Search the Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) — the world's leading art & design museum. Find objects across 1M+ items (furniture, fashion, ceramics, photographs, paintings, jewellery, sculpture) by keyword. Returns id, title, maker, date, place, type, and thumbnail. Use the returned id with get_obje...
AI agents call search_objects to retrieve information from Mcp Va Museum without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
page | number | — | Page number, 1-based (default 1). |
limit | number | — | Max results to return (default 15, max 100). |
query | string | Yes | Free-text keyword search (e.g. "Jasper Morrison chair", "Tudor portrait", "Japanese ceramics"). |
with_images | boolean | — | If true, only return objects that have images (default false). |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
This tool queries a museum collection database and returns structured metadata about artworks. It has no side effects, cannot modify data, execute code, or delete records. The only action is retrieving and presenting existing information from the V&A's public collection. 'Keyless' indicates no authentication barriers, but this does not elevate risk for a read-only public museum search.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'Search[es]... Find objects' and 'Returns id, title, maker, date, place, type, and thumbnail' — purely data retrieval with no modification or execution of external operations.
Risk signalsAccepts freeform code/query input (query)
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Search the Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) — the world's leading art & design museum. Find objects across 1M+ items (furniture, fashion, ceramics, photographs, paintings, jewellery, sculpture) by keyword. Returns id, title, maker, date, place, type, and thumbnail. Use the returned id with get_object for full details. Keyless. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp Va Museum MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
search_objects accepts 4 parameters: page, limit, query, with_images. Required: query. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Mcp Va Museum MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for search_objects: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Mcp Va Museum. Nothing to install.
search_objects is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the search_objects rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for search_objects. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
search_objects is provided by the Mcp Va Museum MCP server (pipeworx-io/mcp-va-museum). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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