Video History Project

org.videohistoryprojectPublished by videohistoryproject.orgOfficial publisherv1.0.0Updated Oct 24, 2026

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

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Overview

AI-generated overview

A remote MCP server for searching the Video History Project's public catalog of experimental video history, reading records and exporting citations.

What you can do
Describe the collection, its searchable text, filters, citation practices and response limits before starting research. Search public records by words or quoted phrases, browse with an empty query, and filter by author or subject keys, recorded years and record type. Look up exact author or subject filter keys by part of a name. Read a public record by ID or URL, including metadata, source links, citations and paged text sections. Get the site's existing similarity suggestions for a record. Export citations for up to 25 records or URLs in text or RIS format, targeting either the publication or the web page.
When to use it
Useful when researching experimental video history, finding cataloged works, authors or subjects, following source links, or producing formatted citations for a bibliography.
Requirements
A remote endpoint at the Video History Project site over streamable HTTP; no package, account, API key or environment variable is declared.
Before you install
Read-only public catalog access; no credentials or payments are requested. Similarity suggestions are research leads, not evidence of a historical relationship, and excerpts should be checked against the full record before quoting.

Installation

In SourceWeft

  1. Open Video History Project in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
  2. Enable the server for the chats that should use its tools.

Web executable via Streamable HTTP. Remote servers run from the web runtime once configured in a workspace.

Use with an agent

Paste this prompt into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or another agent — or into SourceWeft chat. The agent reads this server's install guide, shows you its publisher, endpoint and sign-in, and adds it to your client once you agree. Keys never go into a command.

Read https://sourceweft.com/mcp/org.videohistoryproject%2Fresearch/install.md and connect the MCP server it describes to my client. Before changing any config, show me its publisher, endpoint and sign-in method and wait for my OK. Never put an API key in a command or in a file I would commit; ask me where it should come from.

Read the install guide the agent follows

Other MCP clients

Add this to your client's mcpServers config.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "video-history-project": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.videohistoryproject.org/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Tools

6

export_citations

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.

Parametersidsrequiredformattarget

get_record

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.

Parametersidrequiredlimitoffsetsectionversion

list_terms

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.

Parameterspagefieldrequiredlimitquery

search_records

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.

Parameterstofrompagetypelimitqueryauthorsubject

describe_collection

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

Takes no parameters.

Version history

1
  1. v1.0.0LatestSep 18, 2026

Score

72% of the applicable checks met

How complete this listing is, computed from the registry entry, the endpoint and public sources. Not a rating of the server and not a statement that it is safe or working today: reachability is a dated check, and no installs or reviews go into the score.

  • Reached in the last 30 daysRequired25 pts
  • Auth declaredRequired10 pts
  • Tools listedRequired15 pts
  • DescriptionRequired15 pts
  • Logo10 pts

    Publish an icon in the registry entry.

  • Documentation15 pts

    Declare a GitHub repository with a README, or serve resource_documentation in the OAuth protected-resource metadata.

  • LicenseNot applicable

    A hosted service is used under its provider's terms, so no license is expected here. This check is left out of the percentage.