DigitalNZ MCP connector

DigitalNZ is New Zealand's aggregated metadata service that provides access to digital content from libraries, museums, archives, and cultural institutions across the country. The DigitalNZ MCP connector allows AI agents to search and query the metadata repository, retrieve detailed information about specific records, and discover similar content based on existing items. It supports exploring New Zealand's cultural heritage collections programmatically to surface relevant materials for research, education, and content discovery.

Authentication type

• API Key - Requires a static API key to be configured before the agent can connect to the service.

Uses

Use the DigitalNZ MCP connector to perform the following actions:

• Search New Zealand's digital collections to discover archival materials and cultural content
• Retrieve detailed metadata about specific items from libraries, museums, and archives
• Find similar records in DigitalNZ based on a known item to explore related collections
• Automate research workflows by querying DigitalNZ content across multiple institutions
• Identify and catalog historical documents, images, and artifacts for preservation projects
• Build recommendation systems that surface related cultural materials to end users
• Enrich internal databases by pulling comprehensive metadata from DigitalNZ records

Example prompts

Use the following example prompts to invoke DigitalNZ MCP connector tools from your AI assistant or Boomi Connect workflow:

• Search DigitalNZ for all photographs of Wellington from the 1950s.
• Show me manuscripts related to Māori history in the DigitalNZ collection.
• Find documents about New Zealand's early European settlement in DigitalNZ.
• Search DigitalNZ for audio recordings of traditional Māori music.
• Retrieve metadata for the item with ID 12345 from DigitalNZ.
• Show me all newspapers published in Christchurch that are available in DigitalNZ.
• Find records in DigitalNZ similar to this specific cultural artifact.
• Search DigitalNZ for educational resources about New Zealand's Treaty of Waitangi.
• Retrieve all items from the Auckland Libraries collection in DigitalNZ.
• Show me comparable items to this artwork in the DigitalNZ database.

DigitalNZ MCP connector tools

The DigitalNZ MCP connector provides the following tools. Each tool maps to a specific action you can invoke from your AI agent or automation.

Tool	Description
getRecordsFormat	Searches DigitalNZ metadata records using query parameters and filters.
getRecords	Retrieves detailed metadata information for a specified single record.
getRecordsMoreLikeThisFormat	Returns records similar to a specified record based on metadata matching.