`get_departments`

Pack: art · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/art/mcp

List all departments in the Met collection (e.g., “Paintings”, “Sculpture”, “Photographs”). Use department names to filter search_artworks results.

Example call

Arguments

{}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/art/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_departments","arguments":{}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('get_departments', {});

Response shape

Always returns: count, departments

Field	Type	Description
`count`	number	Total number of departments
`departments`	array

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "count": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Total number of departments"
    },
    "departments": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": "number",
            "description": "Department ID"
          },
          "name": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Department display name"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "id",
          "name"
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "count",
    "departments"
  ]
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

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

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

get_departments