Wayback Machine MCP Server

Name: Wayback Machine MCP Server
Author: io.github.Mearman

io.github.Mearman/mcp-wayback-machine

Repository Registry

What is the Wayback Machine MCP server?

MCP server and CLI tool for interacting with the Wayback Machine without API keys

How to install Wayback Machine

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

Environment / auth

WAYBACK_ACCESS_KEY
secret
Internet Archive S3 access key for higher SPN2 rate limits. Optional — anonymous mode works without it.
WAYBACK_SECRET_KEY
secret
Internet Archive S3 secret key for higher SPN2 rate limits. Optional — anonymous mode works without it.

Claude Desktop

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-wayback-machine": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-wayback-machine"
      ],
      "env": {
        "WAYBACK_ACCESS_KEY": "<YOUR_WAYBACK_ACCESS_KEY>",
        "WAYBACK_SECRET_KEY": "<YOUR_WAYBACK_SECRET_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-wayback-machine": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-wayback-machine"
      ],
      "env": {
        "WAYBACK_ACCESS_KEY": "<YOUR_WAYBACK_ACCESS_KEY>",
        "WAYBACK_SECRET_KEY": "<YOUR_WAYBACK_SECRET_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-wayback-machine": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-wayback-machine"
      ],
      "env": {
        "WAYBACK_ACCESS_KEY": "<YOUR_WAYBACK_ACCESS_KEY>",
        "WAYBACK_SECRET_KEY": "<YOUR_WAYBACK_SECRET_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "mcp-wayback-machine": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-wayback-machine"
      ],
      "env": {
        "WAYBACK_ACCESS_KEY": "<YOUR_WAYBACK_ACCESS_KEY>",
        "WAYBACK_SECRET_KEY": "<YOUR_WAYBACK_SECRET_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add mcp-wayback-machine --env WAYBACK_ACCESS_KEY=<YOUR_WAYBACK_ACCESS_KEY> --env WAYBACK_SECRET_KEY=<YOUR_WAYBACK_SECRET_KEY> -- npx -y mcp-wayback-machine