INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

describe_collection

Describe the Video History Project collection, searchable text, filters, citation practices and response limits.

videohistoryproject.orgnone authenticationAvailability not checked

LIVE ENDPOINT

https://www.videohistoryproject.org/mcp

No auth detected

Connect to this endpoint to inspect the live schema for describe_collection and invoke it with your own arguments.

{}

Inferred read-only · medium confidence · heuristic, not a guarantee.

No write-capable action terms were found; this is not proof that invocation has no side effects.

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.video-history-project]
url = "https://www.videohistoryproject.org/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "video-history-project": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.videohistoryproject.org/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: video-history-project
Remote MCP URL: https://www.videohistoryproject.org/mcp

Add this remote URL as a custom connector in Claude Desktop. Availability depends on the user plan and workspace policy.

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "video-history-project": {
      "url": "https://www.videohistoryproject.org/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "video-history-project": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.videohistoryproject.org/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "video-history-project",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://www.videohistoryproject.org/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.

export_citations — Export citations for 1–25 VHP IDs or URLs.
get_record — Read a public VHP record by ID or VHP URL, resolving old addresses locally.
list_terms — Find catalog author or subject filter keys by part of a name.
search_records — Search public VHP records by words or quoted phrases.
get_related_records — Get the site's existing similarity suggestions for a public record.