Unesco Heritage MCP Server

Search and retrieve UNESCO heritage, biosphere reserve, and geopark records through MCP tools and resources.

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Install Unesco Heritage MCP Server

Pick your client, then add it in one click or paste the config.

STDIONode.js

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "unesco-heritage-mcp-server": {
      "command": "bunx",
      "args": [
        "@cyanheads/unesco-heritage-mcp-server@latest"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Settings → Developer → Edit Config, merge this into mcpServers, then fully quit and reopen Claude Desktop.

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Overview

unesco
heritage
geospatial
research

unesco-heritage-mcp-server MCP server exposes UNESCO Data Hub datasets for World Heritage sites, intangible heritage, biosphere reserves, and UNESCO Global Geoparks. It provides nine search, record, and reference tools plus four URI resources, with filters for countries, regions, dates, status, and geographic proximity. Run it through STDIO, a local Streamable HTTP server, or the public hosted endpoint without an API key. Use it when an agent needs structured UNESCO records, full item details, nearby locations, or reference-code lookups.

Use cases

Search World Heritage sites by country, criteria, danger status, or proximity
Retrieve full UNESCO records for sites, heritage elements, reserves, or geoparks
Compare intangible heritage lists and linked World Heritage sites
Find biosphere reserves or geoparks near geographic coordinates
Resolve UNESCO criteria, regions, countries, and network reference values

Key features

Searches four UNESCO Data Hub datasets
Retrieves detailed records through tools and URI resources
Supports pagination, facets, sorting, and geographic proximity filters
Runs over STDIO or Streamable HTTP
Requires no API key
Provides reference-data and dataset-coverage lookups

How Unesco Heritage MCP Server works

What unesco-heritage-mcp-server MCP server does

The unesco-heritage-mcp-server MCP server gives AI clients access to four UNESCO Data Hub datasets: the World Heritage List, the Intangible Cultural Heritage lists, the World Network of Biosphere Reserves, and UNESCO Global Geoparks. It supports both discovery and record retrieval, so an agent can first narrow a collection with filters and then request the complete entry.

World Heritage searches can include sites on the List of World Heritage in Danger. Intangible heritage searches cover the Representative List, Urgent Safeguarding List, and Register of Good Safeguarding Practices. Biosphere reserve and geopark searches support location-based matching, while World Heritage searches can match a representative point or component part.

How it works

The package can run as a STDIO process or as a Streamable HTTP server. The repository also publishes a hosted MCP endpoint at https://unesco-heritage.caseyjhand.com/mcp. No API key is required. A client can connect to the local process or hosted endpoint and invoke tools using structured parameters.

Search results are paginated, with up to 50 entries per page and a continuation cursor. Several searches return facets across the full result set, such as countries, regions, categories, lists, networks, or status values. Proximity searches accept latitude, longitude, and a radius of up to 5,000 kilometers.

Four resources mirror the record tools: unesco://site/{id_no}, unesco://intangible-heritage/{ich_ref}, unesco://biosphere-reserve/{mab_id}, and unesco://geopark/{ugg_id}.

Tools and capabilities

The nine tools include:

unesco_search_sites and unesco_get_site for World Heritage discovery and full records.
unesco_search_intangible_heritage and unesco_get_intangible_heritage_element for intangible heritage elements.
unesco_search_biosphere_reserves and unesco_get_biosphere_reserve for biosphere reserve data.
unesco_search_geoparks and unesco_get_geopark for UNESCO Global Geoparks.
unesco_list_reference for criteria, country codes, regions, heritage lists, MAB networks, dataset coverage, and data dates.

Full records can include descriptions, coordinates, inscription or designation history, countries, criteria, component parts, areas, populations, linked heritage sites, images, and source-page details. The exact fields depend on the dataset.

Limitations and notes

The server exposes recorded UNESCO data; some values require interpretation. For example, biosphere-reserve zone totals can differ from recorded totals, and a population value of zero may mean either no population or an unreported value. Transboundary biosphere reserves can appear once for each participating country, using separate identifiers.

World Heritage site lookups accept an identifier, digit string, or UNESCO page URL. Intangible heritage lookups accept an identifier or UNESCO page URL. Unknown identifiers return dataset-specific not-found errors. Search fields are dataset-specific: biosphere reserves and geoparks do not provide a dedicated biome or landform field, so descriptive words must be searched through text.

The unesco-heritage-mcp-server MCP server is intended for UNESCO-focused lookup and retrieval rather than general geographic or tourism data. Its documented client installation links cover Claude Desktop, Cursor, and VS Code.

Read the full README View source on GitHub

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What Unesco Heritage MCP Server lets your agent do. Expand a tool for its parameters.

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Last commit2d agoMost recent push to the default branch.

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Frequently Asked Questions about Unesco Heritage MCP Server

unesco-heritage-mcp-server is an MCP server that connects AI clients to UNESCO Data Hub datasets for World Heritage sites, intangible heritage, biosphere reserves, and Global Geoparks. Its main tools search collections, retrieve full records, resolve reference values, and expose matching records as MCP resources. It runs over STDIO or Streamable HTTP without an API key.

Install it with the published npm package using `npx -y @cyanheads/unesco-heritage-mcp-server`, or use the repository’s installation links for Claude Desktop, Cursor, or VS Code. It can also run as a local Streamable HTTP server, and a public hosted endpoint is available.

No, unesco-heritage-mcp-server runs without an API key. Connect through its STDIO process, a local Streamable HTTP server, or the public endpoint at `https://unesco-heritage.caseyjhand.com/mcp`.

You can search World Heritage sites, intangible heritage elements, biosphere reserves, and UNESCO Global Geoparks. Filters include text, country, dates, categories or lists, status fields, networks, and geographic proximity where supported.

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Category: Art & Culture
Transport: STDIO
Runtime: Node.js
License: Apache-2.0
Clients: Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code (GitHub Copilot)
Last updated: Oct 18, 2026

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Unesco Heritage MCP Server

Search and retrieve UNESCO heritage, biosphere reserve, and geopark records through MCP tools and resources.

Art & Culture
2stars
No ratings
UpdatedOct 18, 2026

InstallRepository Website

Install Unesco Heritage MCP Server

Pick your client, then add it in one click or paste the config.

STDIONode.js

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "unesco-heritage-mcp-server": {
      "command": "bunx",
      "args": [
        "@cyanheads/unesco-heritage-mcp-server@latest"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Settings → Developer → Edit Config, merge this into mcpServers, then fully quit and reopen Claude Desktop.

Install not yet sandbox-tested— we haven't run this command through our automated sandbox yet. Not a red flag; we're working through the catalog.

Overview

unesco
heritage
geospatial
research

Use cases

Search World Heritage sites by country, criteria, danger status, or proximity
Retrieve full UNESCO records for sites, heritage elements, reserves, or geoparks
Compare intangible heritage lists and linked World Heritage sites
Find biosphere reserves or geoparks near geographic coordinates
Resolve UNESCO criteria, regions, countries, and network reference values

Key features

Searches four UNESCO Data Hub datasets
Retrieves detailed records through tools and URI resources
Supports pagination, facets, sorting, and geographic proximity filters
Runs over STDIO or Streamable HTTP
Requires no API key
Provides reference-data and dataset-coverage lookups

How Unesco Heritage MCP Server works

What unesco-heritage-mcp-server MCP server does

How it works

Four resources mirror the record tools: unesco://site/{id_no}, unesco://intangible-heritage/{ich_ref}, unesco://biosphere-reserve/{mab_id}, and unesco://geopark/{ugg_id}.

Tools and capabilities

The nine tools include:

unesco_search_sites and unesco_get_site for World Heritage discovery and full records.
unesco_search_intangible_heritage and unesco_get_intangible_heritage_element for intangible heritage elements.
unesco_search_biosphere_reserves and unesco_get_biosphere_reserve for biosphere reserve data.
unesco_search_geoparks and unesco_get_geopark for UNESCO Global Geoparks.
unesco_list_reference for criteria, country codes, regions, heritage lists, MAB networks, dataset coverage, and data dates.

Limitations and notes

Read the full README View source on GitHub

Tools9

What Unesco Heritage MCP Server lets your agent do. Expand a tool for its parameters.

Self-reported~362 tokens of context

Security & health

What it can reach and how reliably it runs — from our own checks, not the maintainer’s claims.

ActiveLast checked 1d ago

Recent health check succeeded.

Supply-chain signal

No high-severity advisories surfaced by our automated scan.

Critical 0High 0Medium 0Low 0

Scanned 5d ago via OSV.dev · @cyanheads/unesco-heritage-mcp-server@latest (npm)

Adoption & maintenance

Factual signals from GitHub, npm, and our automated checks — not a rating.

GitHub stars2Stargazers on the source repository.

npm downloads498Package downloads in the last 30 days.

Last commit2d agoMost recent push to the default branch.

Tools exposed9Callable tools this server registers over MCP.

Reviews

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Frequently Asked Questions about Unesco Heritage MCP Server

No, unesco-heritage-mcp-server runs without an API key. Connect through its STDIO process, a local Streamable HTTP server, or the public endpoint at `https://unesco-heritage.caseyjhand.com/mcp`.

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At a glance

Category: Art & Culture
Transport: STDIO
Runtime: Node.js
License: Apache-2.0
Clients: Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code (GitHub Copilot)
Last updated: Oct 18, 2026

GitHub stars2

Last commit2d ago

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Not scored for repo-hosted servers — we can't reach the running server, only its GitHub page. Hosted MCP endpoints are health-checked live.

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Limitations and notes

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Key features

How Unesco Heritage MCP Server works

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Limitations and notes

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