# io.github.cyanheads/tvmaze-mcp-server

> TVmaze shows, people, next episodes in your timezone, episode guides, schedules, and credits.

- name: io.github.cyanheads/tvmaze-mcp-server
- version: 0.3.0
- connection class: R0 (autonomous)
- trust: 94/100
- quality: 84/100 (good)
- owner: not claimed
- descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/io.github.cyanheads%2Ftvmaze-mcp-server
- tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/io.github.cyanheads%2Ftvmaze-mcp-server/tools

**An agent can connect right now, no human step.** Remote endpoint, no authentication, reachable on the last probe.

## Connection (mcpServers)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tvmaze-mcp-server": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://tvmaze.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```


## Trust

- hygiene: 100
- liveness: 100
- freshness: 100
- provenance: 80
- drivers: +repository +namespace-matches-repo +reachable +uptime-100% +updated-4d-ago
- Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed.

## Quality 84/100 (good)

### protocol: 88 (weight 25)

- pass `protocol.modern`: supports 2026-07-28 (server/discover)
- pass `protocol.stateless`: answers without a session
- pass `protocol.transport`: streamable HTTP
- warn `protocol.list_ttl`: tools/list declares ttlMs 0, so clients re-fetch it on every use

### authorization: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `auth.prm`, `auth.as_metadata`, `auth.cimd`: no remote uses OAuth
- n/a `auth.secret_in_url`: no templated URL

### tool hygiene: 86 (weight 30)

- pass `tools.descriptions`: every tool has a description
- pass `tools.description_length`: descriptions are concise
- pass `tools.schemas`: every tool has an object input schema
- pass `tools.annotations`: 8 of 8 tools declare readOnlyHint or destructiveHint
- fail `tools.directory_hints`: no tool declares all four of readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint; missing: tvmaze_lookup_show (destructiveHint); tvmaze_get_next_episode (destructiveHint); tvmaze_get_episodes (destructiveHint); …
- pass `tools.token_cost`: about 3,567 tokens to load every tool
- pass `tools.api_dump`: tools are not a one-to-one API dump

### stability: 75 (weight 15)

- warn `stability.changes`: 6 tool changes in 30 days
- pass `stability.rug_pull`: no tool changed its meaning under the same name

### dependencies: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `deps.known_vulns`, `deps.mcp_sdk_version`, `deps.resolvable`: deps.dev does not know @cyanheads/tvmaze-mcp-server@0.3.0, @cyanheads/tvmaze-mcp-server@0.3.0

- tools: 8, about 3,567 tokens to load them all
- tool set hash: 01143d1c453f5471c94e026e9ddafd3c
- tools last changed: 2026-10-16T19:52:24.887Z
- badge: [![protogrid quality](https://protogrid.dev/badge/io.github.cyanheads/tvmaze-mcp-server.svg)](https://protogrid.dev/servers/io.github.cyanheads/tvmaze-mcp-server)
- Checks run on what our credential-free, read-only probes observe; tools are never called and no code audit is performed.

### Tool changes

- 2026-10-16 `tvmaze_get_person` added
  - Search people by name to return candidates, then select a person_id to list their cast, guest, or crew credits. Name searches never select a person automatically. Credits preserve source order and page at 50 rows by default, up to 250 per call; show_id chains to tvmaze_get_show or tvmaze_get_episodes, and guest episode_id chains to tvmaze_get_cast with scope "episode".
- 2026-10-16 `tvmaze_get_cast` changed (inputSchema, outputSchema)
- 2026-10-16 `tvmaze_get_schedule` changed (inputSchema, outputSchema)
- 2026-10-16 `tvmaze_get_episodes` changed (inputSchema, outputSchema)
- 2026-10-16 `tvmaze_lookup_show` changed (outputSchema)
- 2026-10-16 `tvmaze_get_show` changed (outputSchema)

Full history: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/io.github.cyanheads%2Ftvmaze-mcp-server/changes

## Dependencies

- npm @cyanheads/tvmaze-mcp-server@0.3.0: unknown
- npm @cyanheads/tvmaze-mcp-server@0.3.0: unknown

Dependency graphs from deps.dev; advisories from OSV.dev, including the GitHub Advisory Database and the PyPI Advisory Database; all CC BY 4.0.

## Remotes

- https://tvmaze.caseyjhand.com/mcp (streamable-http, auth none, reachable true, uptime30d 1)

## Packages

- npm @cyanheads/tvmaze-mcp-server@0.3.0
- npm @cyanheads/tvmaze-mcp-server@0.3.0

## Tools (8)

- `tvmaze_get_cast`: List the credited cast of a show with the characters they play, optionally with crew; or list the guest cast of one episode, optionally with its guest crew such as the director and writers. Results are paged: cast rows come first, then crew rows, and each page splits them back into cast and crew. The source records no recurring-versus-guest distinction on a show’s cast list, so a name’s absence from it does not mean the performer never appeared — check an episode’s guest cast for that.
- `tvmaze_get_episodes`: List a show’s episodes with air times, runtimes, and synopses. Pass a season number to list one season, which is the cheaper path and the usual one; pass air_date to list the episodes dated to one day, the direct path to a single night of a daily show; omit both to walk the whole run, which is paged because a long-running series returns hundreds of episodes. Specials are excluded unless include_specials is set, and the number left out is reported.
- `tvmaze_get_next_episode`: Report when a show’s next episode airs, converted to a viewer timezone. Accepts a TVmaze id or a show title — a title is resolved with a stricter single-match search than tvmaze_search_shows uses. A show with no scheduled next episode is reported as a miss carrying its most recent episode, which is the normal state for a series between seasons.
- `tvmaze_get_person`: Search people by name to return candidates, then select a person_id to list their cast, guest, or crew credits. Name searches never select a person automatically. Credits preserve source order and page at 50 rows by default, up to 250 per call; show_id chains to tvmaze_get_show or tvmaze_get_episodes, and guest episode_id chains to tvmaze_get_cast with scope "episode".
- `tvmaze_get_schedule`: List television episodes airing on a given date. Scope "linear" covers broadcast and cable networks in one country; "streaming" covers streaming services — global services such as Netflix and Prime Video when no country is given, or that country’s local streaming services when one is. Scope "all" merges both. The source caches schedule data for up to an hour, so a same-day listing can lag a late change.
- `tvmaze_get_show`: Fetch a television show by its TVmaze id: full profile, weekly broadcast slot, season list, and the previous and next episode when the source has them. This is the entry point for an id returned by tvmaze_search_shows or tvmaze_lookup_show. For the episode list itself use tvmaze_get_episodes, and for credits use tvmaze_get_cast.
- `tvmaze_lookup_show`: Resolve a television show from its id in another catalog — IMDb, TheTVDB, or TVRage — and return the matching TVmaze profile. Use this to cross a show id from another source into TVmaze. A show absent from TVmaze is reported as a miss with guidance, not an error.
- `tvmaze_search_shows`: Search television shows by title and return up to 10 matches, each with its network or streaming service, production status, genres, rating, and ids in other catalogs. Matching is fuzzy, so small typos still resolve. The result set is hard-capped at 10 by the source and cannot be paged — narrow the title to reach an eleventh match. To go the other way, from an IMDb or TheTVDB id to a show, use tvmaze_lookup_show.