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Newest projects in the archive first, optionally filtered by category: architecture, interiors, design, photography or art.
Max results (default 10, max 20).
Optional category filter: architecture, interiors, design, photography or art.
Newest projects in the archive first, optionally filtered by category: architecture, interiors, design, photography or art.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| limit | number | Max results (default 10, max 20). |
| category | string | Optional category filter: architecture, interiors, design, photography or art. |
{
"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."
}
}
}One project chosen at random from the archive. Editorial serendipity: the way a reader opens a magazine to an unplanned spread.
No arguments.
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {}
}Retrieve the full record for one Thisispaper project by id (the id returned by search). Returns title, text and the public url.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| id* | string | Project id from a search result, e.g. 'audeum-kengo-kuma'. |
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"id"
],
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Project id from a search result, e.g. 'audeum-kengo-kuma'."
}
}
}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.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| email* | string | Your email address. The key is tied to it. |
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"email"
],
"properties": {
"email": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Your email address. The key is tied to it."
}
}
}Full metadata for one project: machine-written description, design language, details and dimensions, plus the public URL.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| slug* | string | Project slug, e.g. 'audeum-kengo-kuma'. |
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"slug"
],
"properties": {
"slug": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Project slug, e.g. 'audeum-kengo-kuma'."
}
}
}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.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| city | string | Optional city or region filter, e.g. 'tokyo' or 'portugal'. Applies to guides. |
| type | string | Optional: 'guide' for places, 'edition' for themes. Omit for both. |
{
"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 2,500+ hand-curated architecture, design, photography and art projects from Thisispaper. Returns a list of results with id, title and url.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| query* | string | Search terms, e.g. 'concrete chapel' or 'art exhibitions'. |
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"query"
],
"properties": {
"query": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Search terms, e.g. 'concrete chapel' or 'art exhibitions'."
}
}
}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.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| mood | string | Mood, e.g. 'austere', 'warm', 'monumental'. |
| color | string | Palette, e.g. 'white', 'earth tones', 'green'. |
| light | string | Light quality, e.g. 'diffused', 'natural', 'dramatic'. |
| limit | number | Max results (default 10, max 20). |
| subject | string | Subject, e.g. 'chapel', 'house', 'pavilion'. |
| material | string | Material, e.g. 'rammed earth', 'concrete', 'timber'. |
| composition | string | Composition, e.g. 'symmetrical', 'geometric', 'minimal'. |
{
"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 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.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| limit | number | Max results (default 10, max 20). |
| query* | string | Search terms, e.g. 'concrete chapel' or 'japanese teahouse'. |
{
"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'."
}
}
}Nearest projects to a given slug by visual + semantic similarity (precomputed SigLIP neighbours). Use the slug from search_projects results.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| slug* | string | Project slug, e.g. 'audeum-kengo-kuma'. |
| limit | number | Max results (default 10, max 20). |
{
"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)."
}
}
}