mcp server
Thisispaper
Search 2,500+ curated architecture, design, photography and art projects. Free tier, no signup.
Description as published by the maintainer. Source
- version 1.0.1
- active
- retrieval
active — Registry entry last updated 2026-07-29. Dashed tags are derived by ZBS Index from the published description, not stated by the maintainer.
What this server can do
10 functions, named and described by the server itself. Parameter names are shown because they say more about what a function does than its name usually does.
browse(limit, category)- 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. Editorial serendipity: the way a reader opens a magazine to an unplanned spread.
fetch(id)- Retrieve the full record for one Thisispaper project by id (the id returned by search). Returns title, text and the public url. Required: id.
get_api_key(email)- Mint a FREE Thisispaper Intelligence API key (200 calls/month) for an email address. The key is shown once; use it as Authorization: Bearer tip_live_... on this MCP endpoint and on the REST API. Max 3 keys per email. Required: email.
get_project(slug)- Full metadata for one project: machine-written description, design language, details and dimensions, plus the public URL. Required: slug.
list_guides(city, type)- Every hand-curated Thisispaper guide and edition. Guides are places: Tokyo, Kyoto, Lisbon, Copenhagen. Editions are themes: Black Matter (black as a way of handling light), Jutaku (Japanese houses on narrow plots), Icons, Off-the-Grid, Monographs on single architects. Returns each one's title, type, one-line description, cover image and public URL. Filter by city or by type. The full guides and editions are reserved for Thisispaper+ members.
search(query)- Search 2,500+ hand-curated architecture, design, photography and art projects from Thisispaper. Returns a list of results with id, title and url. Required: query.
search_by_taste(mood, color, light, limit, subject, material, composition)- Search by taste metadata: material, light, color, mood, composition, subject. Unique to Thisispaper: these tags were written during human curation. Provide at least one dimension; results are ranked by how many dimensions match, then by recency.
search_projects(limit, query)- Search 2,500+ hand-curated architecture, design, photography and art projects from Thisispaper. Returns ranked summaries (name, studio, city, year, category, intro, thumbnail, url, citation_url, provenance). Without an API key, results are capped at 5; pass Authorization: Bearer tip_live_... for full results. Required: query.
similar_projects(slug, limit)- Nearest projects to a given slug by visual + semantic similarity (precomputed SigLIP neighbours). Use the slug from search_projects results. Required: slug.
Last successful function declaration observed on . Source: https://www.thisispaper.com/intelligence/api/mcp. We list what the server declared; we do not call any of these functions.
Endpoint status observed on . Source: https://www.thisispaper.com/intelligence/api/mcp.
Signals
These are separate measurements of different things. They are deliberately not combined into one score, because a popularity number that mixes website traffic with saves and stars cannot be checked or acted on.
| Signal | Value | What it measures | Window | Observed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest published version | 1.0.1 | Latest version string the maintainer published to the registry. | as of fetch | Model Context Protocol | |
| Registry record last updated | 2026-07-29 | When the registry record was last updated by its maintainer. | point in time | Model Context Protocol | |
| First listed in the MCP Registry | 2026-07-29 | Date this server was first published to the official MCP Registry. Not a usage or quality measure. | point in time | Model Context Protocol | |
| mcp tools declared | 10 tools | Number of functions the server itself declared when asked to list them. This is what the server offers an agent, not a measure of how well any of them work. | as of probe | www.thisispaper.com | |
| mcp endpoint status | ok | The server listed 10 functions when asked. | as of probe | www.thisispaper.com |
Where to get it
This record as data
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