What is Mcp Imdb

mcp-imdb is an MCP Server designed for accessing and managing IMDB data, allowing users to store and summarize notes related to IMDB entries.

Use cases

Use cases for mcp-imdb include creating a personal movie database, summarizing notes for film studies, and managing information for film reviews or critiques.

How to use

To use mcp-imdb, install it by configuring the server settings in your application. You can add notes using the ‘add-note’ tool and summarize them with the ‘summarize-notes’ prompt.

Key features

Key features of mcp-imdb include a custom note storage system with a note:// URI scheme, the ability to create summaries of notes with varying detail levels, and a straightforward interface for adding and managing notes.

Where to use

mcp-imdb can be used in various fields such as film analysis, data management for movie databases, and educational purposes for summarizing film-related information.

mcp-imdb MCP server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for accessing IMDB data

Components

Resources

The server implements a simple note storage system with:

• Custom note:// URI scheme for accessing individual notes
• Each note resource has a name, description and text/plain mimetype

Prompts

The server provides a single prompt:

• summarize-notes: Creates summaries of all stored notes
  • Optional “style” argument to control detail level (brief/detailed)
  • Generates prompt combining all current notes with style preference

Tools

The server implements one tool:

• add-note: Adds a new note to the server
  • Takes “name” and “content” as required string arguments
  • Updates server state and notifies clients of resource changes

Configuration

[TODO: Add configuration details specific to your implementation]

Quickstart

Install

Claude Desktop

On MacOS: ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
On Windows: %APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Development/Unpublished Servers Configuration

``` "mcpServers": { "mcp-imdb": { "command": "uv", "args": [ "--directory", "/git/mcp-imdb", "run", "mcp-imdb" ] } } ```

Published Servers Configuration

``` "mcpServers": { "mcp-imdb": { "command": "uvx", "args": [ "mcp-imdb" ] } } ```

Development

Building and Publishing

To prepare the package for distribution:

1. Sync dependencies and update lockfile:

uv sync

2. Build package distributions:

uv build

This will create source and wheel distributions in the dist/ directory.

3. Publish to PyPI:

uv publish

Note: You’ll need to set PyPI credentials via environment variables or command flags:

• Token: --token or UV_PUBLISH_TOKEN
• Or username/password: --username/UV_PUBLISH_USERNAME and --password/UV_PUBLISH_PASSWORD

Debugging

Since MCP servers run over stdio, debugging can be challenging. For the best debugging
experience, we strongly recommend using the MCP Inspector.

You can launch the MCP Inspector via npm with this command:

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector uv --directory <dir_to>/git/mcp-imdb run mcp-imdb

Upon launching, the Inspector will display a URL that you can access in your browser to begin debugging.