# WahooArt Art Search & Quotation MCP server

> Search a catalog of artworks, artists and museums and get prices for hand-painted oil reproductions and prints.

- Listing: https://mcp.tc/i/wahooart-art-search-quotation
- Connect: use the server's own URL `https://direct.wahooart.com/mcp/` (no sign-in); clients connect to it directly. The listing link is a page, not an MCP endpoint.
- Type: remote (Streamable HTTP)
- Auth: none
- Category: [E-commerce](https://mcp.tc/c/ecommerce)
- Vendor: WahooArt
- Homepage: <https://wahooart.com/en/mcp/>

## About

Connects to the WahooArt catalog of about 645,000 artworks, 52,000 artists and 5,400 museums. You can run full-text and semantic searches, read details for artworks, artists, museums and articles, check whether an artwork is for sale now, and get price quotations for prints or hand-painted oil reproductions, including custom reproductions from your own image.

It runs as a hosted streamable HTTP endpoint at https://direct.wahooart.com/mcp/. No account, API key or sign-in is needed. The server cannot place orders or take payments; it returns links to complete a purchase on the website.

## What it can do

- Search artworks, artists, museums and articles by text
- Find passages and objects by meaning with semantic search
- Read full details and related page links for one object
- Get print or oil reproduction quotations by size, currency and frame
- Quote custom reproductions from a customer's own image
- Check stock, auction, original and collectible availability

## Tools (15)

- `search_artworks`: Full-text search of artworks by title, artist name and description. (read-only)
- `search_museums`: Search museums by name, optionally by city and country. (read-only)
- `search_artists`: Search artists by name and biography, with place and alive-in-year filters. (read-only)
- `search_articles`: Full-text search of website articles, optionally by category. (read-only)
- `search_sections_semantically`: Semantic search returning whole passages from articles, museums, artists and artworks. (read-only)
- `search_objects_semantically`: Find artworks, artists, museums or articles closest in meaning to a text. (read-only)
- `search_fts`: Full-text search across all four models at once, up to 10 results each. (read-only)
- `get_detail_artwork`: Full data and useful page links for one artwork by pk. (read-only)
- `get_detail_artist`: Full data and biography for one artist by pk. (read-only)
- `get_detail_museum`: Full data and links for one museum by pk. (read-only)
- `get_detail_article`: Full content and links for one article by pk. (read-only)
- `get_quotation`: Price quotation for a reproduction of an artwork, as an art print or a hand-painted oil painting, at a given size and in a given currency. (read-only)
- `get_custom_reproduction_quotation`: Price quotation for a CUSTOM reproduction — one made from an image the customer supplies (their own photo, or an artwork that is not in the catalog) — as an art print or a hand-painted oil painting. (read-only)
- `get_artwork_availability`: Show stock, auction, original and collectible availability and prices for an artwork. (read-only)
- `find_artwork_in_catalog`: ONE call that says whether a work is in our catalog, for a visitor who cannot name it exactly: a half-remembered or translated title, an artist, a description of the picture — or several of them. (read-only)

## Example prompts

- "Find paintings by Claude Monet with water lilies"
- "How much is a 60x90 cm hand-painted oil reproduction of Starry Night in USD?"
- "Which museums in Florence hold Renaissance works?"
- "Is this artwork available in stock right now, and at what price?"

## Install

### Claude Code

1. Run this in a terminal, in your project folder:

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http wahooart-art-search-quotation https://direct.wahooart.com/mcp/
```

2. Start Claude Code and type `/mcp`. **wahooart-art-search-quotation** should show as connected.

Add `--scope user` to make it available in every project, not just this one.

### Claude Desktop

1. Open **Customize → Connectors**, click **+ Add**, then **Add custom connector**.

2. Name it **WahooArt Art Search & Quotation** and paste this URL:

```url
https://direct.wahooart.com/mcp/
```

3. Click **Add**. Its tools appear in the chat’s tools menu.

Claude Desktop’s JSON config file only starts local servers. Remote servers go through Connectors, and connectors you add on claude.ai show up here too.

### claude.ai

1. Open the connector form on claude.ai. This button fills in the name and URL for you:

[Add to claude.ai](<https://claude.ai/customize/connectors?modal=add-custom-connector&connectorName=WahooArt%20Art%20Search%20%26%20Quotation&connectorUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fdirect.wahooart.com%2Fmcp%2F>) (opens connector settings)

2. Check that the URL reads `https://direct.wahooart.com/mcp/` and click **Add**.

3. Turn it on in a chat from the tools menu.

Free plans allow one custom connector. On Team and Enterprise plans an owner adds it under **Organization settings → Connectors**.

### ChatGPT

1. On chatgpt.com, go to **Plugins**, select **+**, then **Add custom MCP server**.

2. Enter a name for the server.

3. Under **Connection**, paste `https://direct.wahooart.com/mcp/` as the server URL, then for authentication choose **No authentication**.

4. Check **I understand and want to continue**, then select **Create as a plugin**.

Whether you can add a custom MCP server depends on your ChatGPT plan and your workspace permissions (in Business workspaces, admins and owners can).

### Cursor

[Add to Cursor](<https://cursor.com/install-mcp?name=wahooart-art-search-quotation&config=eyJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2RpcmVjdC53YWhvb2FydC5jb20vbWNwLyJ9>) (opens Cursor)

Or add it by hand to `~/.cursor/mcp.json` (all projects) or `.cursor/mcp.json` (this project):

`mcp.json`:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wahooart-art-search-quotation": {
      "url": "https://direct.wahooart.com/mcp/"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

[Install in VS Code](<https://vscode.dev/redirect/mcp/install?name=wahooart-art-search-quotation&config=%7B%22type%22%3A%22http%22%2C%22url%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fdirect.wahooart.com%2Fmcp%2F%22%7D>) (opens VS Code)

Or from a terminal:

```bash
code --add-mcp '{"name":"wahooart-art-search-quotation","type":"http","url":"https://direct.wahooart.com/mcp/"}'
```

Or commit it to the repo in `.vscode/mcp.json`:

`.vscode/mcp.json`:

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "wahooart-art-search-quotation": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://direct.wahooart.com/mcp/"
    }
  }
}
```

### Devin Desktop

1. Add it to `~/.config/devin/mcp_config.json` (macOS and Linux) or `%APPDATA%\devin\mcp_config.json` (Windows):

`mcp_config.json`:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wahooart-art-search-quotation": {
      "serverUrl": "https://direct.wahooart.com/mcp/"
    }
  }
}
```

2. Refresh the MCP server list in Cascade.

Devin Desktop is the new name for Windsurf. It reads `serverUrl` (or `url`) for remote servers.

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add wahooart-art-search-quotation --url https://direct.wahooart.com/mcp/
```

Or edit `~/.codex/config.toml` directly:

`config.toml`:

```toml
[mcp_servers.wahooart-art-search-quotation]
url = "https://direct.wahooart.com/mcp/"
```

### Gemini CLI

```bash
gemini mcp add --transport http wahooart-art-search-quotation https://direct.wahooart.com/mcp/
```

This adds it to the current project. Add `-s user` to use it everywhere.

### Any client

Most clients accept this shape. Some name the URL field differently: `serverUrl` in Devin Desktop, `httpUrl` in Gemini CLI’s settings file.

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wahooart-art-search-quotation": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://direct.wahooart.com/mcp/"
    }
  }
}
```

Zed puts servers under `context_servers` in its settings. Cline needs `"type": "streamableHttp"`, or it assumes SSE.

Client only starts local servers? Bridge it with `npx -y mcp-remote https://direct.wahooart.com/mcp/`.

## Recent changes

- 2026-11-11 11:47 UTC: 1 tool added and 1 tool changed. Source: automatic check. Added: find\_artwork\_in\_catalog. Changed: search\_artworks.
- 2026-11-10 20:46 UTC: New version 1.1.0 (was 1.0.0), reported by the server. Source: automatic check.
- 2026-11-10 20:46 UTC: 2 tools added, 2 tools removed and 8 tools changed. Server instructions changed. Source: automatic check. Worth a look: new server instructions. Added: get\_custom\_reproduction\_quotation, get\_quotation. Removed: get\_a\_custom\_reproduction\_quotation, get\_a\_quotation. Changed: get\_artwork\_availability, search\_articles, search\_artists, search\_artworks, search\_fts, search\_museums, search\_objects\_semantically, search\_sections\_semantically.
- 2026-11-03 20:53 UTC: 1 tool removed and 3 tools changed. Server instructions changed. Source: automatic check. Worth a look: new server instructions. Removed: search\_article\_sections. Changed: search\_fts, search\_objects\_semantically, search\_sections\_semantically.
- 2026-11-03 14:29 UTC: Tracking started: 15 tools read. Source: automatic check.

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## Details

- Server version: 1.1.0
- MCP protocol version: 2025-06-18
- Last checked: 2026-11-12 (reachable)
- Listed: 2026-11-03
- Updated: 2026-11-11

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