The Movie Database (TMDB) MCP connector
Connecting The Movie Database (TMDB) to Elaichi lets Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other MCP clients look up episode credits, images and translations, manage watchlists and favorites, and rate episodes, all as the person who signed in.
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How it connects. Connects with an API key. The credential goes into a vault nobody reads back.
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One address. https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, the same for every user.
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Their own access. An agent never gets more than the person it acts for.
151 tools
How to connect
How to connect The Movie Database (TMDB) to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor
Two steps, about a minute.
In Elaichi
Connect The Movie Database (TMDB) once
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Open Connections, choose Add connection, and pick The Movie Database (TMDB).
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Optionally set Share with to give a team access, then press Connect.
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Paste a The Movie Database (TMDB) API key. One person generates a token in The Movie Database (TMDB) and pastes it once. Everyone else works through Share with, and never sees it.
The credential is vaulted. Nobody reads it back, not even the AI.
Add connection
Choose a connector.
In your AI client
Point it at one endpoint
Everyone in the organization uses the same address, and each person only ever reaches what their own account allows.
The Movie Database (TMDB) MCP connector for Claude
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Open Customize, then Connectors.
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Press Add.
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Name it, paste the MCP server URL, then Continue.
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Sign in and approve.
On Team and Enterprise, an Owner adds it once. Everyone else turns it on for themselves.
The Movie Database (TMDB) MCP connector for ChatGPT
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Open Plugins, then press the + button.
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Name it and paste the endpoint into Server URL.
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Leave Authentication on OAuth, then tick the risk acknowledgement.
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Press Create, then sign in and approve.
Works on the web today. The plugin directory lives at chatgpt.com/plugins.
The Movie Database (TMDB) MCP connector for Cursor
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Open
~/.cursor/mcp.json. -
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Add the endpoint under
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Reload Cursor, then sign in and approve.
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"elaichi": {
"url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
}
}
}
Set up per machine, so repeat it on each computer you work from.
Connect The Movie Database (TMDB) to any MCP client
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Add the endpoint as a remote MCP server.
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Sign in and approve.
{
"mcpServers": {
"elaichi": {
"url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
}
}
}
The Elaichi Agent already has these tools, with nothing to set up.
Use cases
What teams do with The Movie Database (TMDB) through Elaichi
Every one of these runs inside the access the person already has, and lands in the same audit log.
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Editorial
Pull episode credits before publishing a recap
Ask for the cast and crew of a specific TV episode in The Movie Database (TMDB) and get names and roles back before the recap goes live. No more tabbing between the episode page and the draft.
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Marketing
Find stills and trailers for a post
Ask which images and videos The Movie Database (TMDB) holds for an episode and pick the right one for a social post or newsletter. The agent returns what is there, so you know before you start designing.
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Localization
Check which languages an episode covers
Ask for the translations The Movie Database (TMDB) has for an episode and see at a glance which titles and overviews exist for each market. Gaps show up before a regional launch, not after.
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Content acquisition
Keep a watchlist of titles under review
Add movies and shows to a watchlist in The Movie Database (TMDB) as they come up in meetings, then ask for the full list when it is time to decide. Favorites work the same way for the shortlist.
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Research
Track what changed on a movie or person
Ask which movie or person records in The Movie Database (TMDB) changed in the past few days and what was updated. Useful when a catalog or a talent profile needs to stay in step with the source.
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Data
Match episodes to other catalogs
Ask for the external IDs of a TV episode in The Movie Database (TMDB) so it can be lined up against IMDb and other databases you already use. One question replaces a manual lookup across several sites.
Try asking
- “Which movies did we add to the watchlist this week?”
- “Show credits and images for the latest tv episodes.”
- “List favorite tvs rated above eight by our account.”
Compare
Elaichi vs Zapier MCP vs Composio for The Movie Database (TMDB)
All three can connect The Movie Database (TMDB) to an AI assistant, and all three have admin controls. They differ in where access lives and how you pay.
| What to check | Elaichi | Zapier MCP | Composio |
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| Where the AI connects |
One address for the whole organization.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
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A server per member, created at sign-in. | An MCP endpoint per team, or an SDK. |
| Control over The Movie Database (TMDB) tools | Allow or restrict single The Movie Database (TMDB) tools, per role or user. | App and action restrictions on the account. | Role permissions, down to the action. |
| Record of calls | One audit entry per The Movie Database (TMDB) call. | A History tab of tool calls. | A log of every tool call. |
| Single sign-on | SAML or OIDC, plus SCIM, on Gold. | SAML on Enterprise. | SAML and OIDC on Enterprise. |
| Price | $15 per user per month. | 2 tasks per successful call. | Billed per tool call. |
Sources: Zapier MCP docs, security, usage; Composio docs, gateway, enterprise, pricing. Checked September 2026.
Longer take: Zapier MCP alternative and when you don't need an MCP gateway.
AI tools
The Movie Database (TMDB) tools for your AI agents
151 tools are ready to call through Elaichi's MCP endpoint the moment you connect The Movie Database (TMDB), governed by the same roles, restrictions, and audit log as everything else in Elaichi.
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What connecting The Movie Database (TMDB) gets you
6 screens from the product, each doing one job for your The Movie Database (TMDB) account.
The agent
Ask about movies, get answers from TMDB.
Plain language questions return live movies, tv episodes, credits and ratings.
- movies
- tv episodes
- favorites
- watchlists
Ask Elaichi to work across your apps.
Which movies did we add to the watchlist this week?
Show credits and images for the latest tv episodes.
List favorite tvs rated above eight by our account.
Also runs in Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor
MCP clients
Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor share one endpoint.
Connect any MCP client to The Movie Database (TMDB) over OAuth, no SDK.
ElaichiMCP clientsClaude
ChatGPT
Cursor
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Tool catalog
151 TMDB tools land ready to call.
Movies, tv episodes, credits, images, videos and watchlists, with no custom code.
- List all The Movie Database (TMDB) 3 authentications
- Get single The Movie Database (TMDB) 3 account by ID
- Create a The Movie Database (TMDB) favorite
- Create a The Movie Database (TMDB) watchlist
ElaichiToolsToolboxes
Every team gets its own TMDB toolbox.
Curate one toolbox per team and scope it to the work they do.
- Editorial
- Catalog
- Artwork
- Curation
ElaichiToolboxesShared connections
Teammates use TMDB accounts, never the key.
Each connection shows who added it and which teams and members share it.
- Editorial
- Catalog EMEA
- Artwork
- Curation
ElaichiConnectionsAudit log
Every TMDB call is written down.
When, who, what happened, type and resource, in an append only log.
- When
- Who
- What happened
- Type
ElaichiAudit logLaunching soon
From answering questions to doing the work
A person no longer has to ask. A trigger starts the work, inside the same permissions and the same audit log as everything else. Automations and live dashboards are launching soon, on the Black plan.
Automations
A schedule fires and the digest ships.
Six steps fetch TMDB records, group them, draft a digest, then post on approval.
The Movie Database (TMDB) digest
Run 418 · started 2 minutes ago · on behalf of Emily Carter
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Schedule
Every weekday at 8:00 AM
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Fetch movies
The Movie Database (TMDB)
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Group by owner
Transform
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Draft the digest
Agent step
Ran with 4 tools, returned a structured summary
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Approve the digest
Needs approval
Assigned to Michael Brennan
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Post the digest
The Movie Database (TMDB)
Queued
Collections and dashboards
TMDB health, counted not guessed.
Four metrics, 14 days of records created and a team breakdown, refreshed on schedule.
The Movie Database (TMDB) health
Refreshed 4 minutes ago · every 15 minutes · from the movies collection
Movies
1,284 ↓ 12%
Tv episodes
96 ↓ 8%
Needs attention
3 ↑ 2
Updated this week
412 ↑ 9%
Movies created
Last 14 days
By team
Share of activity
Editorial 34%
Catalog EMEA 27%
Artwork 21%
Curation 18%
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FAQ
Frequently asked questions
How do I connect The Movie Database (TMDB) to Claude?
Connect The Movie Database (TMDB) in Elaichi first, then open Claude, go to Customize, then Connectors, then Add, and paste https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp. The Movie Database (TMDB) connects with an API key, so the sign-in step is pasting the key from your TMDB account settings into Elaichi. There is no OAuth application to register and no client ID or secret to generate.
Does The Movie Database (TMDB) work with ChatGPT and Cursor as well as Claude?
Yes. Once The Movie Database (TMDB) is connected in Elaichi, the same endpoint, https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, works in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, any other MCP client and the Elaichi Agent. You connect it once and every client picks it up.
What can an AI agent actually do with my The Movie Database (TMDB) data?
An agent can look up the credits, images, videos, translations and external IDs of a TV episode in The Movie Database (TMDB), add movies and shows to your watchlist or favorites and read them back, rate an episode or remove a rating, and report which movie and person records changed recently. Because this connector covers a lot of ground, short concrete asks such as "credits for season 2 episode 4" work better than long paragraphs.
Does connecting The Movie Database (TMDB) give the AI everything in my account?
No. The agent works inside the access of the The Movie Database (TMDB) account whose API key was used, so it sees that account's watchlists, favorites and ratings and nothing beyond what that account can already do. Elaichi can narrow that access further by blocking individual actions, and it can never widen it.
Can I stop an agent from deleting or changing things in The Movie Database (TMDB)?
Yes. Restrictions in Elaichi work per action, so you can allow reading episode credits and images from The Movie Database (TMDB) while blocking rating changes or additions to watchlists and favorites. A blocked action is never shown to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor at all, so no prompt can reach it.
What happens to a The Movie Database (TMDB) connection when someone leaves?
Offboarding a person in Elaichi ends their access to The Movie Database (TMDB) at once, across every client they used. A shared connection keeps working for everyone else on the team. If you want the connection gone entirely, disconnecting The Movie Database (TMDB) once in Elaichi removes it from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and every other client.
Does the The Movie Database (TMDB) MCP connector work with Gemini, Codex, Claude Code or other MCP clients?
Yes. The Movie Database (TMDB) is reached over the same MCP endpoint every client uses, so anything that speaks MCP can call it — Gemini, Codex, Claude Code, Windsurf, Cline, Zed and OpenCode among them — alongside Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and the Elaichi Agent. The tools on offer and the access behind them are identical whichever client asks. Only the setup screen differs.
Is Elaichi an alternative to Zapier MCP for The Movie Database (TMDB)?
Yes. Both let Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor use The Movie Database (TMDB). Zapier MCP fits a team that already automates in Zapier, since each person signs in and acts as themselves in that account. Elaichi fits when IT wants one address for the whole company, per-tool rules by role, and a record of every The Movie Database (TMDB) call.
How is Elaichi different from Composio for The Movie Database (TMDB)?
Composio gives AI agents tools and sign-in handling across 1,000+ apps, for developers building agents or people using an assistant, billed per tool call. Elaichi gives a company's own people governed access to The Movie Database (TMDB): one address, restrictions per role or user, and $15 per user per month. Both have role permissions and a log of every call.
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