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CultureLib Discover MCP

A community MCP server for the French cultural events market, providing a canonical graph of live performances like theatre, concerts, and exhibitions. It enables agents to search for shows, retrieve detailed information including multi-reseller ticket prices and availability, and access catalog metadata with data freshness indicators.

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CultureLib Discover MCP logo, by CultureLibCommunity listingStreamable HTTPNo sign-inEndpoint checked 2026-11-06Published by CultureLib
MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)
https://www.culturelib.fr/api/mcp/mcp
Vendor documentation

What its tools do

8 tools, grouped by the hints the server advertises. Hints are self-declared, not verified behavior.

Not annotated (8)

8 of 8 have a description · 0 of 8 declare behavior hints · 2 of 7 with parameters document them all

Checks and signals

Each line is separate evidence, not a trust score.

  • Passed Endpoint answered the live check ·
  • Availability 1 of 1 checks passed in 30 days

What you can do with it

  • Search for cultural events by title, category, or city
  • Retrieve multi-reseller ticket prices and availability for a specific show
  • Check catalog metadata and data freshness timestamps

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 1.1.0
mcp-registry: io.github.tbalcinha/culturelib-discover@1.1.0Source repository
Maintenance checked

Protocol and capabilities

Server
culturelib-discover 1.1.0
MCP protocol negotiated in check
2025-11-25
Tools
8 advertised
Resources
Not advertised
Resource templates
Not advertised
Prompts
Not advertised
Server-advertised capabilities
{
  "tools": {
    "listChanged": true
  }
}

Tools

8 advertised

search_shows
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

Search French cultural events (theater, concerts, exhibitions, kids shows, guided tours) across multiple ticket resellers. Returns canonical shows with cross-reseller offer counts, price ranges, ratings, cities and dates. Query matching tolerates noisy titles (venue/city/tour suffixes are normalized).

search_shows input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "properties": {
    "city": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 60,
      "description": "Exact city name, e.g. \"Paris\""
    },
    "date": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$",
      "description": "Show must have a performance on this date (YYYY-MM-DD) or be running"
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 25,
      "minimum": 1
    },
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 120,
      "description": "Free-text title/artist search, e.g. \"cantatrice chauve\""
    },
    "category": {
      "enum": [
        "theatre",
        "concerts",
        "expositions",
        "enfants",
        "visites",
        "cinema"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    },
    "price_max": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Maximum price in EUR",
      "exclusiveMinimum": 0
    }
  }
}
whats_on
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

What is on in a French city on a given date — the typical "find me something to do tonight" query. Returns cultural events (theater, concerts, exhibitions…) with prices and reseller offer counts, cheapest first when a budget is given.

whats_on input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "city"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "city": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 60,
      "description": "City name, e.g. \"Paris\""
    },
    "date": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$",
      "description": "Defaults to today (Europe/Paris)"
    },
    "budget": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Max price per ticket in EUR",
      "exclusiveMinimum": 0
    },
    "category": {
      "enum": [
        "theatre",
        "concerts",
        "expositions",
        "enfants",
        "visites",
        "cinema"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    }
  }
}
get_show
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

Full detail of one cultural event by slug: description, canonical venue with coordinates, upcoming performance dates, and ALL live reseller offers sorted by price with booking URLs, availability and price freshness timestamps.

get_show input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "slug"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "slug": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[a-z0-9-]{1,120}$"
    }
  }
}
compare_offers
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

Price comparison for one event across French ticket resellers (Fnac Spectacles, BilletReduc, L'Officiel des spectacles…). Returns each live offer with price, availability, booking URL, and how fresh the price is (verified_at). Recommends the cheapest.

compare_offers input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "slug"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "slug": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[a-z0-9-]{1,120}$"
    }
  }
}
find_venues
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

Find French cultural venues (theaters, concert halls, museums…) by name and/or city. Returns canonical venues with coordinates and the number of shows currently playing.

find_venues input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "properties": {
    "city": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 60
    },
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 80,
      "description": "Venue name, fuzzy-matched"
    }
  }
}
get_catalog_meta
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

Trust endpoint: how many shows and live offers the catalog currently holds, which resellers are covered, and when the data was last refreshed. Call this to assess data freshness before relying on prices.

get_catalog_meta input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "properties": {}
}
search
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

Search the CultureLib catalog of French cultural events (theater, concerts, exhibitions, kids shows, guided tours) and their multi-reseller ticket offers. Returns matching events as citable documents; use `fetch` with a returned id to get full detail, prices and booking links.

search input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 120,
      "description": "Free-text search, e.g. \"cantatrice chauve paris\""
    }
  }
}
fetch
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

Fetch the full detail of one CultureLib cultural event by its id (the slug returned by `search`): description, venue, dates, and all live reseller offers with prices, freshness and booking links, as a single citable document.

fetch input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "id"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 120,
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "The event id (slug) returned by search"
    }
  }
}

Prompts

Not advertised

No prompt definitions available.

Resources

Not advertised

No resource definitions available.

90-day uptime

A lightweight connection check about every six hours, sampled on hosts with many listings. It shows the server answered, not that its tools work.

Too few checks for a percentage yet (4 of 4 answered).

  1. 2026-11-07: 2 of 2 checks answered
  2. 2026-11-09: 1 of 1 checks answered
  3. 2026-11-10: 1 of 1 checks answered

30-day availability

Aggregated from read-only remote checks; this is not a tool-execution or security guarantee.

Successful checks
1 of 1 (100%)
Average latency
727 ms
95th percentile latency
727 ms

Maintenance history

Public check and source-refresh events. Editorial and ownership records remain private.

  • · probe · passed · 727 ms · metadata changed · 8 tool(s)

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This server is operated by the named third party. Listing and endpoint checks are not an endorsement or a security audit. Review the operator's permissions, terms, and data handling before connecting. How listings are checked and corrected.

Claude Code

Run this once in a terminal. It registers the remote server. Use --scope project to write .mcp.json for the repo.
Claude Code configuration
claude mcp add --transport http culturelib-discover-mcp https://www.culturelib.fr/api/mcp/mcp

Codex

Run this once. Codex stores MCP servers in ~/.codex/config.toml (or .codex/config.toml in a trusted project).
Codex configuration
codex mcp add culturelib-discover-mcp --url https://www.culturelib.fr/api/mcp/mcp

Cursor

Merge this server into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, then enable culturelib-discover-mcp in your MCP settings.
Cursor configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "culturelib-discover-mcp": {
      "url": "https://www.culturelib.fr/api/mcp/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cline

Merge this into cline_mcp_settings.json (Cline → MCP Servers → Configure).
Cline configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "culturelib-discover-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://www.culturelib.fr/api/mcp/mcp",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Merge this server into .vscode/mcp.json. Use MCP: List Servers to start culturelib-discover-mcp and inspect its tools.
VS Code configuration
{
  "servers": {
    "culturelib-discover-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.culturelib.fr/api/mcp/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Gemini CLI

Run this once. It writes .gemini/settings.json in the current project; pass --scope user for ~/.gemini/settings.json.
Gemini CLI configuration
gemini mcp add --transport http culturelib-discover-mcp https://www.culturelib.fr/api/mcp/mcp

Claude Desktop

Open Claude Settings > Connectors > Add custom connector, enter this server URL and enable it for the conversation. This is a manual remote-connector handoff, not a desktop JSON configuration.
Claude Desktop configuration
https://www.culturelib.fr/api/mcp/mcp

Windsurf

Merge this into ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json, then refresh MCP in Cascade. Windsurf remote servers use serverUrl, not url.
Windsurf configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "culturelib-discover-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://www.culturelib.fr/api/mcp/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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