Fold Laboratories

Connect it to your AI

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http art https://api.foldlaboratories.com/mcp?surface=registry

Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other apps

Add it as a custom connector with this URL (Streamable HTTP):

https://api.foldlaboratories.com/mcp?surface=registry

This server expects extra headers, usually an API key from its maker.

Cursor, VS Code and other apps (mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "art": {
      "url": "https://api.foldlaboratories.com/mcp?surface=registry"
    }
  }
}

Tools it offers

10 tools, as the server itself reported during our check on Oct 31, 2026.

• search_artworksUse this when someone wants to find original paintings, prints, photographs or sculpture from independent artists: by subject, style, colour, size or budget; for a particular wall; or like a work or a photo they have. It
• get_artworkUse this when someone wants the full facts about one work before deciding: what it is, its size, how it looks, what delivery costs and when it ships, whether it can be returned, who made it, and what Fold verified about
• check_availabilityUse this when time has passed since a search or a work’s detail answered — the buyer came back later, or is weighing several works — to re-check whether specific impressions can still be bought before offering them. Each
• save_search_alertUse this when a buyer wants to hear about works listed later that match what they are looking for. It saves the search — the buyer’s words in query and the same filters as search_artworks — and tells the buyer by e-mail,
• get_search_alertUse this when a buyer asks about an alert for new works they saved: whether it is waiting for them to confirm it, active or ended, what it watches, when it last sent works and when it ends. Needs the search_alert_id and
• cancel_search_alertUse this when a buyer wants to stop an alert for new works. Nothing more is sent, and the saved words, filters and address are erased. Needs the search_alert_id and manage_token save_search_alert gave; a buyer can also s
• start_checkoutUse this when the buyer has chosen one work and wants to buy it. It answers with checkout_url, a page on Fold’s own site for that one work, where the buyer enters the delivery address, sees the total with sales tax and t
• get_delivered_quoteUse this when a buyer asks what a work will cost delivered to them and when it would arrive. Given one listing_id and a US destination (a five-digit ZIP code, and the state if known), it answers with the price, the selle
• get_order_statusUse this when a buyer asks where their order is or what they can still claim. With the token from the order page’s address, or the order reference from the confirmation e-mail and the e-mail address the buyer gave at che
• open_claimUse this when a buyer wants to return a work or report a problem with an order: damage or a difference from the description on arrival, non-delivery, a doubt about authenticity or title, an agent purchase they did not au

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