search — Northwestern University Libraries Digital Collections API MCP Tool Read-only
search
(search) is one of 8 tools on the
Northwestern University Libraries Digital Collections API
MCP server. Connect the server and your client discovers it on the handshake.
by client
How to call search from your client
- Claude Code Northwestern University Libraries Digital Collections API search run in your project directory
- Claude Desktop Northwestern University Libraries Digital Collections API search ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
- Cursor Northwestern University Libraries Digital Collections API search ~/.cursor/mcp.json
- VS Code Northwestern University Libraries Digital Collections API search .vscode/mcp.json
- Zed Northwestern University Libraries Digital Collections API search ~/.config/zed/settings.json
- Windsurf Northwestern University Libraries Digital Collections API search ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json
- Cline Northwestern University Libraries Digital Collections API search ~/Library/Application Support/Code/User/globalStorage/saoudrizwan.claude-dev/settings/cline_mcp_settings.json
- Gemini CLI Northwestern University Libraries Digital Collections API search ~/.gemini/settings.json
- Grok Northwestern University Libraries Digital Collections API search .mcp.json (in your project root)
- ChatGPT Northwestern University Libraries Digital Collections API search Settings → Connectors → Advanced → Developer mode
- Claude.ai Northwestern University Libraries Digital Collections API search Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector
- LangChain Northwestern University Libraries Digital Collections API search pip install langchain-mcp-adapters
Fastest route
claude mcp add --transport http dc-api https://api.dc.library.northwestern.edu/api/v2/mcpOther tools on this server
This list was read from the server itself, by connecting to it and calling tools/list on 24 September 2026. It is what
the server actually exposes, not what its listing claims.
Mutating and Read-only are read off each tool's name, not its schema — a hint, not a guarantee. The registry stores tool names only; connect the server for its live schemas.