`get_departments`

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

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/get_departments for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

Return the full list of Metropolitan Museum of Art curatorial departments (e.g., ‘Egyptian Art’, ‘Modern and Contemporary Art’), each with its numeric department ID.

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