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| # Adding More MCP Servers | |
| ra-mcp can be combined with other **MCP servers** to create a richer research environment. A common addition is **HTR transcription** — a server that can transcribe handwritten document images using AI. | |
| !!! note "Looking for the ra-mcp *skills*?" | |
| The ra-mcp **skills** (research-workflow guides like `/archive-search`) are **not** MCP servers — see [Skills](../tools/skills.md) for how to get them (automatic on claude.ai, `/plugin install` on Claude Code). This page is only about connecting *additional MCP servers*. | |
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| ## HTR Transcription Plugin | |
| The [htrflow-mcp](https://huggingface.co/spaces/Riksarkivet/htrflow-mcp) server provides handwritten text recognition (HTR) capabilities, letting your AI assistant transcribe document images directly. | |
| **Server URL:** | |
| ``` | |
| https://riksarkivet-htrflow-mcp.hf.space/gradio_api/mcp/sse | |
| ``` | |
| ### Claude.ai | |
| 1. Open [claude.ai](https://claude.ai) → **:material-puzzle: Integrations** → **Add more integrations...** | |
| 2. **Add custom MCP server** | |
| 3. Enter: | |
| - **Name:** `htrflow-mcp` | |
| - **URL:** `https://riksarkivet-htrflow-mcp.hf.space/gradio_api/mcp/sse` | |
| 4. Click **Add** | |
| ### Claude Code | |
| ```bash | |
| claude mcp add --transport sse htrflow-mcp https://riksarkivet-htrflow-mcp.hf.space/gradio_api/mcp/sse | |
| ``` | |
| ### Claude Desktop | |
| Add alongside `ra-mcp` in your config file: | |
| ```json | |
| { | |
| "mcpServers": { | |
| "ra-mcp": { | |
| "type": "streamable-http", | |
| "url": "https://riksarkivet-ra-mcp.hf.space/mcp" | |
| }, | |
| "htrflow-mcp": { | |
| "url": "https://riksarkivet-htrflow-mcp.hf.space/gradio_api/mcp/sse" | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } | |
| ``` | |
| ### VS Code / Cursor / Windsurf | |
| Add to `.vscode/mcp.json`: | |
| ```json | |
| { | |
| "mcpServers": { | |
| "ra-mcp": { | |
| "type": "streamable-http", | |
| "url": "https://riksarkivet-ra-mcp.hf.space/mcp" | |
| }, | |
| "htrflow-mcp": { | |
| "url": "https://riksarkivet-htrflow-mcp.hf.space/gradio_api/mcp/sse" | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } | |
| ``` | |
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| ## Using Both Servers Together | |
| Once both servers are connected, you can combine search and transcription in a single conversation: | |
| 1. **Search** for documents using `ra-mcp` | |
| 2. **Browse** specific pages to find interesting content | |
| 3. **Transcribe** document images using `htrflow-mcp` for pages that need fresh OCR/HTR | |
| > *"Search for trolldom in court records, then transcribe page 12 of the first result"* | |