INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

get_api_key

Mint a FREE Thisispaper Intelligence API key (200 calls/month) for an email address.

thisispaper.comnone authenticationAvailability not checked

Input schema

{}

Potential side effects detected · medium confidence · heuristic, not a guarantee.

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

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

Claude Code

.mcp.json

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

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: thisispaper
Remote MCP URL: https://www.thisispaper.com/intelligence/api/mcp

Add this remote URL as a custom connector in Claude Desktop. Availability depends on the user plan and workspace policy.

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

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

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

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

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "thisispaper",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://www.thisispaper.com/intelligence/api/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.

search — Search 2,500+ hand-curated architecture, design, photography and art projects from Thisispaper.
fetch — Retrieve the full record for one Thisispaper project by id (the id returned by search).
search_projects — Search 2,500+ hand-curated architecture, design, photography and art projects from Thisispaper.
similar_projects — Nearest projects to a given slug by visual + semantic similarity (precomputed SigLIP neighbours).
get_project — Full metadata for one project: machine-written description, design language, details and dimensions, plus the public URL.
search_by_taste — Search by taste metadata: material, light, color, mood, composition, subject.
browse — Newest projects in the archive first, optionally filtered by category: architecture, interiors, design, photography or art.
discover — One project chosen at random from the archive.