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CLI Reference

The ra-mcp CLI provides terminal access to the same operations available through MCP tools.

uv pip install ra-mcp           # Server + MCP tools
uv pip install ra-mcp[cli]      # Add CLI commands (ra search, ra browse)
uv pip install ra-mcp[tui]      # Add interactive TUI (ra tui)

Commands

Command Description
ra search Search transcribed historical documents
ra browse Browse pages by reference code
ra serve Start the MCP server
ra tui Interactive terminal browser