Srgssr MCP server

🇨🇭 Part of the Swiss Public Data MCP Portfolio

📺 srgssr-mcp

MCP server connecting AI models to SRG SSR public APIs – weather, TV/radio metadata, program guide and Swiss votations/elections since 1900 (SRF, RTS, RSI, RTR, SWI).

🇩🇪 Deutsche Version

Overview

srgssr-mcp gives AI assistants like Claude direct access to the public APIs of SRG SSR – Switzerland's national public broadcaster. Weather forecasts, TV and radio metadata, electronic program guides, and historical democratic data (votations and elections since 1900) are all accessible through a single standardised MCP interface.

The server covers five thematic clusters: SRF Weather, Video, Audio, EPG and Polis (Swiss Democracy). Each cluster maps to a group of purpose-built tools that translate raw SRG SSR API data into clean JSON responses.

Anchor demo query: "What were the cantonal results of the popular vote on initiative X in Zurich?" – answered with historical real-time data from the Polis system, not a hallucination.

Features

• 🌦️ Weather – location search, current conditions, 24h hourly forecast, 7-day forecast (SRF Meteo)
• 📺 Video – TV show listings, latest episodes, live TV channels across all business units
• 🎙️ Audio – radio show listings, audio episodes, live radio stations
• 📅 EPG – daily program schedule for any TV or radio channel
• 🗳️ Polis – popular votes and elections since 1900, national and cantonal results
• 🏢 Multi-unit – SRF (DE), RTS (FR), RSI (IT), RTR (RM), SWI (multilingual)
• 🔐 OAuth2 – automatic token management with Client Credentials flow
• ☁️ Dual transport – stdio for Claude Desktop, Streamable HTTP/SSE for cloud deployment

Prerequisites

• Python 3.11+
• API keys from developer.srgssr.ch (free registration):

1. Create an account and log in
2. Under "My Apps", create a new application
3. Add the product SRG SSR PUBLIC API V2
4. Note your Consumer Key and Consumer Secret

⚠️ Terms of use: SRG SSR APIs are available for non-commercial use. For commercial use, contact api@srgssr.ch directly.

Installation

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/malkreide/srgssr-mcp.git
cd srgssr-mcp

# Install
pip install -e .

Or with uvx (no permanent installation):

uvx srgssr-mcp

Or via pip:

pip install srgssr-mcp

Quickstart

# Set credentials
export SRGSSR_CONSUMER_KEY="your-consumer-key"
export SRGSSR_CONSUMER_SECRET="your-consumer-secret"

# Start the server (stdio mode for Claude Desktop)
srgssr-mcp

Try it immediately in Claude Desktop:

"What will the weather be like in Zurich tomorrow?"

"What's on SRF 1 tonight?"

"Which popular votes took place in the canton of Bern between 2010 and 2020?"

Configuration

Claude Desktop

Minimal (recommended):

Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.