page | string | – | The printed page number. |
| page_id | string | – | Instead: the page id. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
nb_get_page ~108
Read one page of a National Library item: its OCR text where it is open, and its citation.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| image | – | – | Instead: the image number, 1-based. |
| include_text | boolean | – | Return the page's OCR text when open. |
| item_id | string | yes | The item id from nb_search. |
| page | string | – | The printed page number, as a snippet gives it. |
| page_id | string | – | Instead: the page id from nb_search_inside. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
nb_search ~191
Search the National Library of Norway's books, newspapers and more. Each item says where it can be read: everywhere, Norway only, or the library only. nb_search_inside finds the page in any of them.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| digitised_only | boolean | – | Only digitised items. |
| full_text | boolean | – | Search inside the text, not only titles. |
| media_type | string | – | books, newspapers, journals, maps, letters, manuscripts, pictures, private archives; empty for all. |
| page | integer | – | Result page, 20 items each. |
| query | string | yes | Words to find; quotes for a phrase, e.g. '"Røros kobberverk"'. |
| refresh | boolean | – | True asks again instead of using the cached answer, and replaces it. |
| year_from | – | – | Earliest year of publication. |
| year_to | – | – | Latest year of publication. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
nb_search_inside ~104
Find the pages of one book or newspaper that mention a word, with snippets. Works for Norway-only items too: the printed page number tells you what to request from a library even when the page cannot be shown here.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| item_id | string | yes | The item id from nb_search (32 hex characters). |
| max_snippets | integer | – | Most snippets, 1 to 50. |
| query | string | yes | Word or name to find inside the item. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
place_names ~140
Find farms, hamlets and other places in Kartverket's official place-name register. Gives today's spelling, type (farm, village, lake…), municipality and coordinates. Old spellings in records often differ: try a wildcard or fuzzy.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| county | string | – | Today's county: name or number. |
| fuzzy | boolean | – | Also return names that sound alike. |
| limit | integer | – | Most names, 1 to 100. |
| municipality | string | – | Today's municipality: name or number (merged since 2020). |
| name | string | yes | The name; * is a wildcard, e.g. 'Røros*'. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
How do I install the Norway Archives MCP server?
Norway Archives runs locally as a PyPI package, launched with uvx norway-archives-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 · norway-archives-mcp
claude mcp add ianderso-norway-archives-mcp -- uvx norway-archives-mcp
What is the Norway Archives MCP server?
Norway Archives is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.ianderso/norway-archives-mcp. Norway's church books, censuses and scans, National Library books, and place names. This page covers its PyPI package (norway-archives-mcp).
Is the Norway Archives MCP server safe to use?
Norway Archives scores 80 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 Norway Archives MCP server expose?
Norway Archives exposes 13 tools: da_search_persons, da_get_record, da_search_sources, da_get_source, da_list_pages, and 8 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,757 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Is the Norway Archives MCP server still maintained?
Norway Archives 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 Norway Archives MCP server under?
Norway Archives declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.