# WikiOO Art Search & Quotation MCP server

> Search an art encyclopedia of artworks, artists, museums and articles, and get reproduction price quotations.

- Listing: https://mcp.tc/i/wikioo-art-search-quotation
- Connect: use the server's own URL `https://direct.wikioo.org/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: [Docs & Knowledge](https://mcp.tc/c/docs-knowledge)
- Vendor: WikiOO
- Homepage: <https://wikioo.org/en/mcp/>

## About

Connects to the WikiOO.org art encyclopedia, which holds about 644,000 artworks, 52,000 artists and 5,400 museums. Tools run full-text and semantic searches, return details for single artworks, artists, museums and articles, check whether an artwork is for sale now, and quote prices for prints or hand-painted oil reproductions at a chosen size and currency.

The server is hosted at https://direct.wikioo.org/mcp/ and uses streamable HTTP. No sign-in or API key is needed. All tools are read-only: it returns order links, but orders and payments are made 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 painting reproduction quotes by size and currency
- Quote custom reproductions from a customer's own image
- Check stock, auction and original availability of an artwork

## Tools (15)

- `search_artworks`: Full-text search of artworks by title, artist name and description. (read-only)
- `search_museums`: Full-text search of museums by name, optionally by city and country. (read-only)
- `search_artists`: Search artists by name and biography, with place and year-alive filters. (read-only)
- `search_articles`: Full-text search of site articles, optionally by category code. (read-only)
- `search_sections_semantically`: Semantic search returning whole text passages from articles, museums, artists, 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 for one artwork by pk, with museum and related page links. (read-only)
- `get_detail_artist`: Full data and biography for one artist by pk, with related links. (read-only)
- `get_detail_museum`: Full data for one museum by pk, with related links. (read-only)
- `get_detail_article`: Full content of one article by pk, with related links. (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 ways to buy one artwork now: stock, auction, originals, collectibles. (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

- "Give me the biography of Artemisia Gentileschi with links to her works."
- "Which artists were alive in Florence in 1500?"
- "What does the encyclopedia say about the origins of Cubism?"
- "Quote an oil painting reproduction of this artwork at 60x80 cm in EUR."

## Install

### Claude Code

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

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

2. Start Claude Code and type `/mcp`. **wikioo-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 **WikiOO Art Search & Quotation** and paste this URL:

```url
https://direct.wikioo.org/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=WikiOO%20Art%20Search%20%26%20Quotation&connectorUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fdirect.wikioo.org%2Fmcp%2F>) (opens connector settings)

2. Check that the URL reads `https://direct.wikioo.org/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.wikioo.org/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=wikioo-art-search-quotation&config=eyJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2RpcmVjdC53aWtpb28ub3JnL21jcC8ifQ%3D%3D>) (opens Cursor)

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

`mcp.json`:

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

### VS Code

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

Or from a terminal:

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

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

`.vscode/mcp.json`:

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "wikioo-art-search-quotation": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://direct.wikioo.org/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": {
    "wikioo-art-search-quotation": {
      "serverUrl": "https://direct.wikioo.org/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 wikioo-art-search-quotation --url https://direct.wikioo.org/mcp/
```

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

`config.toml`:

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

### Gemini CLI

```bash
gemini mcp add --transport http wikioo-art-search-quotation https://direct.wikioo.org/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": {
    "wikioo-art-search-quotation": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://direct.wikioo.org/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.wikioo.org/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.

More on the History tab, with descriptions before and after for the newest entries: https://mcp.tc/i/wikioo-art-search-quotation#history (Atom feed: https://mcp.tc/i/wikioo-art-search-quotation/history.xml). It records what mcp.tc's anonymous checks saw, every 3 hours where the tool list can be read without sign-in; it is not a security review.

## Details

- Server version: 1.1.0
- MCP protocol version: 2025-06-18
- Last checked: 2026-11-15 (reachable)
- Listed: 2026-11-03
- Updated: 2026-11-11

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