Video History Project

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How to connect

Add it to any MCP client that supports remote servers.

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

6 tools

• export_citations

  Export citations for 1–25 VHP IDs or URLs. format is text or ris; target is publication (the cataloged work) or page (the VHP web page). Missing publication metadata returns a per-item error; choose page to cite a biography or history page.

• get_record

  Read a public VHP record by ID or VHP URL, resolving old addresses locally. Returns metadata, source links, citations and a section of existing text. Default section is body; choose other section names from sections. Follow content.nextOffset with the same section and version…

• list_terms

  Find catalog author or subject filter keys by part of a name. Returns exact keys, display labels and counts of discoverable records. field is author or subject. Follow nextPage; use a returned key in search_records.

• search_records

  Search public VHP records by words or quoted phrases. Empty query browses. Combine exact author/subject keys from list_terms, recorded years and a type from describe_collection. Follow nextPage. Excerpts label their source; read get_record before quoting.

• get_related_records

  Get the site's existing similarity suggestions for a public record. These are research leads, not evidence of a historical relationship. May return no suggestions when the index has none or the editor has disabled them.

• describe_collection

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

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