Web Archive lets you look back at how any website looked at any point in history, using the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. Check whether a URL has ever been captured, browse the full capture timeline, or get a year-by-year breakdown of how many snapshots exist.
This is the go-to tool for recovering deleted content, investigating how a competitor's site or messaging has evolved, verifying what a webpage said on a specific date, or simply exploring the history of any domain.
What you can do
- check_availability — find the closest archived snapshot to a specific date and get a direct link to view it
- search_captures — browse the full capture history across a date range, with status filters to find only successful captures
- site_history — get the total number of captures for a domain, broken down by year
Who it's for
Researchers verifying historical claims or archiving evidence. Journalists investigating how a company's website or public statements have changed. Legal and compliance teams capturing website state at a specific date. Developers recovering accidentally deleted content. Anyone curious about what a site looked like years ago.
How to use it
- Use check_availability with a URL and target date to jump straight to the closest snapshot
- Use search_captures to see the full capture timeline — add a status filter of "200" to show only successful captures
- Use site_history to understand how well-archived a domain is and how its capture frequency has changed over time
Getting started
All skills are ready to use without any setup. You can pass either a full URL (including path) or just a domain name — both work.
