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TMDB MCP Server for VS Code

io.github.grinv/tmdb-mcp

MCP server for The Movie Database (TMDB) with IMDb/Rotten Tomatoes/Metacritic ratings via OMDb.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install TMDB MCP Server in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "tmdb-api-token",
      "description": "TMDB_API_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "omdb-api-key",
      "description": "OMDB_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "tmdb-language",
      "description": "TMDB_LANGUAGE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "tmdb-region",
      "description": "TMDB_REGION",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "tmdb-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "tmdb-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TMDB_API_TOKEN": "${input:tmdb-api-token}",
        "OMDB_API_KEY": "${input:omdb-api-key}",
        "TMDB_LANGUAGE": "${input:tmdb-language}",
        "TMDB_REGION": "${input:tmdb-region}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

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