MCP server

Art Institute Chicago

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

Checked 26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

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

Source

At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

Not verified

Status

Working at last check

Tools

6

Token cost

About 3,831 tokens per request

Sets up in

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok

Last checked

26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC

Connect it to your agent

Add to CursorAdd to VS CodeVS Code Insiders

Opens the app, which shows the server and asks you to confirm. For other apps, copy the setup below.

Claude Code

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

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.art-institute-chicago-mcp-server]
url = "https://art-institute-chicago.caseyjhand.com/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"art-institute-chicago-mcp-server":{"httpUrl":"https://art-institute-chicago.caseyjhand.com/mcp"}}}

Cursor

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

VS Code

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

Antigravity

agy mcp add art-institute-chicago-mcp-server https://art-institute-chicago.caseyjhand.com/mcp

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings: turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector and paste the URL. Which plans can do this varies.

OpenAI API (Responses tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"art-institute-chicago-mcp-server","server_url":"https://art-institute-chicago.caseyjhand.com/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"art-institute-chicago-mcp-server","server_url":"https://art-institute-chicago.caseyjhand.com/mcp"}

Tools

• artic_get_artworks ~470 tokens
  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 h
• artic_lookup_vocabulary ~413 tokens
  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 collec
• artic_search_artists ~550 tokens
  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
• artic_search_artworks ~1260 tokens
  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 filter
• artic_search_audio_guide ~358 tokens
  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 re
• artic_search_exhibitions ~780 tokens
  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 t

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