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Wayback Machine MCP — wraps the Internet Archive Wayback Machine CDX API

2 tools
0ms auth
free tier 50 calls/day

Tools

search_url

Search the Wayback Machine CDX index for archived snapshots of a URL. Returns timestamps, HTTP status codes, MIME types, and archive URLs. Filter by date range. Example: search_url("example.com", from

No parameters required.

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check_availability

Check if a URL has been archived by the Wayback Machine and get the closest available snapshot. Returns the archive URL and timestamp if available.

No parameters required.

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Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools
bash 
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/wayback/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
Call a tool
bash 
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/wayback/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_url","arguments":{}}}'

Use with the SDK

Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.

TypeScript 
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("search_url", {});
ask_pipeworx 
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("wayback machine mcp — wraps the internet archive wayback machine cdx api");