Video History Project MCP MCP server

This official MCP server allows AI assistants to search the Video History Project's public collection of experimental video history records. It enables users to read records, discover related materials, and export citations in formats like RIS, facilitating academic research and archival exploration without requiring an API key.

Endpoint and access

No sign-in: your client connects and lists tools immediately, with no account or key.

No sign-inEndpoint checked 2026-10-05Operated by Experimental Television Center Ltd.

MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)

https://www.videohistoryproject.org/mcp

Vendor documentation

What you can do with it

Search the collection for specific topics or authors
Read detailed records and abstracts
Export citations for bibliography management
Discover related records and source documents

Tools advertised by the last live check:

export_citations
get_record
list_terms
search_records
get_related_records
describe_collection

Connect from your client

Each snippet registers the same endpoint; pick the client you use.

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Claude Code

Run this once in a terminal. It registers a Streamable HTTP server. Use --scope project to write .mcp.json for the repo.

Claude Code configuration

claude mcp add --transport http video-history-project-mcp https://www.videohistoryproject.org/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 video-history-project-mcp --url https://www.videohistoryproject.org/mcp

Cursor

Merge this server into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, then enable video-history-project-mcp in your MCP settings.

Cursor configuration

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

Cline

Merge this into cline_mcp_settings.json (Cline → MCP Servers → Configure). The type must be streamableHttp for a remote HTTP server.

Cline configuration

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

VS Code

Merge this server into .vscode/mcp.json. Use MCP: List Servers to start video-history-project-mcp and inspect its tools.

VS Code configuration

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

Claude Desktop

Merge this into claude_desktop_config.json (macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\), then restart Claude Desktop.

Claude Desktop configuration

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

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