# io.github.cyanheads/art-institute-chicago-mcp-server

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

- name: io.github.cyanheads/art-institute-chicago-mcp-server
- version: 0.2.0
- connection class: R0 (autonomous)
- trust: 94/100
- quality: 73/100 (needs work)
- owner: not claimed
- descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/io.github.cyanheads%2Fart-institute-chicago-mcp-server
- tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/io.github.cyanheads%2Fart-institute-chicago-mcp-server/tools

**An agent can connect right now, no human step.** Remote endpoint, no authentication, reachable on the last probe.

## Connection (mcpServers)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "art-institute-chicago-mcp-server": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://art-institute-chicago.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```


## Trust

- hygiene: 100
- liveness: 100
- freshness: 100
- provenance: 80
- drivers: +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.

## Quality 73/100 (needs work)

### protocol: 88 (weight 25)

- pass `protocol.modern`: supports 2026-07-28 (server/discover)
- pass `protocol.stateless`: answers without a session
- pass `protocol.transport`: streamable HTTP
- warn `protocol.list_ttl`: tools/list declares ttlMs 0, so clients re-fetch it on every use

### authorization: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `auth.prm`, `auth.as_metadata`, `auth.cimd`: no remote uses OAuth
- n/a `auth.secret_in_url`: no templated URL

### tool hygiene: 86 (weight 30)

- pass `tools.descriptions`: every tool has a description
- pass `tools.description_length`: descriptions are concise
- pass `tools.schemas`: every tool has an object input schema
- pass `tools.annotations`: 6 of 6 tools declare readOnlyHint or destructiveHint
- fail `tools.directory_hints`: no tool declares all four of readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint; missing: artic_search_exhibitions (destructiveHint); artic_lookup_vocabulary (destructiveHint); artic_get_artworks (destructiveHint); …
- pass `tools.token_cost`: about 3,381 tokens to load every tool
- pass `tools.api_dump`: tools are not a one-to-one API dump

### stability: 25 (weight 15)

- warn `stability.changes`: 6 tool changes in 30 days
- fail `stability.rug_pull`: 1 tools kept their name but changed most of their description in 30 days; review before trusting them

### dependencies: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `deps.known_vulns`, `deps.mcp_sdk_version`, `deps.resolvable`: deps.dev does not know @cyanheads/art-institute-chicago-mcp-server@0.2.0, @cyanheads/art-institute-chicago-mcp-server@0.2.0

- tools: 6, about 3,381 tokens to load them all
- tool set hash: 1c709fdb4748a4cecbd5d0082ba9f26e
- tools last changed: 2026-10-13T18:01:12.697Z
- badge: [![protogrid quality](https://protogrid.dev/badge/io.github.cyanheads/art-institute-chicago-mcp-server.svg)](https://protogrid.dev/servers/io.github.cyanheads/art-institute-chicago-mcp-server)
- Checks run on what our credential-free, read-only probes observe; tools are never called and no code audit is performed.

### Tool changes

- 2026-10-13 `artic_lookup_vocabulary` changed (inputSchema)
- 2026-10-13 `artic_search_audio_guide` changed (inputSchema, outputSchema)
- 2026-10-13 `artic_search_exhibitions` changed (description, inputSchema, outputSchema) **meaning 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: 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.
- 2026-10-13 `artic_search_artists` changed (inputSchema, outputSchema)
- 2026-10-13 `artic_get_artworks` changed (description, inputSchema, outputSchema)
  - 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: 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.
- 2026-10-13 `artic_search_artworks` changed (inputSchema, outputSchema)

Full history: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/io.github.cyanheads%2Fart-institute-chicago-mcp-server/changes

## Dependencies

- npm @cyanheads/art-institute-chicago-mcp-server@0.2.0: unknown
- npm @cyanheads/art-institute-chicago-mcp-server@0.2.0: unknown

Dependency graphs from deps.dev; advisories from OSV.dev, including the GitHub Advisory Database and the PyPI Advisory Database; all CC BY 4.0.

## Remotes

- https://art-institute-chicago.caseyjhand.com/mcp (streamable-http, auth none, reachable true, uptime30d 1)

## Packages

- npm @cyanheads/art-institute-chicago-mcp-server@0.2.0
- npm @cyanheads/art-institute-chicago-mcp-server@0.2.0

## Tools (6)

- `artic_get_artworks`: 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_lookup_vocabulary`: List 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_artists`: Find 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_artworks`: Search 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_guide`: Search 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_exhibitions`: 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.