MCP server

Video History Project Official

org.videohistoryproject/research

Checked 26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

Search experimental video history, read public records, follow sources and export citations.

Website

At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

videohistoryproject.org (verified by the MCP Registry)

Status

Working at last check

Tools

6

Token cost

About 841 tokens per request

Sets up in

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok

Last checked

26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC

Connect it to your agent

Add to CursorAdd to VS CodeVS Code Insiders

Opens the app, which shows the server and asks you to confirm. For other apps, copy the setup below.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http research https://www.videohistoryproject.org/mcp

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.research]
url = "https://www.videohistoryproject.org/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"research":{"httpUrl":"https://www.videohistoryproject.org/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"research":{"url":"https://www.videohistoryproject.org/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"research":{"type":"http","url":"https://www.videohistoryproject.org/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add research https://www.videohistoryproject.org/mcp

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings: turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector and paste the URL. Which plans can do this varies.

OpenAI API (Responses tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"research","server_url":"https://www.videohistoryproject.org/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"research","server_url":"https://www.videohistoryproject.org/mcp"}

Tools

• describe_collection ~69 tokens
  Describe the Video History Project collection, searchable text, filters, citation practices and response limits. Useful when beginning research.
• export_citations ~142 tokens
  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_record ~180 tokens
  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. Link
• get_related_records ~113 tokens
  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_terms ~133 tokens
  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.
• search_records ~204 tokens
  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.

Browse

• Government and public data

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