Skills

Skills are loaded from the ra-mcp-tools plugin and provide research methodology guidance. They are auto-discovered from plugins/*/skills/ directories.

/archive-search

Essential pre-search guide. Covers tool selection (search_transcribed vs search_metadata), Solr query syntax, wildcards, fuzzy matching for OCR/HTR errors, old Swedish spelling variants (präst/prest, silver/silfver), proximity search, Boolean operators, and pagination workflows.

/archive-research

Research methodology guide. Covers research integrity rules (never fabricate data, always cite precisely), cross-tool research workflow (discover, examine, contextualize, synthesize), browsing strategy, result presentation with proper citations, and archive coverage awareness.

/htr-transcription

HTR workflow guide. Covers the full pipeline: determine image source, batch images into a single htr_transcribe call, present results as an interactive artifact. Documents language options, layout modes, export formats, and custom HTRflow YAML pipelines.

/view-document-guide

Document viewer guide. Covers the view_document tool's arguments, pairing rules, and common mistakes.

/upload-files

File upload guide. Covers uploading local files or attachments to get public URLs for HTR or the viewer.