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name: artsonia-mcp description: Access Artsonia student-art portfolios, comments, and fans via MCP. Use when the user asks about a child's artwork, wants to post an art comment, check fans, view portfolios, or manage Artsonia notifications. Triggers on phrases like "show me Emma's latest artwork", "post a comment on that painting", "who are the fans for this student", "invite grandma as a fan", or any request involving student art portfolios on Artsonia. Requires artsonia-mcp installed and the artsonia server registered (see Setup below).

artsonia-mcp

MCP server for Artsonia — natural-language access to student-art portfolios, comments, and fans.

• npm: npmjs.com/package/artsonia-mcp
• Source: github.com/chrischall/artsonia-mcp

Setup

Option A — npx (recommended)

Add to .mcp.json in your project or ~/.claude/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "artsonia": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "artsonia-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "ARTSONIA_USERNAME": "your-email@example.com",
        "ARTSONIA_PASSWORD": "your-password"
      }
    }
  }
}

Option B — from source

git clone https://github.com/chrischall/artsonia-mcp
cd artsonia-mcp
npm install && npm run build

Then add to .mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "artsonia": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/artsonia-mcp/dist/index.js"],
      "env": {
        "ARTSONIA_USERNAME": "your-email@example.com",
        "ARTSONIA_PASSWORD": "your-password"
      }
    }
  }
}

Or use a .env file in the project directory with ARTSONIA_USERNAME=<value> and ARTSONIA_PASSWORD=<value>.

Authentication

Username/password auth using your Artsonia parent/fan account credentials. The server logs in and maintains a session cookie.

Tools

Core

Tool	Description
artsonia_healthcheck	Check connectivity and authentication status
artsonia_list_students	List all students linked to the account

Portfolio & Artwork

Tool	Description
artsonia_get_activity	Get recent activity feed for a student
artsonia_get_portfolio	Get a student's art portfolio. Optional include_details: boolean (default false) fetches each artwork's full detail (title/project/grade/views/…) concurrently and merges it into the rows; omit it for the fast, lean tiles.
artsonia_get_artwork	Get details for a single artwork
artsonia_download_artwork	Download a student's artwork images to a local folder. Optional path_template: string (e.g. "{grade}/{project}" or "{school_year}") organizes downloads into subfolders under dest, composed with filename_template — same tokens ({title} {project} {grade} {date} {school_year} {artwork_id}), segments slugified like filenames, empty tokens collapse, and paths stay deterministic so skip_existing re-runs remain idempotent. Optional embed_metadata: boolean (default false) embeds each image's title/project/grade and source date (its Last-Modified) into the JPEG's EXIF (ImageDescription, DateTimeOriginal) and IPTC (title, keywords, date) so the metadata survives renames/moves and is searchable in Spotlight/Apple Photos; the count is returned as embedded_count (best-effort — a failed embed writes the original bytes). Optional write_index: boolean (default false) writes an index.json manifest into the destination listing the downloaded items (artwork_id, title, file — dest-relative, grade, project, date); the manifest path is returned as index_file. Optional write_metadata: boolean (default false) writes a per-artwork <image-name>.json sidecar next to each image with the artwork's comments and teacher feedback (plus title/project/grade); the count is returned as metadata_count. Optional include_private: boolean (default true) — set false to exclude private pieces (private_excluded_count reports how many were dropped). The result carries totals (total_bytes, downloaded_count/skipped_count/failed_count/private_count), a per-file is_private flag, and — on unfiltered runs — a count_check against the student's artwork_count with a warning when the pull looks partial. The dry run (no confirm) adds estimated_bytes per item and estimated_total_bytes.

Social

Tool	Description
artsonia_list_comments	List comments on an artwork
artsonia_get_fans	Get the fan list for a student
artsonia_post_comment	Post a comment on an artwork
artsonia_invite_fan	Invite someone to become a fan of a student
artsonia_set_notifications	Update notification preferences for a student

Environment Variables

Variable	Required	Description
ARTSONIA_USERNAME	Yes	Your Artsonia login email address
ARTSONIA_PASSWORD	Yes	Your Artsonia account password
ARTSONIA_TRANSPORT	No	Override transport: stdio (default), sse, or fetchproxy
ARTSONIA_WS_PORT	No	WebSocket port when using sse transport