SceneF — California and Hawaii Movie Showtimes

33 California and Hawaii movie boards: chains, indies, repertory.

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What it can do

    What data it sees

    Do you need an account

    No: the server works without sign-in

    33 California and Hawaii movie boards: chains, indies, repertory. Re-verified daily. Free, no key.

    How to connect

    How to connect SceneF — California and Hawaii Movie Showtimes to Claude

    The server address to paste into Claude settings:

    https://scenef.com/mcp

    1. Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
    2. Go to Settings → Connectors.
    3. Click Add custom connector.
    4. Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
    5. In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.

    Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.

    Authorization

    After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.

    How to connect SceneF — California and Hawaii Movie Showtimes to ChatGPT

    The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:

    https://scenef.com/mcp

    1. Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
    2. Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
    3. Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
    4. Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
    5. Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
    6. In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.

    OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.

    Authorization

    On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.

    How to connect SceneF — California and Hawaii Movie Showtimes to Cursor

    The server address to paste into Cursor settings:

    https://scenef.com/mcp

    Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.

    Manually:

    1. In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
    2. Paste the JSON copied below into ~/.cursor/mcp.json (per project: .cursor/mcp.json in the repo root).
    3. Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.

    Authorization

    If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.

    Server tool list (10)

    Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.

    scenef_whats_playingRanked list of films playing California and Hawaii theaters in a given window (tonight, tomorrow, the weekend, or a date), with optional genre and format filters. When the window covers tonight, opens with Notable tonight — scarcity facts with evidence (measured seat counts, final nights, lone prints, posted discounts, live elements); lead with those when asked what to see. Each entry carries year, runtime, genres, a one-line hook, venue count, showtime_count, the next showtime, and the film's SceneF url. The full per-showtime rows are in "detailed", or from scenef_search_showtimes scoped to one film or theatre. "detailed" adds the full showtimes array, each row carrying its confidence level, source tier, reporting sources and verified_at timestamp; "concise" gives showtime_count and next_showtime instead.
    scenef_search_showtimesShowtimes scoped by FILM or by THEATER — pass at least one. With `film`: where that film is playing (title or slug; fuzzy-matched, ambiguous queries return candidates). With `venues` and no film: everything on at those theaters, each showtime naming its film. Grouped by theater with local times, tags (35mm/qa/sold-out), the night each show belongs to, and a ticket link per showtime. Optional date and time-window filters apply to both. For the whole board with no film or theater in mind, call scenef_whats_playing instead. "detailed" adds the full showtimes array, each row carrying its confidence level, source tier, reporting sources and verified_at timestamp; "concise" gives showtime_count and next_showtime instead.
    scenef_theater_infoOne theater's card: address, neighborhood, website, ticketing note, structured discounts (label/detail/day), amenities, its next 5 showtimes with ticket links, and its calendar feed url. "detailed" adds the full showtimes array, each row carrying its confidence level, source tier, reporting sources and verified_at timestamp; "concise" gives showtime_count and next_showtime instead.
    scenef_film_detailsThe full card for one film: title, year, runtime, genres, directors, cast, overview, rating, trailer and poster urls when present, every upcoming showtime with venue/time/ticket link, and a last-night flag when the run is ending. "detailed" adds the full showtimes array, each row carrying its confidence level, source tier, reporting sources and verified_at timestamp; "concise" gives showtime_count and next_showtime instead.
    scenef_plan_movie_nightThe concierge: give it a window and a taste profile and it returns 2-4 complete plans — film + specific showtime + theater + why it fits — each with ticket and calendar links, plus one wildcard pick outside the stated genres. Rankings are pure preference-fit; never pay-ranked. "detailed" adds the full showtimes array, each row carrying its confidence level, source tier, reporting sources and verified_at timestamp; "concise" gives showtime_count and next_showtime instead.
    scenef_discountsEvery structured discount across one board's theaters — venue, label, detail, and day-bound days — with the ones that apply today flagged.
    scenef_coming_soonFilms whose first screening on this board is more than 48 hours out, sorted by first night — the on-sale radar for runs worth booking early. Configurable horizon. "detailed" adds the full showtimes array, each row carrying its confidence level, source tier, reporting sources and verified_at timestamp; "concise" gives showtime_count and next_showtime instead.
    scenef_resolve_boardTranslate a city, 5-digit ZIP, neighborhood or board alias into the region handle every other tool takes. Returns the board and WHAT matched it. Refuses rather than guessing: an ambiguous name returns candidates (Gainesville is a town in Texas and another in Florida), a place we cover but have not published returns outside_coverage with the nearest published boards, and an unknown string returns unknown with no fallback board. Coordinates are not accepted — this reads names, not locations.
    scenef_nowThe cheap is-anything-on call: how many screenings tonight, the next 5 curtains across this board with venue/time/film, and dataset freshness per source. "detailed" adds the full showtimes array, each row carrying its confidence level, source tier, reporting sources and verified_at timestamp; "concise" gives showtime_count and next_showtime instead.
    scenef_accuracyAccuracy is computed, not claimed: every showtime carries a confidence level, a source tier, and a last-verified time, and the running record of our own verification checks — failures included — is public at https://scenef.com/api/accuracy. This tool returns that record: the site-wide confidence mix, the counts of verification checks confirmed / missing / unreachable over the record's window (window_days in the payload — 30 days at present) with the pass rate and the exact denominator it was computed from, the same per venue with source tier and last-verified time, and the definitions of every level. Checks that could not run — a bot wall, a client-rendered page — are graded unreachable and excluded from the pass rate rather than counted as passes. Quote these numbers directly; they are recomputed on every call.