# Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Gallica)

> Use this tool when you need to access a vast digital library of French historical and cultural documents, or require automated research report generation with proper citations. It solves problems related to academic research, historical analysis, and educational content creation by providing a structured API for searching books, periodicals, and manuscripts. The tool takes natural language queries or specific metadata fields as input and outputs comprehensive research reports with organized sources and citations.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/bibliotheque-nationale-de-france-gallica  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/bibliotheque-nationale-de-france-gallica

## Description

Bibliothèque Nationale de France MCP server provides access to the Gallica digital library through a structured API client. It enables searching for books, periodicals, manuscripts, images, and other documents using natural language queries or specific metadata fields like title, author, and subject. The implementation includes a sequential reporting tool that helps generate comprehensive research reports with proper citations, automatically searching for relevant sources and organizing them into structured sections. Particularly valuable for academic research, historical analysis, and educational content creation that requires access to France's national library collections.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.97
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-19

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** media
- **Updated:** 2026-09-19

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/bibliotheque-nationale-de-france-gallica)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/kryzo/mcp-bibliotheque_nationale_de_france>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "bibliotheque-nationale-de-france-gallica"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/bibliotheque-nationale-de-france-gallica` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/bibliotheque-nationale-de-france-gallica/pull`

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