Alexandria MCP vs Oorlogsbronnen MCP

In-depth architectural comparison of the Alexandria MCP and Oorlogsbronnen MCP MCP servers. Compare execution transports, security boundaries, tool capabilities, quality scores, and ready-to-paste client installation snippets for Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code.

Which MCP Server Should You Choose?

Choose Alexandria MCP when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Art & Culture domain.
• You prefer remote streaming HTTP/SSE transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: search_texts, get_book_list, ping.

Explore Alexandria MCP Details

Choose Oorlogsbronnen MCP when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Art & Culture domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: Natural language search of WWII Dutch archives, Filter results by content type (person, photo, article, video, object, location), Control number of results returned.

Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Alexandria MCP AIDataNordic Art & Culture	Oorlogsbronnen MCP r-huijts Art & Culture
Summary	Semantic search over 4.6 million text chunks from 20,000 classical philosophy and humanities works. Built for AI agents using FastMCP.	Oorlogsbronnen (War Sources) API integration for accessing historical WWII records, photographs, and documents from the Netherlands (1940-1945)
Category & Scope	Art & Culture

Tools & Capabilities Breakdown

Ready-to-Paste Client Configurations

Paste either (or both) of these JSON server blocks into your client config file (e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aidatanordic-alexandria-mcp": {
      "url": "https://alexandria.aidatanorge.no/mcp"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "r-huijts-oorlogsbronnen-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "oorlogsbronnen-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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