Intelligence Aeternum

What Intelligence Aeternum MCP server does

Intelligence Aeternum MCP server provides agent access to more than 2 million artworks from seven museum sources, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rijksmuseum, Smithsonian Institution, National Gallery of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art, and Paris Collections. The source images are identified as CC0 or public domain, while enrichment metadata is commercially licensed by Metavolve Labs.

The Data Portal supports artwork search, curated metadata retrieval, dataset discovery, dataset previews, pricing, compliance manifests, enrichment status, purchases, and artifact delivery. Its Oracle metadata operation offers a paid 111-field VLM analysis with an image. Agents can also submit their own images for Golden Codex enrichment.

How it works

The Intelligence Aeternum MCP server is available through a Data Portal endpoint using streamable HTTP. The Data Portal is described as a Python/FastAPI service with FastMCP tools and a Firestore artwork manifest. Gemini is used for on-demand VLM enrichment.

A separate Fluora MCP endpoint acts as a monetized broker. It exposes tools for browsing purchasable products, checking payment methods, and making purchases. The broker proxies requests to the Data Portal with payment proof.

Paid agent requests use x402 USDC micropayments on Base L2. An agent first calls the paid operation, receives an HTTP 402 response, completes the USDC transfer, and retries with an X-PAYMENT header containing transaction proof. Human buyers use Stripe checkout instead.

Setup and configuration

Add the Data Portal endpoint to an MCP-compatible client with streamable HTTP:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "intelligence-aeternum": {
      "url": "https://data-portal-172867820131.us-west1.run.app/mcp",
      "transport": "streamable-http"
    }
  }
}

For payment orchestration, configure the Fluora endpoint instead:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fluora-mcp": {
      "url": "https://fluora-mcp-172867820131.us-west1.run.app/mcp",
      "transport": "streamable-http"
    }
  }
}

It also provides health, OpenAPI, schema, and llms.txt endpoints for service discovery and inspection.

Tools and capabilities

The Data Portal lists these capabilities:

• Search artwork records across seven museum datasets.
• Retrieve curated metadata and an image, with a stated limit of five free requests per day.
• Request paid Oracle metadata with 111-field analysis.
• Generate AB 2013 and EU AI Act Article 53 compliance manifests.
• Search dataset catalogs and preview sample images.
• Calculate prices, inspect enrichment tiers, and poll enrichment jobs.
• Start dataset purchases, enrich submitted images, and deliver artifacts.

The Fluora broker lists three additional tools: price-listing, payment-methods, and make-purchase. Dataset purchases and paid enrichment are chargeable; listed pricing includes a per-request Oracle metadata price of $0.16 USDC and artifact delivery from $0.04. Volume discounts are described for purchases of 100 or more records.

Limitations and notes

The pipeline tools for image generation, upscaling, metadata creation, metadata infusion, provenance lookup, Arweave storage, and NFT minting are marked as coming to MCP and should not be treated as current capabilities. Pricing and launch discounts may change. Full enterprise dataset access with compliance manifests is listed as starting at $8,000.

Intelligence Aeternum MCP server separates free discovery operations from paid data access and enrichment. Developers should account for x402 wallet and Base L2 transaction handling when building an autonomous purchasing workflow. The README identifies a payment wallet, but does not document custody, refund, or payment-failure procedures.