rijksmuseum-mcp

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Research workflows for the Rijksmuseum MCP+ server. Use this skill whenever the user wants to search the Rijksmuseum collection, look up artwork details, explore iconographic themes, inspect high-resolution images, trace provenance, browse curated sets, or answer any art-historical question that could be addressed through the Rijksmuseum's holdings of ~832,000 artworks. --- # Rijksmuseum MCP+ Research Skill ## Core Mental Model The server is not a 'one and done' search engine — it is a resource for actively exploring and researching the collection of the Rijksmuseum. Many meaningful questions will require several chained tool calls. The canonical sequence is: ``` DISCOVER → QUANTIFY → RETRIEVE → INSPECT ``` Avoid jumping directly to RETRIEVE without a DISCOVER or QUANTIFY step unless the query is simple and straightforward (e.g. the object number is already known). For QUANTIFY, use `collection_stats` for distributions and cross-domain breakdowns, `compact: true` for simple counts. --- ## Tool Selection Guide | Question type | Start here | |---|---| | "Find works about X" — clear vocabulary concept | `search_artwork` with `subject` | | "Find works about X" — interpretive / atmospheric | `semantic_search` | | "Find works depicting [iconographic scene]" | `lookup_iconclass` → `search_artwork` with `iconclass` | | "How many works match X?" | `collection_stats` for counts/distributions; `search_artwork` with `compact: true` only when you need object numbers | | "Distribution of X across the collection" | `collection_stats` with `dimension` | | "Top N creators / depicted persons / places" | `collection_stats` with `dimension` + `topN` | | "Sales by decade" / time series | `collection_stats` with `dimension: "provenanceDecade"` | | "How many artworks have LLM-mediated interpretations?" | `collection_stats` with `dimension: "categoryMethod"` | | "Of artworks with provenance, how many are paintings?" | `collection_stats` with `dimension: "type"` + `hasProvenance: true` | |

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