
Connects Claude to The Movie Database (TMDB) v3 API for searching movies and TV shows, pulling episode details, browsing trending content, and querying genres and credits. Runs through the Pipeworx gateway, which handles authentication with a shared free API key, so you skip the signup. You get tools like search_movie, search_tv, tv_episode, and trending, or you can use ask_pipeworx to query in plain English and let the gateway route to the right endpoint. Useful when you need film metadata, cast information, or entertainment recommendations without maintaining your own TMDB credentials. Part of a larger gateway that exposes 250+ data sources through MCP.
The Movie Database (TMDB) v3 MCP — film + TV + people. Free key (non-commercial use).
Part of Pipeworx — an MCP gateway connecting AI agents to 1476+ live data sources.
PLATFORM_TMDB_KEY. BYO: ?_apiKey=….configuration() — image config + change keyssearch_movie(query, year?, primary_release_year?, page?, language?, region?, include_adult?) — movie searchsearch_tv(query, first_air_date_year?, year?, page?, language?, include_adult?) — TV searchsearch_person(query, page?, language?, include_adult?) — person searchsearch_multi(query, page?, language?, include_adult?) — multi-type searchmovie(movie_id, append_to_response?, language?) — movie detailmovie_credits(movie_id, language?) — cast/crewmovie_videos(movie_id, language?) — trailers/clipsmovie_recommendations(movie_id, page?, language?) — recommended moviestv(tv_id, append_to_response?, language?) — TV show detailtv_season(tv_id, season_number, language?) — season detailtv_episode(tv_id, season_number, episode_number, language?) — episode detailperson(person_id, append_to_response?, language?) — person detailperson_combined_credits(person_id, language?) — film + TV creditstrending(media_type, time_window, page?, language?) — trendingdiscover_movie(...) — discover movies (passes through query params)discover_tv(...) — discover TVgenres_movie(language?) — movie genresgenres_tv(language?) — TV genreshttps://api.themoviedb.org/3
Add to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.):
{
"mcpServers": {
"tmdb": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/tmdb/mcp"
}
}
}
tools/list at https://gateway.pipeworx.io/tmdb/mcp returns the tools in the table
above plus the shared Pipeworx meta-tools — ask_pipeworx,
discover_tools, search_within, remember/recall and the rest of the
gateway-wide set. So the tool count you see is larger than this table: a
single-pack endpoint currently lists roughly 30 shared tools alongside the
pack's own. The connection's initialize response states its exact scope, and
is the authoritative answer for a given day.
This is deliberate, not multiplexing by accident. The meta-tools are what let a
scoped connection answer a question this pack does not cover — via
ask_pipeworx, which routes across the whole catalog — without you adding a
second MCP server. There is currently no way to mount a pack endpoint without
them; if the extra schemas cost you more context than the routing is worth,
connect to the full gateway once rather than to several pack endpoints.
Or connect to the full Pipeworx gateway to get every pack's tools listed directly, instead of just this one's:
{
"mcpServers": {
"pipeworx": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp"
}
}
}
Both URLs reach the same gateway and the same 1476+ data sources. The
only difference is which pack's tools are listed directly; ask_pipeworx
reaches all of them from either one.
Instead of calling tools directly, you can ask questions in plain English — this works on the pack endpoint above as well as on the full gateway:
ask_pipeworx({ question: "your question about Tmdb data" })
The gateway picks the right tool and fills the arguments automatically.
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