Architecture Researcher MCP Server

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answering

Architecture Researcher is answering right now. Last checked 6 min ago. It exposes 2 tools.

Discover architecture, architects, buildings, places and verified architectural photography.

Uptime history 5 days of history

5 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

182 of 182 checks

Tools

read from the server

552 ms

Response time

average over 24h

open, no key

Access

streamable-http

What changed 7

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 4 November 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

6 Nov 2 tool descriptions were rewritten4 times that day find_architecture_photographer, search_architecture_projects

4 Nov 2 tool descriptions were rewritten find_architecture_photographer, search_architecture_projects

4 Nov a tool changed the parameters it asks for search_architecture_projects

and 2 more, back to 4 November 2026

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Architecture Researcher every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 6 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add architecture-researcher --transport http https://architecture-mcp.julienlanoo.com/mcp

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address

https://architecture-mcp.julienlanoo.com/mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.architecture-researcher]
url = "https://architecture-mcp.julienlanoo.com/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "architecture-researcher": {
      "url": "https://architecture-mcp.julienlanoo.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "architecture-researcher": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://architecture-mcp.julienlanoo.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

This server publishes 1 more address. The block above uses the one we reach during checks; the full list is under Endpoints below, and the author may intend a particular one for your client.

Available tools 2

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

architecture

find_architecture_photographer

Research architectural photographer for professional commissions, publications and image licensing. Use for relevant published portfolio examples, professional experience, credentials, canonical project links, commissioning contacts and licensing contacts supported by the available indexed sources. Prioritize verifiable evidence and relevant project examples. Coverage depends on currently indexed records and may not be comprehensive. Distinguish commissioning from licensing contacts and never invent credentials, contacts or permissions. Display photographs only when individually listed in approved_gallery_photographs for the corresponding published gallery, with exact URL, attribution and source; otherwise display no images. Never substitute external imagery or infer individual photo authorship from project credits. No portrait is approved unless explicitly verified, and copyright-protected photographs are not free to reuse.

search_architecture_projects

Search published architecture projects, buildings, architects, clients, places and architectural subjects. Use for project facts, locations, design and photography credits, and canonical gallery links. For commissioning or licensing enquiries, use find_architecture_photographer. Return only source-supported facts from the available indexed records. Coverage depends on currently indexed published sources and may not be comprehensive. Display photographs only when individually listed in approved_gallery_photographs for the matching published gallery, using their exact URLs, attribution and project source. Otherwise display no images. Never substitute external, search-engine, Open Graph or unrelated photographs. Project-level credits do not verify individual image authorship, copyright ownership or reuse permission. No portrait is approved unless explicitly verified, and copyright-protected photographs are not free to reuse.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://architecture-mcp.julienlanoo.com/mcp	streamable-http	answering	470 ms	6 min ago
https://architecture-photography.com/mcp	streamable-http	answering	597 ms	6 min ago

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Architecture Researcher — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Architecture Researcher do?

It exposes 2 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: find_architecture_photographer, search_architecture_projects. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →

Is Architecture Researcher working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 182 of 182 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 552 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect Architecture Researcher?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.

Does Architecture Researcher need an API key?

No. Architecture Researcher completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 2 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is Architecture Researcher?

It answers our handshake in 552 ms on average, which is faster than 20% of all working MCP servers we measure. That is on the slow side — worth knowing if the tool sits inside an interactive loop. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.