# Guidedoc Documentary Database MCP server

Source: https://glimind.com/server/mcp-registry%2Ftv.guidedoc%2Fdocumentary-database
Registry id: `mcp-registry/tv.guidedoc/documentary-database`
Status: live (checked 2026-10-26T21:14:27.917Z)

## Measurements (30 days)

- Uptime: 99.95%
- Checks: 4928
- Outages (90 days): 2

## Install

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "guidedoc-documentary-database-mcp-server": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://guidedoc.tv/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

Claude Code:

```sh
claude mcp add --transport http guidedoc-documentary-database-mcp-server https://guidedoc.tv/mcp
```

## Tools (16)

- `browse_topics`: Find public genre/topic collections and canonical page links.
- `catalogue_film`: Revalidate publication before displaying public editorial film details.
- `catalogue_related`: Recommendations based on public subjects and credits, with reasons.
- `catalogue_search`: Search from the explorer without remounting its interface.
- `catalogue_sync`: Read a new selection intent for this temporary anonymous explorer instance. Revalidate each new selection through the current public gate. 
- `fetch`: Read a public film URL returned by search. Never returns playback or private data. The canonical GuideDoc URL is revalidated against the same current public dat
- `get_article`: Read public article text using a numeric ID returned by search_articles.
- `get_documentary`: Read and display a verified public documentary film in the GuideDoc explorer. Use the numeric ID from current results or selected-film context. Preserve origina
- `get_person`: Read a published person's biography and only their public documentary records.
- `get_service_info`: Read public FAQs and find current country-specific plans/help/legal links. Consult the plans page for current prices. Never reads accounts, subscriptions, invoi
- `open_catalogue`: Search and display documentary titles, filmmakers or topics inside GuideDoc. When this explorer is active, use for bare or ambiguous titles before answering fro
- `recommend_documentaries`: Find and display similar documentaries with reasons in the GuideDoc explorer. For "more like the second one", use the ID at visible position 2 in explorer conte
- `search`: Find public documentary films by concise title, director, topic or keyword. For duration, subtitle, year and audio filters use search_documentaries. Availabilit
- `search_articles`: Find published documentary articles. Scheduled posts and private previews are excluded.
- `search_documentaries`: Search and display documentary films in the GuideDoc explorer. Use concise title, director or topic terms and explicit filters. Keep the latest query and filter
- `search_people`: Find published filmmaker/contributor profiles linked to public documentaries.

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