MCP tool
archive_search
Full-text keyword search across all archive colour names and notes.
The archive_search tool is provided by Colour Memory. Install that server in your AI client and the assistant can call it directly.
Servers exposing archive_search
From the publisher:Full-text keyword search across all archive colour names and notes. Find colours by name fragment, material, cultural reference, pigment type, or historical period. Complements conceptual embedding search with exact keyword matching. Examples: 'cerulean' (28 matches, e.g. Bourton Cerulean), 'Prussian' (187 matches spanning pigment history), 'medieval' (over 1,000 matches across period archives). N
Install Colour Memory →Parameter Type Description query*string Search term e.g. cerulean, Prussian, Ottoman, ochre, medieval archivestring Optional archive filter e.g. oxfordshire, japan, pigment, keats, eic, racingsilks n_resultsinteger Results per page (default 10, max 50 per call). This is a PAGE size, not a collection limit -- for a large collection (tens or hundreds of records) page with offset until next_offset disappears, and n include_fullboolean Return complete notes and source fields. Default false returns 150-char snippets. Set true for report workflows. limitinteger Alias for n_results offsetinteger Skip this many ranked matches before returning results -- collection paging. The response's next_offset gives the value to pass here for the next page; it is absent on the last page. total_found alway entity_modestring 'text' (default): ordinary keyword search -- 'rose' finds any name containing the word, across genera. 'exact': resolve the query to a botanical entity and return ONLY records whose structured identit year_frominteger Boost entries on or after this year e.g. 1400 for Renaissance, 1837 for Victorian year_tointeger Boost entries on or before this year e.g. 1600 for Renaissance, 1901 for Victorian
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