Search movies, TV, and people on The Movie Database (TMDB) — credits, ratings, trailers, images, recommendations, and region-aware streaming availability via MCP. STDIO or Streamable HTTP.
Setup
Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.
claude mcp add tmdb-server-cyanheads --env TMDB_API_KEY='<TMDB_API_KEY>' -- npx -y @cyanheads/tmdb-mcp-server~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.tmdb-server-cyanheads]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@cyanheads/tmdb-mcp-server"]
env = { TMDB_API_KEY = "<TMDB_API_KEY>" }
# codex mcp add tmdb-server-cyanheads --env TMDB_API_KEY='<TMDB_API_KEY>' -- npx -y @cyanheads/tmdb-mcp-server~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"tmdb-server-cyanheads": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@cyanheads/tmdb-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"TMDB_API_KEY": "<TMDB_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"tmdb-server-cyanheads": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@cyanheads/tmdb-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"TMDB_API_KEY": "<TMDB_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}~/.gemini/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"tmdb-server-cyanheads": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@cyanheads/tmdb-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"TMDB_API_KEY": "<TMDB_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"tmdb-server-cyanheads": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@cyanheads/tmdb-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"TMDB_API_KEY": "<TMDB_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}.trae/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"tmdb-server-cyanheads": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@cyanheads/tmdb-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"TMDB_API_KEY": "<TMDB_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Environment variables
TMDB_API_KEY
Replace the placeholders with your own credentials and keep them out of version control.