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Thisispaper

io.github.zaxarovcom/thisispaper
Design & Creative Search & Research Public & reachable MCP 2026-07-28

What this MCP does

Searches and explores a curated archive of architecture, interiors, design, photography, and art projects using keyword, taste, and similarity queries.

Capabilities

Tools

10 tools
browse
Browse the archive
Newest projects in the archive first, optionally filtered by category: architecture, interiors, design, photography or art.
Read only Open world Idempotent
Input schema 
{'type': 'object', 'properties': {'limit': {'type': 'number', 'description': 'Max results (default 10, max 20).'}, 'category': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'Optional category filter: architecture, interiors, design, photography or art.'}}}
discover
Discover one project
One project chosen at random from the archive. Editorial serendipity: the way a reader opens a magazine to an unplanned spread.
Read only Open world
Input schema 
{'type': 'object', 'properties': {}}
fetch
Fetch a Thisispaper project
Retrieve the full record for one Thisispaper project by id (the id returned by search). Returns title, text and the public url.
Read only Open world Idempotent
Input schema 
{'type': 'object', 'required': ['id'], 'properties': {'id': {'type': 'string', 'description': "Project id from a search result, e.g. 'audeum-kengo-kuma'."}}}
get_api_key
Get a free API key
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.
Open world
Input schema 
{'type': 'object', 'required': ['email'], 'properties': {'email': {'type': 'string', 'description': 'Your email address. The key is tied to it.'}}}
get_project
Get project
Full metadata for one project: machine-written description, design language, details and dimensions, plus the public URL.
Read only Open world Idempotent
Input schema 
{'type': 'object', 'required': ['slug'], 'properties': {'slug': {'type': 'string', 'description': "Project slug, e.g. 'audeum-kengo-kuma'."}}}
list_guides
List guides and editions
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.
Read only Open world Idempotent
Input schema 
{'type': 'object', 'properties': {'city': {'type': 'string', 'description': "Optional city or region filter, e.g. 'tokyo' or 'portugal'. Applies to guides."}, 'type': {'enum': ['guide', 'edition'], 'type': 'string', 'description': "Optional: 'guide' for places, 'edition' for themes. Omit for both."}}}
search
Search Thisispaper
Search 2,500+ hand-curated architecture, design, photography and art projects from Thisispaper. Returns a list of results with id, title and url.
Read only Open world Idempotent
Input schema 
{'type': 'object', 'required': ['query'], 'properties': {'query': {'type': 'string', 'description': "Search terms, e.g. 'concrete chapel' or 'art exhibitions'."}}}
search_by_taste
Search by taste
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.
Read only Open world Idempotent
Input schema 
{'type': 'object', 'properties': {'mood': {'type': 'string', 'description': "Mood, e.g. 'austere', 'warm', 'monumental'."}, 'color': {'type': 'string', 'description': "Palette, e.g. 'white', 'earth tones', 'green'."}, 'light': {'type': 'string', 'description': "Light quality, e.g. 'diffused', 'natural', 'dramatic'."}, 'limit': {'type': 'number', 'description': 'Max results (default 10, max 20).'}, 'subject': {'type': 'string', 'description': "Subject, e.g. 'chapel', 'house', 'pavilion'."}, 'material': {'type': 'string', 'description': "Material, e.g. 'rammed earth', 'concrete', 'timber'."}, 'composition': {'type': 'string', 'description': "Composition, e.g. 'symmetrical', 'geometric', 'minimal'."}}}
search_projects
Search projects
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.
Read only Open world Idempotent
Input schema 
{'type': 'object', 'required': ['query'], 'properties': {'limit': {'type': 'number', 'description': 'Max results (default 10, max 20).'}, 'query': {'type': 'string', 'description': "Search terms, e.g. 'concrete chapel' or 'japanese teahouse'."}}}
similar_projects
Similar projects
Nearest projects to a given slug by visual + semantic similarity (precomputed SigLIP neighbours). Use the slug from search_projects results.
Read only Open world Idempotent
Input schema 
{'type': 'object', 'required': ['slug'], 'properties': {'slug': {'type': 'string', 'description': "Project slug, e.g. 'audeum-kengo-kuma'."}, 'limit': {'type': 'number', 'description': 'Max results (default 10, max 20).'}}}
History

Recent tool changes

Added
get_api_key
Sept. 17, 2026, 12:53 p.m.
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list_guides
Sept. 17, 2026, 12:53 p.m.
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discover
Sept. 17, 2026, 12:53 p.m.
Added
browse
Sept. 17, 2026, 12:53 p.m.
Added
search_by_taste
Sept. 17, 2026, 12:53 p.m.
Added
get_project
Sept. 17, 2026, 12:53 p.m.
Added
similar_projects
Sept. 17, 2026, 12:53 p.m.
Added
search_projects
Sept. 17, 2026, 12:53 p.m.
Added
fetch
Sept. 17, 2026, 12:53 p.m.
Added
search
Sept. 17, 2026, 12:53 p.m.
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