API & MCP

Everything a person can do on Personal Archive Search, a program or AI agent can do with the same inputs and get the identical result.

HTTP API

POST https://paperwellarchivesearch.usefulweb.app/api/v1/calculate – run Personal Archive Search
GET https://paperwellarchivesearch.usefulweb.app/api/v1/tool – inputs, output schema, examples
OpenAPI 3.1: /openapi.json · /openapi.yaml
Errors: application/problem+json; 422 includes per-field errors.

Personal Archive Search

Search your own text collection by phrase or multiple terms, with word/case/accent controls, file filters and exact source references.

Inputs of Personal Archive Search
Field	Type	Default	Description
`documents`	table	[{"name":"notes.md","body":"Project notes\nThe blue cabinet is 600 mm wide."}]	Documents
`query` (required)	textarea	"cabinet"	Search phrase
`mode`	select (phrase, all, any)	"phrase"	Match mode
`caseSensitive`	boolean	false	Match case
`wholeWord`	boolean	false	Whole words only
`ignoreAccents`	boolean	false	Ignore accents
`nameFilter`	text	—	File name contains

Example request

Try an example

curl -X POST https://paperwellarchivesearch.usefulweb.app/api/v1/calculate -H 'content-type: application/json' -d '{}'

Every result contains

inputs (normalised, defaults applied), summary, result (validated against the published schema), units, assumptions, sources, warnings, computedAt and links.

MCP (Model Context Protocol)

Streamable HTTP endpoint: https://paperwellarchivesearch.usefulweb.app/mcp – protocol revisions 2026-07-28 (stateless) and 2025-11-25 / 2025-06-18 / 2025-03-26 (initialize handshake).
Tools: paperwell_archive_search
Local stdio connector: node src/mcp-stdio.ts --tool=paperwell-archive-search

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "paperwell-archive-search": { "type": "http", "url": "https://paperwellarchivesearch.usefulweb.app/mcp" }
  }
}