How do I install Alexandria-mcp?

Its own README gives this command: claude mcp add --transport http alexandria https://alexandria.aidatanorge.no/mcp. Run it where your MCP client can launch the server, and check the README for any settings it asks for.

Is Alexandria-mcp official and is it maintained?

We found nothing naming it as a vendor’s official server. Its repository has 3 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is listed. Its last commit we recorded was on 2026-06-10.

What licence does Alexandria-mcp use?

The repository declares the MIT licence.

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Alexandria-mcp

Alexandria-mcp is an MCP server, listed under memory & vectors. Its repository has 3 GitHub stars and is licensed under MIT; we last read it on 2026-10-23.

Alexandria-mcp provides semantic search over 4.6 million text chunks from 20,000 classical philosophy and humanities works, built for AI agents using FastMCP.

Install

Read from Alexandria-mcp’s own README, close to verbatim -- not written by us, and not guessed.

claude mcp add --transport http alexandria https://alexandria.aidatanorge.no/mcp

View in Alexandria-mcp’s own README ↗

What it reaches, and what it needs

Reaches

○ not recognised

Credential

○ none found

Maintenance

Stars

State

listed

Licence

MIT

From the repository

Semantic search over 4.6 million text chunks from 20,000 classical philosophy and humanities works. Built for AI agents using FastMCP.

View on GitHub ↗2026-10-23

Alexandria-mcp compared with similar servers

Alexandria-mcp compared with the closest alternatives, by services reached, credentials, stars, last update and licence
Server	Reaches	Needs	Stars	Last update	Licence
Alexandria-mcp (this page)	—	None listed	3	2026-06-10	MIT
mcp-server-qdrant	qdrant	QDRANT_API_KEY	1,553	2026-09-04	Apache-2.0
mcp-knowledge-graph	—	None listed	886	2026-05-29	MIT
chroma-mcp	chroma	CHROMA_API_KEY, CHROMA_CUSTOM_AUTH_CREDENTIALS	601	2025-09-17	Apache-2.0
caura	—	None listed	504	2026-10-25	Apache-2.0
MemoryMesh	—	None listed	354	2026-03-01	MIT

Ranked by services in common with Alexandria-mcp, then by stars. Figures are from each repository when we last read it.

Common questions about Alexandria-mcp

What does Alexandria-mcp do?: Alexandria-mcp provides semantic search over 4.6 million text chunks from 20,000 classical philosophy and humanities works, built for AI agents using FastMCP.
How do I install Alexandria-mcp?: Its own README gives this command: claude mcp add --transport http alexandria https://alexandria.aidatanorge.no/mcp. Run it where your MCP client can launch the server, and check the README for any settings it asks for.
Is Alexandria-mcp official and is it maintained?: We found nothing naming it as a vendor’s official server. Its repository has 3 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is listed. Its last commit we recorded was on 2026-06-10.
What licence does Alexandria-mcp use?: The repository declares the MIT licence.

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