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by cyanheads · remote · local (npm) · no sign-in to list tools · v0.2.0 · published by GitHub user cyanheads

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

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6 tools: 6 only read.

Scanned Oct 21, 2026

No check matched anything in the tool definitions. No finding is not a safety guarantee. How the checks work.

claude mcp add --transport http art-institute-chicago https://art-institute-chicago.caseyjhand.com/mcp

Tools

Open a tool for its reasons and full description. Descriptions are the publisher's own words, shown as they are.

6 tools

Only reads 6Claude Code: allow
  • artic_get_artworksFetch 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, dimen…No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "artic_get_artworks" says "get": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    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.

    Annotations the server declares

    • readOnlyHint: true
    • idempotentHint: true
    • openWorldHint: true
  • artic_lookup_vocabularyList the values of an Art Institute of Chicago collection vocabulary with how many artworks carry each, most common first, optionally narrowed by a substring.No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "artic_lookup_vocabulary" says "lookup": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    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.

    Annotations the server declares

    • readOnlyHint: true
    • idempotentHint: true
    • openWorldHint: true
  • artic_search_artistsFind artists, cultures, and organizations in the Art Institute of Chicago collection by name, or fetch them by id.No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "artic_search_artists" says "search": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    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.

    Annotations the server declares

    • readOnlyHint: true
    • idempotentHint: true
    • openWorldHint: true
  • artic_search_artworksSearch the Art Institute of Chicago collection by text and structured filters, ranked by relevance or sorted by date.No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "artic_search_artworks" says "search": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    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.

    Annotations the server declares

    • readOnlyHint: true
    • idempotentHint: true
    • openWorldHint: true
  • artic_search_audio_guideSearch the Art Institute of Chicago's mobile audio-guide stops by text, matching stop titles and transcripts.No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "artic_search_audio_guide" says "search": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    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.

    Annotations the server declares

    • readOnlyHint: true
    • idempotentHint: true
    • openWorldHint: true
  • artic_search_exhibitionsSearch Art Institute of Chicago exhibitions by text, date, artwork_id, or artist_id.No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "artic_search_exhibitions" says "search": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    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.

    Annotations the server declares

    • readOnlyHint: true
    • idempotentHint: true
    • openWorldHint: true

This is not a safety rating, and no finding is not a safety guarantee. The groups and findings come from fixed checks of the tool definitions the server returned on the date shown, not from its code or what it does when called. How the checks work.

Install

Pinned to version 0.2.0. Values in angle brackets are yours to fill in.

claude mcp add --transport http art-institute-chicago https://art-institute-chicago.caseyjhand.com/mcp

Run in a terminal.

Claude Code permissions

Allow the reads, ask before a change, deny the deletes. Paste into .claude/settings.json.

.claude/settings.json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__art-institute-chicago__artic_search_artworks",
      "mcp__art-institute-chicago__artic_get_artworks",
      "mcp__art-institute-chicago__artic_search_artists",
      "mcp__art-institute-chicago__artic_search_exhibitions",
      "mcp__art-institute-chicago__artic_search_audio_guide",
      "mcp__art-institute-chicago__artic_lookup_vocabulary"
    ],
    "ask": [],
    "deny": []
  }
}

Tools that only read are allowed, tools that change things ask first, tools that delete or cancel are denied. It assumes the server is installed as art-institute-chicago. Review it before you use it.