# Catalog lookup

> Finds a capability, product, pattern, technology or glossary term by name or alias and returns its id, definition, scope and canonical link.

Canonical: https://mikereams.com/ai/catalog-lookup

Skill · Original · Enterprise architecture · updated 2026-10-29. Part of the [AI Library](https://mikereams.com/ai).

What you get: The catalog's record for a term: id, definition, what is in and out of scope, and the page to link.

- Written for the Blueprint Catalog, my free capability catalog; every path, tool and id it names is checked against each catalog build.
- The other catalog skills start here, so terms and ids stay consistent.

On the Blueprint Catalog (CC BY 4.0): [SKILL.md](https://catalog.mikereams.com/skills/catalog-lookup/SKILL.md). Needs: The catalog's read-only MCP server (catalog.mikereams.com/mcp) or its HTTPS API. No key, no install.

Install with the skills CLI, from https://github.com/solventarchitect/skills:

```
npx skills add solventarchitect/skills --skill catalog-lookup
```

Tags: glossary, definitions, ids