JENRIKS Photo Archive

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by ehehrmann

Read-only MCP server over the JENRIKS daily photoblog: one photo per day since 2006. No auth.

com.jenriks/photo-archive — Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server

This is a read-only MCP server for the JENRIKS daily photoblog. It provides access to a single daily photo, dating back to 2006. The server does not require authentication.

🛠️ Key Features

Read-only access
Exposes content from the JENRIKS daily photoblog
One photo per day since 2006
No authentication

🚀 Use Cases

Programmatic retrieval of the daily photoblog image archive
Building developer tools that index or display long-running daily photo content

⚡ Developer Benefits

Simple integration due to read-only behavior
Works without auth requirements

⚠️ Limitations

Read-only only (no updates or publishing)
Content is limited to the daily photoblog’s one-photo-per-day archive

Captured live from the server via tools/list.

search_photos

Search the JENRIKS archive (one photo per day since 2006). Free-text query matches title, place, categories, tags and photographer; filters narrow by photographer, category, year and location. Returns permanent page URLs, credits, coordinates and image URLs, newest first. Page with offset, or with the opaque cursor from next_cursor (cursor wins when both are sent).

Parameters8

query	string	optional	Free text, e.g. "harbour", "Barcelona", "fog"
photographer	string	optional
category	string	optional	One of: Abstract, Architecture, B&W, Humans, Landscapes, Macro, Nature, News, Street, Studio, Time exposure
year	integer	optional	Four-digit publication year
location	string	optional	City or country name, e.g. "Iceland"
limit	integer	optional
offset	integer	optional
cursor	string	optional	Opaque page token from next_cursor; overrides offset

Raw schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Free text, e.g. \"harbour\", \"Barcelona\", \"fog\""
    },
    "photographer": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "Erik",
        "Jens"
      ]
    },
    "category": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "One of: Abstract, Architecture, B&W, Humans, Landscapes, Macro, Nature, News, Street, Studio, Time exposure"
    },
    "year": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 2005,
      "description": "Four-digit publication year"
    },
    "location": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "City or country name, e.g. \"Iceland\""
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 50,
      "default": 10
    },
    "offset": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 0,
      "default": 0
    },
    "cursor": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Opaque page token from next_cursor; overrides offset"
    }
  },
  "required": [],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

get_photo

Return one JENRIKS post by publication date (YYYY-MM-DD) or by page URL / path (/YYYY/MM/DD/slug/).

Parameters2

date	string	optional	YYYY-MM-DD
url	string	optional	Page URL or path, e.g. /2026/09/04/liminal-space/

Raw schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "date": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "YYYY-MM-DD"
    },
    "url": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Page URL or path, e.g. /2026/09/04/liminal-space/"
    }
  },
  "required": [],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

get_latest_photo

Return today's JENRIKS photo (the newest post), or the newest post by one photographer when photographer is set. A new photo appears every day at 00:00 Europe/Berlin.

Parameters1

photographer

string

optional

Latest post by this photographer; omit for the newest post overall

Raw schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "photographer": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "Erik",
        "Jens"
      ],
      "description": "Latest post by this photographer; omit for the newest post overall"
    }
  },
  "required": [],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

random_photo

Return a random JENRIKS photo, optionally limited to a photographer, category or year.

Parameters3

photographer	string	optional
category	string	optional
year	integer	optional

Raw schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "photographer": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "Erik",
        "Jens"
      ]
    },
    "category": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "year": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 2005
    }
  },
  "required": [],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

get_site_overview

Totals, photographers, categories with counts, posts per year, section URLs, URL pattern and license terms. Pass include to keep only some of those blocks next to the totals and dates.

Parameters1

include

array

optional

Blocks to keep besides site, description, totals and dates; omit for everything

Raw schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "include": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string",
        "enum": [
          "photographers",
          "categories",
          "years",
          "sections",
          "license"
        ]
      },
      "uniqueItems": true,
      "description": "Blocks to keep besides site, description, totals and dates; omit for everything"
    }
  },
  "required": [],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

README.md1 KBView on GitHub

jenriks-agent-skills

Agent skill, Agent Plugins manifest and MCP server declaration for JENRIKS, a daily photoblog with one photograph per day since January 1, 2006 by Jens Herrmann and Erik Hehrmann.

Install the skill:

code

npx skills add ehehrmann/jenriks-agent-skills

Path	What it is
skills/jenriks-photos/SKILL.md	How to find, cite and license JENRIKS photos (served at https://jenriks.com/.well-known/agent-skills/jenriks-photos/SKILL.md)
plugin.json	Agent Plugins 1.0.0 manifest
mcp.json	Remote MCP server: https://jenriks.com/mcp (Streamable HTTP, read-only, no authentication)

MCP tools: search_photos, get_photo, get_latest_photo, random_photo, get_site_overview. REST API: https://jenriks.com/api/v1 (OpenAPI at https://jenriks.com/openapi.json). Documentation: https://jenriks.com/developers/.

Install

Tools (5)

search_photosget_photoget_latest_photorandom_photoget_site_overview

Remote endpoint

Streamable HTTP

Hosted server - connect over the network, no local install.

url

https://jenriks.com/mcp

Add to VS Code Add to Cursor

claude_desktop_config.json

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "photo-archive": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://jenriks.com/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Desktop config is stdio-only; this bridges via mcp-remote. Native remote: Settings > Connectors.

com.jenriks/photo-archive — Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server

🛠️ Key Features

🚀 Use Cases

⚡ Developer Benefits

⚠️ Limitations

search_photos

get_photo

get_latest_photo

random_photo

get_site_overview

jenriks-agent-skills

Install

Remote endpoint

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