MCP server

Thisispaper

io.github.zaxarovcom/thisispaper

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 20:29 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

Search 2,500+ curated architecture, design, photography and art projects. Free tier, no signup.

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At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

Not verified

Status

Working at last check

Tools

10

Token cost

About 1,369 tokens per request

Sets up in

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

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 20:29 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 thisispaper https://www.thisispaper.com/intelligence/api/mcp

Claude Desktop

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

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.thisispaper]
url = "https://www.thisispaper.com/intelligence/api/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"thisispaper":{"httpUrl":"https://www.thisispaper.com/intelligence/api/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"thisispaper":{"url":"https://www.thisispaper.com/intelligence/api/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"thisispaper":{"type":"http","url":"https://www.thisispaper.com/intelligence/api/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add thisispaper https://www.thisispaper.com/intelligence/api/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":"thisispaper","server_url":"https://www.thisispaper.com/intelligence/api/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"thisispaper","server_url":"https://www.thisispaper.com/intelligence/api/mcp"}

Tools

• browse Browses the web · ~116 tokens
  Newest projects in the archive first, optionally filtered by category: architecture, interiors, design, photography or art.
• discover ~61 tokens
  One project chosen at random from the archive. Editorial serendipity: the way a reader opens a magazine to an unplanned spread.
• fetch ~93 tokens
  Retrieve the full record for one Thisispaper project by id (the id returned by search). Returns title, text and the public url.
• get_api_key ~117 tokens
  Mint a FREE Thisispaper Intelligence API key (200 calls/month) for an email address. The key is shown once; use it as Authorization: Bearer tip_live_... on this MCP endpoint and on the REST API. Max 3 keys per email.
• get_project ~89 tokens
  Full metadata for one project: machine-written description, design language, details and dimensions, plus the public URL.
• list_guides ~225 tokens
  Every hand-curated Thisispaper guide and edition. Guides are places: Tokyo, Kyoto, Lisbon, Copenhagen. Editions are themes: Black Matter (black as a way of handling light), Jutaku (Japanese houses on narrow plots), Icons, Off-the-Grid, Monographs on single architects. Returns each one's title, type,
• search ~100 tokens
  Search 2,500+ hand-curated architecture, design, photography and art projects from Thisispaper. Returns a list of results with id, title and url.
• search_by_taste ~279 tokens
  Search by taste metadata: material, light, color, mood, composition, subject. Unique to Thisispaper: these tags were written during human curation. Provide at least one dimension; results are ranked by how many dimensions match, then by recency.
• search_projects ~172 tokens
  Search 2,500+ hand-curated architecture, design, photography and art projects from Thisispaper. Returns ranked summaries (name, studio, city, year, category, intro, thumbnail, url, citation_url, provenance). Without an API key, results are capped at 5; pass Authorization: Bearer tip_live_... for ful
• similar_projects ~117 tokens
  Nearest projects to a given slug by visual + semantic similarity (precomputed SigLIP neighbours). Use the slug from search_projects results.

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