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art-institute-chicago-mcp-server

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Search the Art Institute of Chicago collection: artworks, artists, exhibitions, and audio guides.

v0.2.0 · active · repository · descriptor JSON · versions

An agent can connect right now, no human step.Remote endpoint, no authentication, reachable on the last probe.
Quality73needs work
Trust94of 100
Uptime, 30 days100%
Latency p50199 ms

Connect

8 clients · secrets stay placeholders
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "art-institute-chicago-mcp-server": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://art-institute-chicago.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
claude mcp add --transport http art-institute-chicago-mcp-server https://art-institute-chicago.caseyjhand.com/mcp
[mcp_servers.art-institute-chicago-mcp-server]
url = "https://art-institute-chicago.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "art-institute-chicago-mcp-server": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://art-institute-chicago.caseyjhand.com/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "art-institute-chicago-mcp-server": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://art-institute-chicago.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
    }
  },
  "deeplink": "cursor://anysphere.cursor-deeplink/mcp/install?name=art-institute-chicago-mcp-server&config=eyJ0eXBlIjoiaHR0cCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXJ0LWluc3RpdHV0ZS1jaGljYWdvLmNhc2V5amhhbmQuY29tL21jcCJ9"
}
{
  "servers": {
    "art-institute-chicago-mcp-server": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://art-institute-chicago.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "art-institute-chicago-mcp-server": {
      "httpUrl": "https://art-institute-chicago.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
extensions:
  "art-institute-chicago-mcp-server":
    enabled: true
    name: "art-institute-chicago-mcp-server"
    type: streamable_http
    uri: "https://art-institute-chicago.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
    timeout: 300

Quality 73 / 100needs work

protocol88 · weight 25
  • pass
    protocol.modernsupports 2026-07-28 (server/discover)
  • pass
    protocol.statelessanswers without a session
  • pass
    protocol.transportstreamable HTTP
  • warn
    protocol.list_ttltools/list declares ttlMs 0, so clients re-fetch it on every use
authorizationn/a · weight 15
  • n/a
    auth.prm, auth.as_metadata, auth.cimdno remote uses OAuth
  • n/a
    auth.secret_in_urlno templated URL
tool hygiene86 · weight 30
  • pass
    tools.descriptionsevery tool has a description
  • pass
    tools.description_lengthdescriptions are concise
  • pass
    tools.schemasevery tool has an object input schema
  • pass
    tools.annotations6 of 6 tools declare readOnlyHint or destructiveHint
  • fail
    tools.directory_hintsno tool declares all four of readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint; missing: artic_search_artworks (destructiveHint); artic_search_artists (destructiveHint); artic_search_exhibitions (destructiveHint); …
  • pass
    tools.token_costabout 3,381 tokens to load every tool
  • pass
    tools.api_dumptools are not a one-to-one API dump
stability25 · weight 15
  • warn
    stability.changes6 tool changes in 30 days
  • fail
    stability.rug_pull1 tools kept their name but changed most of their description in 30 days; review before trusting them
dependenciesn/a · weight 15

6 tools, about 3,381 tokens to load them all · tool set 1c709fdb4748 · tools last changed 2026-10-13 · checked 2026-10-20 23:59 UTC

Tool changes

  • artic_lookup_vocabularychangedinput schema
  • artic_search_audio_guidechangedinput schema, output schema
  • artic_search_exhibitionschangeddescription, input schema, output schemameaning changed
    before

    Search Art Institute of Chicago exhibitions by text and date: what is on now, what is coming, or past shows on a topic. Results carry dates, gallery, summary, web page, and the artworks shown when the museum lists them. Pass artwork ids to artic_get_artworks for full records.

    after · 49% of words in common

    Search Art Institute of Chicago exhibitions by text, date, artwork_id, or artist_id. Relationship filters cover recorded museum links; an absent link does not prove an artwork or artist never appeared in a show. Results carry dates, gallery, summary, web page, and listed artworks. Pass artwork ids to artic_get_artworks for full records.

  • artic_search_artistschangedinput schema, output schema
  • artic_get_artworkschangeddescription, input schema, output schema
    before

    Fetch full Art Institute of Chicago records for up to 10 artworks by id: description, provenance, exhibition and publication history, dimensions, inscriptions, credit line, categorization, gallery, image URLs with rights status, and related multimedia. Long histories are opt-in through sections. Ids come from artic_search_artworks, artic_search_exhibitions, or artic_search_artists.

    after · 87% of words in common

    Fetch full Art Institute of Chicago records for the first 10 artworks by id, returning deferred_ids for the rest: description, provenance, exhibition and publication history, dimensions, inscriptions, credit line, categorization, gallery, image URLs with rights status, and related multimedia. Long histories are opt-in through sections. Ids come from artic_search_artworks, artic_search_exhibitions, or artic_search_artists.

  • artic_search_artworkschangedinput schema, output schema

Full history: list_changes · trend: quality JSON.

Checks run on what our credential-free, read-only probes observe; tools are never called and no code audit is performed. How it is computed.

Trust 94 / 100

provenance80
liveness100
freshness100
hygiene100

+repository +namespace-matches-repo +reachable +uptime-100% +updated-7d-ago

Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed. How it is computed.

Dependencies

@cyanheads/[email protected] npmthis version is not known to the dependency resolver

@cyanheads/[email protected] npmthis version is not known to the dependency resolver

Dependency graphs from deps.dev; advisories from OSV.dev, including the GitHub Advisory Database and the PyPI Advisory Database; all CC BY 4.0. The graph is what a clean install of this version resolves today; nothing was installed or run. How it is checked.

Endpoints

remoteauthreachableuptime 30dp50protocollast ok
https://art-institute-chicago.caseyjhand.com/mcp streamable-httpnoneyes100%199 ms2026-07-282026-10-21
packageregistryversionruntimesecrets
@cyanheads/art-institute-chicago-mcp-servernpm0.2.0npx
@cyanheads/art-institute-chicago-mcp-servernpm0.2.0npx

Tools (6)

artic_get_artworksread-onlyFetch full Art Institute of Chicago records for the first 10 artworks by id, returning deferred_ids for the rest: description, provenance, exhibition and publication history, dimensions, inscriptions, credit line, categorization, gallery, image URLs with rights status, and related multimedia. Long histories are opt-in through sections. Ids come from artic_search_artworks, artic_search_exhibitions, or artic_search_artists.
artic_lookup_vocabularyread-onlyList the values of an Art Institute of Chicago collection vocabulary with how many artworks carry each, most common first, optionally narrowed by a substring. Each value passes to the artic_search_artworks filter of the same name exactly as listed (case is ignored). Counts here span the whole collection; for counts within a filtered set of artworks, request facets from artic_search_artworks.
artic_search_artistsread-onlyFind artists, cultures, and organizations in the Art Institute of Chicago collection by name, or fetch them by id. Each result carries life dates, agent type, alternate names, how many of the museum's artworks credit them, and up to three of their works, the museum's highlighted works first. Pass an id to artic_search_artworks as artist_id to browse all of their works.
artic_search_artworksread-onlySearch the Art Institute of Chicago collection by text and structured filters, ranked by relevance or sorted by date. Text matches all words across titles, artists, descriptions, provenance, and other catalog fields. Filters combine with AND. Results reach the first 1,000 matches; narrow with filters for more. Set limit to 0 with facets to get only counts. Use artic_lookup_vocabulary for filter values and artic_get_artworks for full records.
artic_search_audio_guideread-onlySearch the Art Institute of Chicago's mobile audio-guide stops by text, matching stop titles and transcripts. Returns each stop's title, MP3 URL, and transcript text. Stops carry no artwork id, so match a stop to a work by its title; for a known artwork, artic_get_artworks related_media lists the recordings linked to it. Some stops are in Spanish, and titles are sometimes internal file names. This content is for noncommercial educational and personal use only: keep the copyright notice and cite the Art Institute of Chicago.
artic_search_exhibitionsread-onlySearch Art Institute of Chicago exhibitions by text, date, artwork_id, or artist_id. Relationship filters cover recorded museum links; an absent link does not prove an artwork or artist never appeared in a show. Results carry dates, gallery, summary, web page, and listed artworks. Pass artwork ids to artic_get_artworks for full records.

Schemas: list_tools.

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Official server.json
{
  "name": "io.github.cyanheads/art-institute-chicago-mcp-server",
  "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-12-11/server.schema.json",
  "remotes": [
    {
      "url": "https://art-institute-chicago.caseyjhand.com/mcp",
      "type": "streamable-http"
    }
  ],
  "version": "0.2.0",
  "packages": [
    {
      "version": "0.2.0",
      "transport": {
        "type": "stdio"
      },
      "identifier": "@cyanheads/art-institute-chicago-mcp-server",
      "runtimeHint": "npx",
      "registryType": "npm",
      "registryBaseUrl": "https://registry.npmjs.org",
      "environmentVariables": [
        {
          "name": "AIC_CONTACT",
          "format": "string",
          "description": "Contact the museum can reach (an email or URL, printable ASCII), sent in the AIC-User-Agent header on every request. Defaults to the repository URL; set your own for any deployment."
        },
        {
          "name": "AIC_REQUESTS_PER_MINUTE",
          "format": "string",
          "default": "50",
          "description": "Outbound request budget per minute for api.artic.edu (1-600). Defaults to 50, under the published 60 per minute anonymous limit."
        },
        {
          "name": "MCP_LOG_LEVEL",
          "format": "string",
          "default": "info",
          "description": "Sets the minimum log level for output (e.g., 'debug', 'info', 'warn')."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "version": "0.2.0",
      "transport": {
        "url": "http://localhost:3010/mcp",
        "type": "streamable-http"
      },
      "identifier": "@cyanheads/art-institute-chicago-mcp-server",
      "runtimeHint": "npx",
      "registryType": "npm",
      "registryBaseUrl": "https://registry.npmjs.org",
      "environmentVariables": [
        {
          "name": "MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE",
          "value": "http",
          "format": "string",
          "description": "Selects the HTTP transport."
        },
        {
          "name": "MCP_HTTP_HOST",
          "format": "string",
          "default": "127.0.0.1",
          "description": "The hostname for the HTTP server."
        },
        {
          "name": "MCP_HTTP_PORT",
          "format": "string",
          "default": "3010",
          "description": "The port to run the HTTP server on."
        },
        {
          "name": "MCP_HTTP_ENDPOINT_PATH",
          "format": "string",
          "default": "/mcp",
          "description": "The endpoint path for the MCP server."
        },
        {
          "name": "MCP_AUTH_MODE",
          "format": "string",
          "default": "none",
          "description": "Authentication mode to use: 'none', 'jwt', or 'oauth'."
        },
        {
          "name": "AIC_CONTACT",
          "format": "string",
          "description": "Contact the museum can reach (an email or URL, printable ASCII), sent in the AIC-User-Agent header on every request. Defaults to the repository URL; set your own for any deployment."
        },
        {
          "name": "AIC_REQUESTS_PER_MINUTE",
          "format": "string",
          "default": "50",
          "description": "Outbound request budget per minute for api.artic.edu (1-600). Defaults to 50, under the published 60 per minute anonymous limit."
        },
        {
          "name": "MCP_LOG_LEVEL",
          "format": "string",
          "default": "info",
          "description": "Sets the minimum log level for output (e.g., 'debug', 'info', 'warn')."
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "repository": {
    "url": "https://github.com/cyanheads/art-institute-chicago-mcp-server",
    "source": "github"
  },
  "description": "Search the Art Institute of Chicago collection: artworks, artists, exhibitions, and audio guides."
}