INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

scenef_whats_playing

Ranked list of films playing San Francisco theaters in a given window (tonight, tomorrow, the weekend, or a date), with optional genre and format filters.

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LIVE ENDPOINT

https://scenef.com/mcp

No auth detected

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

Indexed input schema

{}

Risk classification

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.

Parent server

scenef.com

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

Client installation

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

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.scenef]
url = "https://scenef.com/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "scenef": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://scenef.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: scenef
Remote MCP URL: https://scenef.com/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": {
    "scenef": {
      "url": "https://scenef.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "scenef": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://scenef.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "scenef",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://scenef.com/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

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

Related tools

scenef_search_showtimes — Upcoming showtimes for one film (title or slug; fuzzy-matched — ambiguous queries return candidates), grouped by theater with local times, tags (35mm/qa/sold-out), the night each show belongs to, and a ticket link per showtime.
scenef_theater_info — One SF theater's card: address, neighborhood, website, ticketing note, structured discounts (label/detail/day), amenities, its next 5 showtimes with ticket links, and its calendar feed url.
scenef_film_details — The full card for one film: title, year, runtime, genres, directors, cast, overview, rating, trailer and poster urls when present, every upcoming showtime with venue/time/ticket link, and a last-night flag when the run is ending.
scenef_plan_movie_night — The concierge: give it a window and a taste profile and it returns 2-4 complete plans — film + specific showtime + theater + why it fits — each with ticket and calendar links, plus one wildcard pick outside the stated genres.
scenef_discounts — Every structured discount across all SF theaters — venue, label, detail, and day-bound days — with the ones that apply today flagged.
scenef_coming_soon — Films whose first SF screening is more than 48 hours out, sorted by first night — the on-sale radar for runs worth booking early.
scenef_now — The cheap is-anything-on call: how many screenings tonight, the next 5 curtains city-wide with venue/time/film, and dataset freshness per source.
scenef_accuracy — Accuracy is computed, not claimed: every showtime carries a confidence level, a source tier, and a last-verified time, and the running record of our own verification checks — failures included — is public at https://scenef.