# Artbook Society — Public Catalog (remote · www.artbooksociety.com)

Read-only access to the Artbook Society published catalog: books, artists, editors and events.

- Trust score: 88/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `www.artbooksociety.com`: 88/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-artbooksociety-public-catalog/www.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-artbooksociety-public-catalog/www)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://www.artbooksociety.com/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.0.0`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-11-05.

- **Endpoint Security**: 80/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - No authorisation is required to call this server. Nothing on it is marked destructive, but we can't show that an anonymous caller can only read: full credit needs the server to list at least one tool and every tool to be verifiably read-only. We use a best-effort check of tool names and descriptions to tell read-only tools from tools that change things, so some genuinely read-only tools may not get full credit. Names that start with a read verb (get, list, read, search and similar) and accurate readOnlyHint annotations help. Meet that to earn full credit, or require authorisation.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 80/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 373 tokens (~74/item across 5 items; 5 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 97/100
  - Stability observed for 29 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
  - Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 5 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 6 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).

## Install

### How do I install the Artbook Society — Public Catalog MCP server?

Artbook Society — Public Catalog is a hosted endpoint at https://www.artbooksociety.com/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http com-artbooksociety-public-catalog 'https://www.artbooksociety.com/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-artbooksociety-public-catalog": {
      "url": "https://www.artbooksociety.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "com-artbooksociety-public-catalog": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.artbooksociety.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-artbooksociety-public-catalog]
url = "https://www.artbooksociety.com/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "com-artbooksociety-public-catalog": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://www.artbooksociety.com/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-artbooksociety-public-catalog --url 'https://www.artbooksociety.com/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-artbooksociety-public-catalog:
    url: "https://www.artbooksociety.com/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "com-artbooksociety-public-catalog": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://www.artbooksociety.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add com-artbooksociety-public-catalog -t streamable-http -u 'https://www.artbooksociety.com/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-artbooksociety-public-catalog": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.artbooksociety.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-11-05 (score 88, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 93 to 97. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 28 days of observed history at the previous scan, 29 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-11-02 (score 87, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 83 to 87. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 25 days of observed history at the previous scan, 26 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-31 (score 86, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 77 to 80. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 23 days of observed history at the previous scan, 24 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-29 (score 85, +1)

- [functional] MCP protocol: Implements a current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).
- [functional] MCP protocol version: 2025-11-25 → 2026-07-28

### 2026-10-27 (score 84, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 63 to 67. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 19 days of observed history at the previous scan, 20 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-25 (score 83, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 57 to 60. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 17 days of observed history at the previous scan, 18 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-23 (score 82, 0)

- [security] Tool “search_products” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [functional regression] Schema quality: 48 → 74
- [cosmetic] “search_products” added an optional parameter “language”
- [cosmetic] “search_products” added an optional parameter “limited_edition”
- [cosmetic] “search_products” added an optional parameter “max_price”
- [cosmetic] “search_products” added an optional parameter “min_price”
- [cosmetic] “search_products” added an optional parameter “numbered”
- [cosmetic] “search_products” added an optional parameter “signed”
- [cosmetic] “search_products” reworded the description of “query”
- [cosmetic] “search_products” made “query” optional

### 2026-10-22 (score 82, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 47 to 50. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 14 days of observed history at the previous scan, 15 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

## MCP tools (5)

### `search_products` (~197 tokens)

Search books

Search published books and artbooks on Artbook Society. Every keyword must match the title, subtitle, description, an author or contributor, the publisher or the edition type. Optional filters: price range, signed, numbered, limited edition, language.

Input parameters:

- `language` (string): Language of the text, ISO 639-1 code (for example fr or en).
- `limit` (integer): Maximum number of results (default 10, max 20).
- `limited_edition` (boolean): Only limited or collector's editions.
- `max_price` (number): Maximum price in the currency shown in results.
- `min_price` (number): Minimum price in the currency shown in results.
- `numbered` (boolean): Only numbered copies.
- `query` (string): Keywords (at most 8), in English or French. Each keyword must match. Optional when a filter is given.
- `signed` (boolean): Only signed copies.

Output parameters:

- `results` (array): Matching published products.

### `get_product` (~32 tokens)

Get book details

Fetch full public details for a single published product by its numeric id.

Input parameters:

- `id` (integer, required): Numeric product id.

Output parameters:

- `author` (object)
- `currency` (string)
- `description` (string)
- `editor` (object)
- `id` (integer)
- `image` (string)
- `isbn` (string)
- `price` (string)
- `title` (string)
- `url` (string)
- `versions` (array)

### `get_artist` (~31 tokens)

Get artist profile

Fetch full public details for a single artist by their numeric id.

Input parameters:

- `id` (integer, required): Numeric artist id.

Output parameters:

- `biography` (string)
- `id` (integer)
- `image` (string)
- `name` (string)
- `specialties` (array)
- `url` (string)

### `get_editor` (~31 tokens)

Get publisher profile

Fetch full public details for a single editor by their numeric id.

Input parameters:

- `id` (integer, required): Numeric editor id.

Output parameters:

- `biography` (string)
- `id` (integer)
- `logo` (string)
- `title` (string)
- `url` (string)
- `website` (string)

### `list_events` (~39 tokens)

List upcoming events

List published upcoming Artbook Society events, soonest first.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): Maximum number of events (default 10, max 20).

Output parameters:

- `results` (array): Published events.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-artbooksociety-public-catalog/www#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 88
- 2026-11-04: 87
- 2026-11-03: 87
- 2026-11-02: 87
- 2026-11-01: 86
- 2026-10-31: 86
- 2026-10-30: 85
- 2026-10-29: 85
- 2026-10-28: 84
- 2026-10-27: 84
- 2026-10-26: 83
- 2026-10-25: 83
- 2026-10-24: 82
- 2026-10-23: 82
- 2026-10-22: 82
- 2026-10-21: 81
- 2026-10-20: 81
- 2026-10-19: 80
- 2026-10-18: 80
- 2026-10-17: 79
- 2026-10-16: 79
- 2026-10-15: 78
- 2026-10-14: 78
- 2026-10-13: 77
- 2026-10-12: 77
- 2026-10-10: 76
- 2026-10-07: 75

## Common questions

### What is the Artbook Society — Public Catalog MCP server?

Artbook Society — Public Catalog is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.artbooksociety/public-catalog. Read-only access to the Artbook Society published catalog: books, artists, editors and events. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://www.artbooksociety.com/mcp).

### Is the Artbook Society — Public Catalog MCP server safe to use?

Artbook Society — Public Catalog scores 88 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the Artbook Society — Public Catalog MCP server expose?

Artbook Society — Public Catalog exposes 5 tools: search_products, get_product, get_artist, get_editor, list_events. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 330 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Artbook Society — Public Catalog MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to Artbook Society — Public Catalog without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the Artbook Society — Public Catalog MCP server still maintained?

Artbook Society — Public Catalog is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

### What did VerifyMCP test on the Artbook Society — Public Catalog MCP server?

VerifyMCP ran 13 checks on Artbook Society — Public Catalog, covering TLS certificate, Authorization, HTTPS, HSTS header and 9 more. Supply Chain Security and Provenance & Transparency do not apply to a hosted endpoint, so they were not tested. The score does not measure everything, and the scoring documentation lists what it leaves out.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://www.artbooksociety.com/mcp
- Website: https://www.artbooksociety.com/en/legal/mcp
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-artbooksociety-public-catalog/www.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-artbooksociety-public-catalog/www/changelog.json
- Trust report (JSON): https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-artbooksociety-public-catalog/www.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-artbooksociety-public-catalog/www