Video History Project MCP server

• describe_collectionFree

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

• export_citationsFree

  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_recordFree

  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 for complete text. Linked scans are not read.

• get_related_recordsFree

  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.

• list_termsFree

  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.

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  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.

• –Code scanremote-only server, no package to scann/a
• Live reliabilityremote reachable in 913ms20/20
• Tool poisoning6 tool descriptions checked15/15
• Auth qualityopen endpoint, read-only tools10/15
• Maintenanceno repository listed3/15
• Maintainer identityverified namespace with website, no repo4/10

Video History Project: common questions

Is Video History Project MCP server safe?

With care: it is graded C, so read the findings first (69/100). Read the Video History Project safety report

How do I install Video History Project?

It runs remotely at www.videohistoryproject.org. Add it to Claude Code, Claude Desktop or Cursor with the snippets above, or call it through the mcp.market gateway without installing anything.

Does Video History Project need an API key?

Not as far as the registry entry and our scan can tell: no credentials are declared or required.

Is Video History Project maintained?

The latest release is v1.0.0.

Is Video History Project up?

100% of our last 6 checks got an answer. We check remote servers about four times a day.

What can I use instead of Video History Project?

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