io.github.mrfentmen/artic-mcp

artic-mcp

Is the io.github.mrfentmen/artic-mcp MCP server down? No. It answered initialize and tools/list in the probe of 2026-11-09.

Art collection data: search artworks, fetch objects and artist records.

alive probed 2026-11-14 · unchanged since 2026-11-09

5tools

811tokens in Claude Opus 5.5

0.4 %of Claude's 200k window

0.3×the median server

209 msto initialize

5 msto list tools

Run it: npx -y @mrfentmen/artic-mcp@1.0.0 (stdio, probed in a container with the network off)
Host: npmjs.com
Reports itself as: artic-mcp 1.0.0
Capabilities: tools
Instructions: none
Of a 1M window: <0.1 % of a 1M context window
Count: 811 tokens in Claude Opus 5.5, exact, measured 2026-11-09. With the Claude Code prefix mcp__…__ on each tool name: 866. The o200k_base estimate is 438. Counted again when the tool definitions change. Method.
Repository: https://github.com/mrfentmen/awesome-servers
Registry: active, updated 2026-11-08 · registry entry

Most expensive tools

The Claude column scales the o200k estimate of each tool by this server's ratio of exact to estimate, 1.85×.

Tool	≈ Claude tokens	o200k estimate	Share of this server
artwork_image_url	196	106	24 %
search_artworks	178	96	22 %
artist_search	167	90	21 %
artwork	139	75	17 %
artist	131	71	16 %

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Servers that mention artic.

The result of the latest probe, the tool count and the token cost. The feed has an entry for every probe that changed them.

Stops answering, comes back, tool set or cost changes. One confirmation mail first, a stop link in every mail.