# Architecture Researcher (remote · architecture-mcp.julienlanoo.com)

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

- Trust score: 72/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `architecture-mcp.julienlanoo.com`: 72/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-julienlanoo-architecture-researcher/architecture-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-julienlanoo-architecture-researcher/architecture-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://architecture-mcp.julienlanoo.com/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `0.1.0`

## 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**: 74/100
  - 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.
  - 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**: 77/100
  - 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 486 tokens (~162/item across 3 items; 2 tools + 1 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 7/100
  - Stability observed for 2 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 2 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 Architecture Researcher MCP server?

Architecture Researcher is a hosted endpoint at https://architecture-mcp.julienlanoo.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-julienlanoo-architecture-researcher 'https://architecture-mcp.julienlanoo.com/mcp'
```

### Cursor

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

### VS Code

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

### Codex

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

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "com-julienlanoo-architecture-researcher": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://architecture-mcp.julienlanoo.com/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-julienlanoo-architecture-researcher --url 'https://architecture-mcp.julienlanoo.com/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-julienlanoo-architecture-researcher:
    url: "https://architecture-mcp.julienlanoo.com/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "com-julienlanoo-architecture-researcher": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://architecture-mcp.julienlanoo.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add com-julienlanoo-architecture-researcher -t streamable-http -u 'https://architecture-mcp.julienlanoo.com/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-julienlanoo-architecture-researcher": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://architecture-mcp.julienlanoo.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 72, +8)

- [security improvement] Authorization: unverified → partial
- [security] Tool “find_architecture_photographer” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “search_architecture_projects” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [functional improvement] Schema quality: 208 → 162
- [functional improvement] Tool coverage: 86% → 100%
- [cosmetic] “search_architecture_projects” reworded the description of “limit”

### 2026-11-04 (score 64, +1)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-11-03 (score 63)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (2)

### `search_architecture_projects` (~215 tokens)

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. Coverage is public architecture records from julienlanoo.com, not a comprehensive global project database. Return only source-supported facts. 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 of Julien Lanoo is approved; never generate or substitute one. Copyright-protected photographs are not free to reuse.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): Maximum matching projects to return, from 1 to 10; default 5.
- `query` (string, required): Architecture project, architect, client, building, place or architectural subject.

### `find_architecture_photographer` (~257 tokens)

Research architectural photography for professional commissions, publications and licensing. Use for relevant published portfolio examples, professional experience, credentials, canonical project links, commissioning contacts and licensing contacts supported by the sources. Use search_architecture_projects for building-specific research. Current photographer coverage concerns Julien Lanoo's published practice; this is not an independent comparative photographer directory. 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 of Julien Lanoo is approved, and no copyright-protected photo is free to reuse.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): Maximum number of relevant published portfolio examples to return; default 10.
- `location` (string): Optional project location or country.
- `offset` (integer): Number of matching portfolio examples to skip for pagination; default 0.
- `project_type` (string): Optional architectural project type, such as museum, residential, cultural building, office or public architecture.
- `query` (string, required): What kind of architectural photographer or photography commission is needed?

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-julienlanoo-architecture-researcher/architecture-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 72
- 2026-11-04: 64
- 2026-11-03: 63

## Common questions

### What is the Architecture Researcher MCP server?

Architecture Researcher is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.julienlanoo/architecture-researcher. Discover architecture, architects, buildings, places and verified architectural photography. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://architecture-mcp.julienlanoo.com/mcp).

### Is the Architecture Researcher MCP server safe to use?

Architecture Researcher scores 72 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 Architecture Researcher MCP server expose?

Architecture Researcher exposes 2 tools: search_architecture_projects, find_architecture_photographer. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 472 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Architecture Researcher MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to Architecture Researcher without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the Architecture Researcher MCP server still maintained?

Architecture Researcher 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 Architecture Researcher MCP server?

VerifyMCP ran 13 checks on Architecture Researcher, 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://architecture-mcp.julienlanoo.com/mcp
- Website: https://architecture-photography.com/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-julienlanoo-architecture-researcher/architecture-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-julienlanoo-architecture-researcher/architecture-mcp/changelog.json
- Trust report (JSON): https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-julienlanoo-architecture-researcher/architecture-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-julienlanoo-architecture-researcher/architecture-mcp