Northwestern University Libraries Digital Collections API

io.github.nulib/dc-api

Agent integration with the Northwestern University Libraries Digital Collections API

healthy

status

tools exposed

557ms

connect latency

a55c9477fa33

schema fingerprint

Tools (8)

Search for works in the Digital Collections using field-based and/or natural language queries. If both a natural language query and specific field values are provided, the natural language query will take priority, using the specified field values as additional constraints. The result will also incl

get-work

Retrieve the full metadata for a work from the NUL Digital Collections.

list-collections

List collection records from the NUL Digital Collections.

similarity-search

Find works that are similar to a given work. Uses semantic similarity based on work embeddings.

view-work

View a work from the NUL Digital Collections in an interactive viewer.

view-collection

View a collection from the NUL Digital Collections in an interactive viewer.

view-search-results

View results from the search-works tool in an interactive viewer.

view-similar-works

View results from the similarity-search tool in an interactive viewer.

Endpoint

https://api.dc.library.northwestern.edu/api/v2/mcp
Category: Other · Last checked: 2026-07-30T13:57:35Z

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