Harvard Art MCP Server

Part of Pipeworx - an MCP gateway connecting AI agents to 1476+ live data sources. It is available as a remote MCP endpoint.

Teams that work with pipeworx and harvard art and want a hosted endpoint instead of running a local process. The project is written in TypeScript.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-09-13 · ★ 2 · #814 OF 945 MAINTAINED OTHER · VERIFIED 2026-09-18

MIT · TypeScript servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Harvard Art

Claude Code

claude mcp add pipeworx-io-mcp-harvard-art --transport http https://gateway.pipeworx.io/harvard-art/mcp

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-io-mcp-harvard-art": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/harvard-art/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Same JSON for Cursor. For VS Code, rename the top-level key from `mcpServers` to `servers`.

Using another client? Same JSON, different key

Claude Desktop · mcpServers

Cursor · mcpServers

VS Code · servers

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Full setup guides: every client.

02 · Evidence

https://gateway.pipeworx.io/harvard-art/mcp

transport: streamable-http

endpoint alive - responded to MCP initialize · probed 2026-09-17

Security posture

What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.

runs as remote - your agent's requests go to gateway.pipeworx.io

endpoint auth accepted our unauthenticated MCP initialize - no credentials needed to connect

license MIT - declared in the repository

registry namespace io.github.pipeworx-io is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What Harvard Art can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

What you can build

An agent gets 1 documented tool, including search.

The 1 tools it gives your agent

Extracted from the project's README - what Harvard Art lets an agent do.

search: - Search the Harvard Art Museums collection by keyword. Returns matching items with ids (pass an id to object), titles, creators, dates and image links.

04 · Who maintains Harvard Art

Harvard Art is maintained by pipeworx-io. We track 1589 MCP servers from pipeworx-io - 1564 actively maintained, 69 combined GitHub stars, oldest repo from Mar 2026. Full record: all servers from pipeworx-io.

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-harvard-art
website: https://pipeworx.io/packs/harvard-art
category: other - ranked #814 of 945 actively-maintained other servers as of 2026-09-18.
registry: io.github.pipeworx-io/harvard-art (active, first published 2026-06-25)

06 · Harvard Art FAQ

What is Harvard Art?

Part of Pipeworx - an MCP gateway connecting AI agents to 1476+ live data sources. It is available as a remote MCP endpoint.

Is Harvard Art still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-09-18, its last commit was 2026-09-13. We re-verify nightly.

How do I install Harvard Art?

Run `claude mcp add pipeworx-io-mcp-harvard-art --transport http https://gateway.pipeworx.io/harvard-art/mcp`. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

Does Harvard Art require authentication?

No - the endpoint accepted our unauthenticated MCP initialize when probed on 2026-09-17; you can connect without credentials.

07 · Alternatives to Harvard Art

Alternatives to Harvard Art

Maintained other servers if Harvard Art isn't the fit.

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