artlist-describe
Describe the Artlist archive
Call this first. Explains record types, public fields, how records link to each other, languages, record counts and how to search well.
Takes no parameters.
Artlist — Czech contemporary art archive
cz.artlistPublished by artlist.czOfficial publisherv0.4.0Updated Nov 7, 2026
Read-only search of the Artlist archive of Czech contemporary art: artists, works, groups, spaces.
Overview
AI-generated overview
Read-only MCP access to the Artlist archive of Czech contemporary art, letting an assistant search and read records on artists, works, groups and spaces.
- What you can do
- Explain the archive's record types, fields, links and search syntax
- Search artists, theorists, groups, spaces, artworks, videos, annotations, events and contributors by text, type, language, year range, topic, place or related record
- Fetch a full public record by id or page URL, including linked records and other language versions
- Find related records by shared topics or by direct and second-degree links
- Get counts per type and language, top topics, and per-type distributions by decade, topic and place
- When to use it
- Useful when researching Czech contemporary art, checking an artist's exhibitions, bibliography or group memberships, or exploring connections between artists, groups and spaces. Also handy for overviews of the archive before choosing search filters.
- Requirements
- Remote Streamable HTTP endpoint; no login, API key or environment variables are declared. A client that supports custom MCP connectors is needed.
Before you install
Read-only and public, so no writes or credentials are involved. Long texts are truncated unless full output is requested, and images are returned only as counts, so results may be partial.
Installation
In SourceWeft
- Open Artlist — Czech contemporary art archive in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
- Enable the server for the chats that should use its tools.
Web executable via Streamable HTTP. Remote servers run from the web runtime once configured in a workspace.
Use with an agent
Paste this prompt into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or another agent — or into SourceWeft chat. The agent reads this server's install guide, shows you its publisher, endpoint and sign-in, and adds it to your client once you agree. Keys never go into a command.
Read https://sourceweft.com/mcp/cz.artlist%2Farchive/install.md and connect the MCP server it describes to my client. Before changing any config, show me its publisher, endpoint and sign-in method and wait for my OK. Never put an API key in a command or in a file I would commit; ask me where it should come from.Other MCP clients
Add this to your client's mcpServers config.
{
"mcpServers": {
"artlist-czech-contemporary-art-archive": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://artlist.cz/wp-json/artlist/mcp"
}
}
}Tools
7artlist-search
Search the Artlist archive
Find artists, theorists, groups, spaces, artworks, videos, annotations, events and contributors (annotation authors). Combine free text (accent-insensitive, all words must match, "quotes" for a phrase) with filters: types, lang, year range (overlap), topics, place, related_to. Returns short records (id, type, name, years, summary, url); use the get tool (artlist-get) for details. Page with offset / next_offset.
Parameters
inlangsortlimitplacequerytypesoffsettopicsyear_toyear_fromrelated_to+1 moreartlist-get
Get one Artlist record
Full public record by id (or page url): all public fields (biography, exhibitions, bibliography, technique, annotations …), every linked record grouped by type (id, type, name, years), and the other language versions. Long texts are cut at 5000 chars unless full=true; images only as image_count unless images=true. For a contributor: annotations_written (every annotation they wrote, with the record, date and text).
Parameters
idurlfullimagesartlist-related
Explore links between Artlist records
Records connected to a record. via="topics": most similar records by shared topics (returns shared_topics). via="links" (default), depth=1: direct links (an artist's works, groups, videos; a group's members). depth=2: records connected through a shared neighbour (e.g. artists sharing a group or an artwork with X), ranked by how many links they share.
Parameters
idrequiredvialangdepthlimittypesartlist-facets
Artlist overview numbers
Record counts per type and language, and the most used topics; with type: distribution by decade, its topics and the most common places (birth places of persons, cities of spaces). Good for overviews and for choosing filters.
Parameters
langtypesearch
Search (standard)
Standard document search over the Artlist archive of Czech contemporary art (artists, theorists, groups, spaces, artworks, videos, events, contributors), both languages. Returns ids for fetch. For filters (type, years, topics, links) prefer artlist-search.
Parameters
queryrequiredfetch
Fetch (standard)
Full text of one Artlist record by id from search: all public fields, linked records, annotations, with the page URL for citation.
Parameters
idrequiredVersion history
1- v0.4.0LatestNov 7, 2026
Score
83% of the applicable checks met
How complete this listing is, computed from the registry entry, the endpoint and public sources. Not a rating of the server and not a statement that it is safe or working today: reachability is a dated check, and no installs or reviews go into the score.
- Reached in the last 30 daysRequired25 pts
- Auth declaredRequired10 pts
- Tools listedRequired15 pts
- DescriptionRequired15 pts
- Logo10 pts
- Documentation15 pts
Declare a GitHub repository with a README, or serve resource_documentation in the OAuth protected-resource metadata.
- LicenseNot applicable
A hosted service is used under its provider's terms, so no license is expected here. This check is left out of the percentage.
