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Smithsonian Open Access (BYOK)

Search the Smithsonian Open Access collections of museum objects, archives and specimens and read their records with your own api.data.gov key

Unify Dynamics LLC

Tools5read-only
Sign-inBYOKbring your own key
Key keptNeverused for one call only
PriceFreeoptional Pro limits
ProviderSmithsonian Open Accessunofficial, not affiliated
Works withMCP · RESTany agent

Try asking

Real questions, and the tools your agent calls to answer them.

Find Smithsonian objects about Apollo spacesuits
Tools called
search_collections
Show Smithsonian science and technology records about meteorites
Tools called
search_by_category
Show the Smithsonian record edanmdm-nmaahc_2012.36.4ab
Tools called
get_record
Which Smithsonian topics start with 'astro'?
Tools called
list_terms
How many CC0 objects does Smithsonian Open Access have?
Tools called
get_stats

About

Smithsonian Open Access (BYOK) lets an AI assistant read your own Smithsonian Open Access data through the Smithsonian Open Access API with a key you supply (api.data.gov API key). Read-only: 5 tools (search_collections, search_by_category, get_record, list_terms, get_stats). The BYOK key travels with each request, is used for that one call only and is never stored, logged or cached; it is only ever sent to api.si.edu. Unofficial connector by Unify Dynamics LLC: not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Smithsonian Open Access. Smithsonian Open Access and its logos are trademarks of their owners and are used only to say which service the connector works with.

Sources: Live from the Smithsonian Open Access API (api.si.edu) with a BYOK key; documentation: https://edan.si.edu/openaccess/apidocs/. Endpoints checked against that documentation on 2026-10-16.

Privacy

The publisher, Unify Dynamics LLC, states that tool inputs are processed in memory and not retained.

Data not collectedNo account, no profile, no stored prompts or results.

What it can do

5 tools, grouped by job. Every one is read-only or compute-only.

OpenAPI
Read your data5 tools
  • Search collectionsSearch the Smithsonian Open Access records (objects, specimens, archives) by text and return matching records with title, unit, type and…
  • Search by categorySearch Smithsonian Open Access records inside one broad category: art and design, history and culture, or science and technology.
  • Get recordGet one Smithsonian Open Access record by its id or url value, with the full descriptive metadata.
  • List termsList the controlled terms the Smithsonian records use in one category (topics, places, cultures, object types, units and others), optionally by…
  • Get statsShow counts of CC0 objects and media in the Smithsonian Open Access collections.

Information

PublisherUnify Dynamics LLC
CategoryEducation & reference
LanguagesEnglish
Built forWorldwide
CompatibilityAny MCP client · any agent · REST
Version0.1.0
MCP endpointhttps://byok-smithsonian.connectorbay.com/mcp
REST APIopenapi.json
SupportGet help · Status
CountryWorldwide
FunctionOther
LayerDeep connectors

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Get Smithsonian Open Access (BYOK)

Free · BYOK · Read-only

BYOK: bring your own keyThis connector uses your own Smithsonian Open Access api.data.gov API key. Create one at https://api.data.gov/signup/, with the fewest permissions it needs (read-only if the provider offers it). Your assistant sends it in the X-Upstream-Key header with every request. It is used for that one call only: never stored, logged or cached, and only ever sent to Smithsonian Open Access. Revoke it at the provider whenever you like. Unofficial connector: not affiliated with Smithsonian Open Access.