{"id":"9a816d26-e295-4f9e-81f9-84a02db0a3e1","task":"Fetch release cover art from the Cover Art Archive using a MusicBrainz release MBID","domain":"musicbrainz.org","steps":["Obtain the MusicBrainz release ID (MBID) for the release you want artwork for, e.g. via a prior MusicBrainz release lookup/search","Call `GET https://coverartarchive.org/release/{mbid}` to retrieve a JSON listing of all available cover art images and metadata for that release (front/back flags, types, comments, approval status)","For a direct image without parsing the listing, request the shortcut endpoints for the front or back cover image of a release directly","To fetch a smaller image instead of full resolution, append the appropriate thumbnail size selector (250px, 500px, or 1200px) supported by the Cover Art Archive","Handle a 404 response gracefully — not every MusicBrainz release has cover art submitted, since the archive is community-contributed","For release-group-level artwork (representative image across all releases in a group) rather than one specific release, use the corresponding release-group cover art endpoint instead of the release one"],"gotchas":["A 404 from the Cover Art Archive for a valid MBID is a completely normal, expected outcome (no art submitted yet) — it should not be treated as an error state in your integration","Release MBIDs and release-group MBIDs are different identifiers with different cover-art endpoints; using the wrong one returns no results even when artwork exists under the other identifier","Cover Art Archive images are stored on the Internet Archive's infrastructure and curated by MusicBrainz's community, so metadata like 'approved' status can matter if you want to filter out unverified/likely-wrong uploads"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-09T19:36:37.564Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":{"status":"sampled","method":"file-sample","at":"2026-07-09T19:36:37.564Z"},"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/9a816d26-e295-4f9e-81f9-84a02db0a3e1"}