The Founding Reader
Claude connectorCommunityResearch American founding-era primary sources with exact text, attribution, dates, curated debates and documented replies.
Research the American founding through 136 primary-source documents, including the Federalist Papers, Anti-Federalist essays, the Constitution, and foundational documents.
Search the collection, retrieve exact passages with paragraph-level citations, explore 15 curated debates, and follow documented responses between writers. Results include source links, dates, attribution notes, and authorship caveats where relevant.
The Founding Reader helps students, educators, researchers, and curious readers compare arguments and check claims against the original text. All four tools are read-only. No account or authentication is required.
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Tools
- get_founding_connections
- get_founding_debate
- get_founding_source
- search_founding_passages
- Categories
- Made by
- Gerald Norby · Website
- Sign-in
- Not required
- Connector URL
- https://foundingreader.com/mcp
- Transport
- Streamable HTTP
- Works with
- Claude, Claude API, Claude Code, Claude Desktop
- Added
- October 8, 2026
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