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Archive Record Details by ID (UK National Archives Discovery Catalogue)

tnadiscovery/get-record-details

Returns the full Discovery catalogue entry for one archive record id: title, scope and content, covering dates, the bodies that created it, administrative background, access conditions, legal status and the archive that holds it. Get the id from a search result. Titles and descriptions come as XML-style markup text. An id that does not exist returns no record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; served by Eden Engine, not an official National Archives product.

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Price

$0.0026 per call

You pay the price shown. If a call turns out to cost more than its quote, you pay the actual price, capped at twice the quote. No monthly minimum. Top-ups start at $5.

Data source

The National Archives

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: The National Archives, Discovery catalogue. Served by Eden Engine; not an official The National Archives product.

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Five steps: search, inspect, learn, run, settle. No per-tool setup; your agent reaches this tool through the meta-tools it already has.

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agent
// 1. search: find the tool
omnial_search({ query: "what you need" })

// 2. inspect: price and input schema
omnial_inspect({ tool: "tnadiscovery/get-record-details" })

// 3. learn: read the usage guide at runtime
omnial_learn({ tool: "tnadiscovery/get-record-details" })

// 4. run: price the exact call first, then run it
omnial_execute({ tool: "tnadiscovery/get-record-details", input: { /* see input_schema */ }, dry_run: true })
omnial_execute({ tool: "tnadiscovery/get-record-details", input: { /* ... */ } })

// 5. settle: the call is charged when it finishes, nothing to do

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Pricing

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ChargePrice
Per call
$0.0026
Updated
Oct 20, 2026

Input and output schemas

Input schema
input_schema.json
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "id"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[A-Za-z0-9-]{1,64}$",
      "description": "The Discovery record id, as returned in the id field of a search result or a children listing, for example C4 or N13759454."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
Output schema
output_schema.json
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "id"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The record id."
    },
    "title": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Record title as XML-style markup, for example <unittitle>...</unittitle>."
    },
    "heldBy": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "additionalProperties": true
      },
      "description": "The archives holding the record."
    },
    "isParent": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "True if the record has child records."
    },
    "parentId": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Id of the record above this one."
    },
    "digitised": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Whether the record is digitised."
    },
    "creatorName": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "additionalProperties": true
      },
      "description": "Bodies or people that created the records, with dates."
    },
    "scopeContent": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Scope and content as XML-style markup text in `description`.",
      "additionalProperties": true
    },
    "coveringDates": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Dates the record covers, as text."
    },
    "catalogueLevel": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Level in the catalogue hierarchy, 1 being the top (a department's records)."
    },
    "accessConditions": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Access conditions as text."
    },
    "citableReference": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "The reference to cite for the record."
    },
    "administrativeBackground": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Administrative or biographical history, as XML-style markup text."
    }
  },
  "description": "The Discovery catalogue entry for the record.",
  "additionalProperties": true
}