Lets agents search movies by title or keyword, get details, recommendations and trending films through The Movie Database (TMDB) API.
Setup
Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.
claude mcp add tmdb --env TMDB_MCP_ACCESS_TOKEN='<TMDB_MCP_ACCESS_TOKEN>' --env TMDB_API_KEY='<TMDB_API_KEY>' -- node /full/path/to/dist/index.js~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.tmdb]
command = "node"
args = ["/full/path/to/dist/index.js"]
env = { TMDB_MCP_ACCESS_TOKEN = "<TMDB_MCP_ACCESS_TOKEN>", TMDB_API_KEY = "<TMDB_API_KEY>" }
# codex mcp add tmdb --env TMDB_MCP_ACCESS_TOKEN='<TMDB_MCP_ACCESS_TOKEN>' --env TMDB_API_KEY='<TMDB_API_KEY>' -- node /full/path/to/dist/index.js~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"tmdb": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"/full/path/to/dist/index.js"
],
"env": {
"TMDB_MCP_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<TMDB_MCP_ACCESS_TOKEN>",
"TMDB_API_KEY": "<TMDB_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"tmdb": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "node",
"args": [
"/full/path/to/dist/index.js"
],
"env": {
"TMDB_MCP_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<TMDB_MCP_ACCESS_TOKEN>",
"TMDB_API_KEY": "<TMDB_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}~/.gemini/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"tmdb": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"/full/path/to/dist/index.js"
],
"env": {
"TMDB_MCP_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<TMDB_MCP_ACCESS_TOKEN>",
"TMDB_API_KEY": "<TMDB_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"tmdb": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"/full/path/to/dist/index.js"
],
"env": {
"TMDB_MCP_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<TMDB_MCP_ACCESS_TOKEN>",
"TMDB_API_KEY": "<TMDB_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}.trae/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"tmdb": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"/full/path/to/dist/index.js"
],
"env": {
"TMDB_MCP_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<TMDB_MCP_ACCESS_TOKEN>",
"TMDB_API_KEY": "<TMDB_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Environment variables
TMDB_MCP_ACCESS_TOKENTMDB_API_KEY
Replace the placeholders with your own credentials and keep them out of version control.