Video History Project
Search experimental video history, read public records, follow sources and export citations.
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Tools (6)
write = sends, deletes, buys or postsdescribe_collectionFreeDescribe the Video History Project collection, searchable text, filters, citation practices and response limits. Useful when beginning research.
export_citationsFreeExport 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_recordFreeRead 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_recordsFreeGet 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_termsFreeFind 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_recordsFreeSearch 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.
Public scan report
scanner v0.1.3 · 2026-09-19 · same rubric, same numbers if you re-run it
- –Code scanremote-only server, no package to scann/a
- Live reliabilityremote reachable in 927ms20/20
- 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
Findings (1)
- lowNo source repository listed
maint.no-repo
Install directly
claude mcp add --transport http research https://www.videohistoryproject.org/mcp
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