Skip to content

Ancestry MCP server made with Python that allows interactability with .ged (GEDCOM) files

License

Notifications You must be signed in to change notification settings

reeeeemo/ancestry-mcp

This branch is 14 commits ahead of, 181 commits behind modelcontextprotocol/python-sdk:main.

Repository files navigation

Ancestry MCP Server

smithery badge MIT licensed Python Version PyPI version

Built on top of the Model Context Protocol Python SDK

Ancestry MCP server

Overview

Python server implementing Model Context Protocol (MCP) for interactibility with .ged files (GEDCOM files, commonly seen on Ancestry.com)

Features

  • Read and parse .ged files
  • Rename .ged files
  • Search within .ged files for certain individuals, family, etc

Note: The server will only allow operations within the directory specified via args

Resources

  • gedcom://{file_name}: .ged operations interface

Tools

  • list_files

    • List a (or multiple) .ged file within the directory
    • Input: name (string)
  • rename_file

    • Renames a (or multiple) .ged file within the directory
    • Inputs:
      • file_name (string): Old file name
      • new_name (string)
  • view_file

    • Parses and reads full contents of a .ged file
    • Can also parse and read multiple files
    • Can get specific information out of file(s), such as date of birth, marriage, etc.
    • Input: name (string)

Usage with Claude Desktop

Installing via Smithery

To install Ancestry GEDCOM Server for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install mcp-server-ancestry --client claude

Installing Manually

  1. First, install the package: pip install mcp-server-ancestry

  2. Add this to your claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
     "ancestry": {
       "command": "mcp-server-ancestry",
       "args": ["--gedcom-path", "path/to/your/gedcom/files"]
     }
  }
}

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

About

Ancestry MCP server made with Python that allows interactability with .ged (GEDCOM) files

Topics

Resources

License

Stars

Watchers

Forks

Releases

No releases published

Packages

No packages published

Languages

  • Python 100.0%