# Fold Laboratories Art Catalogue (remote · api.foldlaboratories.com)

Original art from galleries and artists: semantic search, provenance, live availability.

- Trust score: 76/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-25

## Components

- remote · `api.foldlaboratories.com`: 76/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-foldlaboratories-art/api.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-foldlaboratories-art/api)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://api.foldlaboratories.com/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `0.1.1`

## 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 2026-09-25.

- **Endpoint Security**: 57/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - Authorisation not fully verified: no authorisation is required to call this server, and 3 tool(s) never declared a destructiveHint. The MCP spec treats an absent hint as destructive by default, so we cannot call this surface safe.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent.
  - 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**: 75/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 626 tokens (~208/item across 3 items; 3 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 83/100
  - Stability observed for 25 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.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 3 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 3 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 Fold Laboratories Art Catalogue MCP server?

Fold Laboratories Art Catalogue is a hosted endpoint at https://api.foldlaboratories.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-foldlaboratories-art 'https://api.foldlaboratories.com/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-foldlaboratories-art": {
      "url": "https://api.foldlaboratories.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "com-foldlaboratories-art": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.foldlaboratories.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-foldlaboratories-art]
url = "https://api.foldlaboratories.com/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "com-foldlaboratories-art": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://api.foldlaboratories.com/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-foldlaboratories-art --url 'https://api.foldlaboratories.com/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-foldlaboratories-art:
    url: "https://api.foldlaboratories.com/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "com-foldlaboratories-art": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://api.foldlaboratories.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add com-foldlaboratories-art -t streamable-http -u 'https://api.foldlaboratories.com/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-foldlaboratories-art": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.foldlaboratories.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.

### 2026-09-25 (score 76, 0)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-09-24 (score 76, +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.

### 2026-09-22 (score 75, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 70 to 73. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 21 days of observed history at the previous scan, 22 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-21 (score 74, 0)

- [security] Tool “search_artworks” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [cosmetic] “search_artworks” dropped the optional parameter “trust_tier”

### 2026-09-20 (score 74, +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.

### 2026-09-18 (score 73, +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.

### 2026-09-16 (score 72, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 50 to 53. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 15 days of observed history at the previous scan, 16 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-14 (score 71, +1)

- [security] Tool “search_artworks” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [cosmetic] “search_artworks” reworded the description of “include_sold”

## MCP tools (3)

### `search_artworks` (~371 tokens)

Search original artworks by natural-language description of what the buyer wants — subject, mood, palette, texture, period, scale. Matches on MEANING rather than keywords, so "a moody blue seascape" finds work no keyword search would. IMPORTANT: the query text is matched on meaning ONLY. A budget written into it — "under 20k" — is NOT applied; pass min_price_usd and max_price_usd instead, or you will get results outside the buyer’s range and not know it. IMPORTANT: this catalogue CANNOT be filtered by authenticity or provenance strength, and no parameter accepts one — Fold verifies sellers, not works, and assesses neither. See _verification on the response and the verification block on each result. Returns only works that are purchasable now; include_sold adds works that have sold. Works taken off sale are never returned. Attributes such as medium and year are as stated by the seller; a null means the seller did not specify it. IMPORTANT: check the `completeness` field before telling a buyer this is everything available — "partial" means more may exist beyond what was scanned.

Input parameters:

- `include_sold` (boolean): Also include works that have already sold. Off by default. Works taken off sale are never returned either way.
- `limit` (integer): Maximum results. Default 10, hard cap 100.
- `max_price_usd` (number): Highest acceptable price.
- `min_price_usd` (number): Lowest acceptable price.
- `query` (string, required): What the buyer is looking for, in natural language.
- `seller_stated_tags_only` (boolean): When true, match only tags the seller asserted, excluding model-generated ones. Use when the buyer needs the seller to have made the claim themselves.

### `get_artwork` (~168 tokens)

Full detail for one artwork: attribution, medium, dimensions, edition structure, provenance, seller, and every individual impression that can be bought with its own price and availability. A numbered edition has one entry per impression — including artist proofs (AP), printer proofs (PP), and the bon à tirer (BAT), which are separate objects from the numbered run and usually priced differently. Attributes are as stated by the seller, and a null means unspecified rather than estimated. Also returns TEMPORARY image URLs — show them to the buyer, but honour `expires_at` and re-fetch rather than caching or redistributing them. Use this before presenting a work to a buyer, and quote the `impression` label exactly as given.

Input parameters:

- `artwork_id` (string, required): artwork_id from search_artworks.

### `check_availability` (~87 tokens)

Re-check whether specific impressions are still purchasable, immediately before presenting them to a buyer or attempting a purchase. Each work here is unique or from a small edition, so an impression can sell between search and checkout. ALWAYS call this before offering a specific impression — offering a sold original is worse than offering nothing.

Input parameters:

- `listing_ids` (array, required): listing_id values from get_artwork.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-foldlaboratories-art/api#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-09-25: 76
- 2026-09-24: 76
- 2026-09-23: 75
- 2026-09-22: 75
- 2026-09-21: 74
- 2026-09-20: 74
- 2026-09-19: 73
- 2026-09-18: 73
- 2026-09-17: 72
- 2026-09-16: 72
- 2026-09-15: 71
- 2026-09-14: 71
- 2026-09-13: 70
- 2026-09-12: 70
- 2026-09-11: 69
- 2026-09-10: 69
- 2026-09-09: 68
- 2026-09-08: 68
- 2026-09-07: 67
- 2026-09-06: 67
- 2026-09-05: 67
- 2026-09-04: 66
- 2026-09-03: 66
- 2026-09-02: 65
- 2026-09-01: 65
- 2026-08-31: 64

## Common questions

### What is the Fold Laboratories Art Catalogue MCP server?

Fold Laboratories Art Catalogue is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.foldlaboratories/art. Original art from galleries and artists: semantic search, provenance, live availability. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://api.foldlaboratories.com/mcp).

### Is the Fold Laboratories Art Catalogue MCP server safe to use?

Fold Laboratories Art Catalogue scores 76 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 Fold Laboratories Art Catalogue MCP server expose?

Fold Laboratories Art Catalogue exposes 3 tools: search_artworks, get_artwork, check_availability. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 626 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Fold Laboratories Art Catalogue MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to Fold Laboratories Art Catalogue without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the Fold Laboratories Art Catalogue MCP server still maintained?

Fold Laboratories Art Catalogue is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 25 September 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://api.foldlaboratories.com/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/Fold-Laboratories/art-marketplace
- Website: https://foldlaboratories.com/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-foldlaboratories-art/api.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-foldlaboratories-art/api.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-foldlaboratories-art/api