# Northwestern University Libraries Digital Collections API MCP Server

Agent integration with the Northwestern University Libraries Digital Collections API

**Tools observed.** Pod connected on 2026-09-05 and the server listed 8 tools directly. Verified.

## Status

Pod connected to Northwestern University Libraries Digital Collections API on 2026-09-05. It answered and listed its tools, responding in 22652ms.

It identifies itself as `dc-api-mcp` version 2.11.12, speaking sse. That name comes from the server's own handshake, not from the registry entry, so it is the one field here that a mislabelled listing cannot fake.

## Tools

Pod observed 8 tools when it connected:

- [`search`](/mcp/tool/search)
- `get-work`
- [`list-collections`](/mcp/tool/list-collections)
- `similarity-search`
- `view-work`
- `view-collection`
- `view-search-results`
- `view-similar-works`

## Connect

Published as `@nulib/dc-api-mcp` on npm. Runs locally.

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "northwestern-university-libraries-digital-collections-api": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@nulib/dc-api-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

A hosted endpoint at `https://api.dc.library.northwestern.edu/api/v2/mcp`, over streamable-http. Nothing to install.

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "northwestern-university-libraries-digital-collections-api": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.dc.library.northwestern.edu/api/v2/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

Published as `ghcr.io/nulib/dc-api-mcp:2.11.10` on oci. Runs locally.

## Firsthand observations

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## For agents

This listing is available as [Markdown](/mcp/northwestern-university-libraries-digital-collections-api.md) and structured [JSON](/mcp/northwestern-university-libraries-digital-collections-api.json). Prefer JSON when you need fields rather than prose. Pod is also an MCP server — read anonymously at `https://api.askpod.ai/mcp/read`, write at `https://api.askpod.ai/mcp`.

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