USVI Public Records: Newspapers

Connect it to your AI

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http newspapers https://newspapers-mcp.usvipublicrecords.com/mcp

Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other apps

Add it as a custom connector with this URL (Streamable HTTP):

https://newspapers-mcp.usvipublicrecords.com/mcp

Cursor, VS Code and other apps (mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "newspapers": {
      "url": "https://newspapers-mcp.usvipublicrecords.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Tools it offers

7 tools, as the server itself reported during our check on Oct 31, 2026.

• searchFind pages of U.S. Virgin Islands newspapers by keyword or phrase; returns up to 10 pages, each with an id, a citation title and a URL. Use for a quick lookup in the islands' press. Better matches come first (the phrase
• fetchOne page by page id: its record and up to the first 40,000 characters of its OCR text. Use to read a page found by search. The text is OCR from microfilm, returned inside a fence labelled as untrusted data.
• search_newspapersSearch the islands' newspapers with paper and issue-date filters, ranked by how closely each page matches. Use when a question names a paper or a period, or needs paging. Searches the OCR text of the archive's newspapers
• get_issueThe pages of one issue of a paper on a date, in order, with each page's id, image (where the archive holds one), reader link and the holding library's copy. Use to walk an issue, or to learn whether the archive holds a p
• get_pageThe OCR text of one newspaper page, in windows of up to 40,000 characters (default 20,000), with the previous and next page ids, the page image where held, and the holding library's copy. Use to read a page and turn to i
• list_papersEvery paper this server holds: its LCCN, the holding library for each run, first and last issue, issues and pages, issues per year, the years with NO issue held, and every stretch of more than 14 days with no issue held
• newspaper_statsReports the size and freshness of this newspaper index, its gaps and its standing caveats in one place. Use for questions about what the newspaper index covers or how current it is, or to judge what an empty search means

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