Patchory tool reference
Patchory exposes 16 MCP tools in Phase 1, grouped by category. Each tool is invoked by your AI client when you ask the right kind of question — you don't call them by name. The example prompts below are what you type; the AI picks the right tool.
Identity
| Tool |
What it does |
Example prompt |
whoami |
Returns your profile card |
"Show me my Patchory profile" |
update_profile |
Edits your display name, bio, or city |
"Update my Patchory bio to: Berlin-based modular nerd" |
find_user |
Looks up a specific handle |
"Find the Patchory user @mooghead" |
Gear
| Tool |
What it does |
Example prompt |
gear_search |
Searches the catalog of ~50 popular synths, drum machines, samplers, Eurorack modules |
"Search Patchory for Digitone II" |
add_gear |
Adds an item to your collection |
"Add a Moog Matriarch to my Patchory collection" |
remove_gear |
Removes one of your items |
"Remove the TR-8S from my Patchory collection" |
my_collection |
Lists everything you own |
"What's in my Patchory collection?" |
Social
| Tool |
What it does |
Example prompt |
follow |
Follow a user |
"Follow @drumkitten on Patchory" |
unfollow |
Unfollow a user |
"Unfollow @drumkitten on Patchory" |
my_follows |
Who you follow |
"Who am I following on Patchory?" |
my_followers |
Who follows you |
"Who follows me on Patchory?" |
Feed
| Tool |
What it does |
Example prompt |
feed |
Recent activity from people you follow |
"Show me my Patchory feed" |
post |
Write a short post |
"Post to Patchory: just patched the weirdest drone, send help" |
Views
| Tool |
What it does |
Example prompt |
view_profile |
Returns a rich profile card; can mint a full webpage |
"Show me a full profile page for @mooghead" |
view_collection |
Gear grid; can mint a full webpage with photos |
"Show me @mooghead's collection as a page" |
Discovery
| Tool |
What it does |
Example prompt |
discover_users |
Find people by gear, city, or similarity to you |
"Who else in Brooklyn has a Digitone II?" |
Data model
Profiles, gear collections, posts, and follows live in a shared Sheaf workspace. Identity comes from MMP. Photos are hosted on Vercel Blob. Full-page views are rendered by lens from signed URLs.