arhiiv
Estonian jewellery art archive: 472 artists, works, exhibitions, museum holdings, source-cited press
What it can do
What data it sees
Do you need an account
No: the server works without sign-in
Estonian jewellery art archive: 472 artists, works, exhibitions, museum holdings, source-cited press
How to connect
How to connect arhiiv to Claude
The server address to paste into Claude settings:
https://ehtekunst.ee/mcp
- Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
- Go to Settings → Connectors.
- Click Add custom connector.
- Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
- In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.
Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.
Authorization
After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.
How to connect arhiiv to ChatGPT
The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:
https://ehtekunst.ee/mcp
- Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
- Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
- Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
- Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
- Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
- In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.
OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.
Authorization
On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.
How to connect arhiiv to Cursor
The server address to paste into Cursor settings:
https://ehtekunst.ee/mcp
Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.
Manually:
- In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
- Paste the JSON copied below into
~/.cursor/mcp.json(per project:.cursor/mcp.jsonin the repo root). - Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.
Authorization
If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.
Server tool list (12)
Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.
| search_artists | Search the artist registry by name, school, and/or graduation-year range. Returns paginated artist cards with work/exhibition counts and canonical page URLs. Estonian jewellery/metalwork artists. |
| get_artist | Get one artist by slug: biography, education, materials, linked-data (MuIS/Wikidata), knowledge-graph relations, and verified press mentions. Includes links.html for citation. |
| search_works | Search jewellery works/objects by title, artist, material, year range, or for-sale status. Returns paginated work cards (artist, year, materials, thumbnail, canonical URL). |
| get_work | Get one work by slug: description, dimensions, materials/techniques, images, museum holder, exhibitions it appeared in, price when for sale, and graph relations. |
| search_exhibitions | Search the exhibition database by title, year, or organizer. Returns paginated exhibition cards (title, dates, venue, city, canonical URL). |
| get_exhibition | Get one exhibition by slug: description, curator, organizers, participating artists, works shown, and verified press reception. |
| get_organization | Get one organization by slug (school, gallery, museum, association): description, linked-data, exhibition count, and graph relations. |
| get_relations | Walk the knowledge graph around an entity: teachers and students (STUDIED_UNDER), exhibition participation, museum holdings (HELD_BY), memberships, awards. entity_type ∈ artist|work|exhibition|organization. Every edge carries its source citation and the target's URL. |
| search_press | Find press and publication sources (Estonian newspapers via DEA, monographs) in a year range, optionally filtered by a text query against the source title/publication. Backed by the archive timeline. |
| search_marks | Search historical Estonian goldsmiths' maker's marks (monograms/letters) by lettering, town, or century. Returns marks with the attributed master (when known), town, active years, and the citing source. Audience: collectors and antique dealers as well as researchers. |
| get_timeline | The archive in one query: merged, year-sorted events (graduations, exhibitions, press, publications) between two years. Great for a chronological overview of Estonian jewellery art. |
| get_stats | Archive-wide published counts (artists, works, exhibitions, organizations, articles, sources), year coverage, and last-updated timestamp. |