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Semantic search over the public-domain index.

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Input schema

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Inferred read-only · medium confidence · heuristic, not a guarantee.

No write-capable action terms were found; this is not proof that invocation has no side effects.

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

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

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.arkivism]
url = "https://api.arkivism.com/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "arkivism": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.arkivism.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: arkivism
Remote MCP URL: https://api.arkivism.com/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": {
    "arkivism": {
      "url": "https://api.arkivism.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "arkivism": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.arkivism.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

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

MCP Inspector

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

find_similar — Visually similar items to a given item id (embedding nearest-neighbors) — the hunt loop: explore outward from any good result.
get_item — Full record for one item: metadata, license, attribution, full-resolution URL.
archival_echo — Reverse-image search ("Archival Echo"): fetch an image from a URL and find its closest visual matches across the public-domain index.
get_download_url — Full-resolution download link for an item, plus the license and the attribution text to carry with the file wherever it's used.