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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.

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Uptime
100.0%
5 direct probes · 30d
Response
1402ms
last probe
Tools
6
callable
Resources
1
readable
Prompts
0
available
Primary URL
https://art-institute-chicago.caseyjhand.com/mcp
Score: 100/100
Handshake verified by our own probe.
pass Answers the MCP handshake 50/50
The handshake and the list calls succeeded on the primary URL.
pass Lists tools, resources or prompts 30/30
6 tools, 1 resources, 0 prompts returned.
pass 3 or more catalogue items 10/10
7 items in total; 3 or more earns these points.
pass Describes itself 10/10
97 characters; more than 30 earns these points.

Tools · 6

artic_search_artworks

Search the Art Institute of Chicago collection by text and structured filters, ranked by relevance or sorted by date or acquisition year. Text matches all words across titles, artists, descriptions, p…

artic_get_artworks

Fetch full Art Institute of Chicago records for up to 100 artworks by id in one call, returning deferred_ids for the rest: description, provenance, exhibition and publication history, dimensions, insc…

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…

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…

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 mat…

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_art…

Resources · 1

art-institute-chicago-guide

Gates and workflows for the artic_* tools over the Art Institute of Chicago collection. Covers finding works by an artist or culture, a work's exhibition history, counts and breakdowns past the 1,000-…

skill://art-institute-chicago-guide/SKILL.md

Skills · 1

art-institute-chicago-guide

Gates and workflows for the artic_* tools over the Art Institute of Chicago collection. Covers finding works by an artist or culture, a work's exhibition history, counts and breakdowns past the 1,000-…

skill://art-institute-chicago-guide/SKILL.md
1 file

How to use

Claude Desktop or claude.ai: add a custom connector (Customize → Connectors; on Team and Enterprise plans an owner adds it under Organization settings → Connectors) with this server URL: https://art-institute-chicago.caseyjhand.com/mcp

Cursor or Cline: add to your MCP config:

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