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

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Thisispaper tools (10)

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  • browseFree

    Newest projects in the archive first, optionally filtered by category: architecture, interiors, design, photography or art.

  • discoverFree

    One project chosen at random from the archive. Editorial serendipity: the way a reader opens a magazine to an unplanned spread.

  • fetchFree

    Retrieve the full record for one Thisispaper project by id (the id returned by search). Returns title, text and the public url.

  • get_api_keyFree

    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_projectFree

    Full metadata for one project: machine-written description, design language, details and dimensions, plus the public URL.

  • list_guidesFree

    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, one-line description, cover image and public URL. Filter by city or by type. The full guides and editions are reserved for Thisispaper+ members.

  • searchFree

    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_tasteFree

    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_projectsFree

    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 full results.

  • similar_projectsFree

    Nearest projects to a given slug by visual + semantic similarity (precomputed SigLIP neighbours). Use the slug from search_projects results.

Public scan report

scanner v0.1.9 · 2026-09-24 · same rubric, same numbers if you re-run it

no findings
  • Code scan2 source files scanned25/25
  • Live reliabilityremote reachable in 1170ms20/20
  • Tool poisoning10 tool descriptions checked15/15
  • Auth qualityAPI key sent as a header8/15
  • Maintenancelast push 55 days ago12/15
  • Maintainer identityregistry namespace matches repository owner; GitHub account older than a year8/10
Overall 88/100. Components that don't apply are left out of the denominator. Any critical finding is an F.RubricAppeal a findingJSON

How Thisispaper compares

Against every graded Web search MCP server, from our own scans and uptime checks. Updated after each scan run.

Safety score
88/100
higher than 80% of 3,470 Web search servers
Tools
10
the typical Web search server has 5
Tools that change things
0%
typical: 0%. Fewer write tools means less an agent can break
Uptime
100%
of our recent checks; the typical remote Web search server answers 100%
Response time
271 ms
faster than 55% of 2,238 Web search servers
Downloads a week
29
more than 15% of 827 Web search servers with a package

What its tools let an agent do: 10 read

Install Thisispaper in Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code

claude mcp add --transport http thisispaper https://www.thisispaper.com/intelligence/api/mcp
Add to Cursor

What the publisher says

From the Thisispaper repository's README, as published. We do not edit it. Read it on GitHub

Thisispaper MCP

Thisispaper is an independent art, architecture and design publication. Every project in the archive was curated by human editors since 2011.

Search 2,500+ curated projects: search, visual similarity, and full project metadata with material, light, mood and composition tags written during curation. Free tier, no signup to try.

Contact: studio@thisispaper.com

  • Endpoint (Streamable HTTP, stateless): https://www.thisispaper.com/intelligence/api/mcp
  • Docs: thisispaper.com/intelligence/api-docs
  • Auth: optional. Anonymous requests work out of the box (results capped at 5). A free self-serve key (200 calls/month) unlocks full results via Authorization: Bearer tiplive...

Tools

Every project-shaped response carries provenance (curated by, selection date, in archive since) and a permanent citation_url.

Install

Cursor

Add to Cursor

Or add to .cursor/mcp.json:

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

Gemini CLI

gemini extensions install https://github.com/zaxarovcom/thisispaper-mcp

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http thisispaper https://www.thisispaper.com/intelligence/api/mcp

Claude.ai (custom connector)

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector → URL: https://www.thisispaper.com/intelligence/api/mcp

Any MCP client (generic)

Transport: Streamable HTTP. URL: https://www.thisispaper.com/intelligence/api/mcp. No OAuth. Optional header: Authorization: Bearer tiplive...

Getting a free key

Ask the agent to call getapikey with your email, or use the API docs page. 200 calls/month, no card.

Try it

"Find concrete chapels in the Thisispaper archive"
"Show me projects similar to audeum-kengo-kuma"
"What materials define Japanese teahouse projects?"
"Find projects with rammed earth and dusk light"

About

Thisispaper is an independent art, architecture and design publication. Every project in the archive was curated by human editors since 2011.

Contact: studio@thisispaper.com

Nothing above is checked by us. What we check is on the safety report.

Thisispaper: common questions

Is Thisispaper MCP server safe?
Yes, by our scan: it is graded A (88/100). Read the Thisispaper safety report
How do I install Thisispaper?
It runs remotely at www.thisispaper.com. Add it to Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code or Claude Desktop with the snippets above, or call it through the mcp.market gateway without installing anything.
Does Thisispaper need an API key?
Yes. The registry entry asks for Authorization.
Is Thisispaper maintained?
The last commit was 96 days ago (2026-07-31). The latest release is v1.0.1.
Is Thisispaper up?
100% of our last 28 checks got an answer. We check remote servers about four times a day.
What can I use instead of Thisispaper?
Servers from other publishers that do the same job: ContextStream MCP Server, HIG Doctor MCP server and mcp.film directory MCP server.
How does Thisispaper compare with other Web search MCP servers?
safety score 88/100 (higher than 80% of 3,470 Web search servers); tools 10 (the typical Web search server has 5); tools that change things 0% (typical: 0%. Fewer write tools means less an agent can break). Full comparison.

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