SceneF — California, Florida and Hawaii Movie Showtimes

Film details

scenef_film_details

Read-onlyIdempotent

The card for one film on one board: title, year, runtime, genres, directors, cast, overview, rating, a trailer url and a TMDB poster url when present, its upcoming showtimes nearest first with venue/time/ticket link, and a last-night flag when the run is ending. Returns the 40 nearest showtimes ("concise") or up to 200 ("detailed"); showtime_count is the total and showtimes_complete says whether the list is whole — scenef_search_showtimes with a date or theater narrows the rest. Read-only: the call itself records nothing. SceneF does not sell, hold or book tickets. Ticket links are https://scenef.com/go/{id} redirects to the theater's own site or the ticket seller it uses (a link to a showtime that is gone lands back on SceneF); whoever follows one, a person or a client, is logged once anonymously (time, the screening with its film and theater, client type, browser family, referring site, link source tag, and whether the showtime was gone; no IP address, cookie or account) and forwarded. Every emitted showtime carries confidence, source tier, reporting sources and verified_at.

Input Schema

TableJSON Schema

Name	Required	Description
`film`	Yes	Film title or SceneF slug.
`region`	No	Which regional board to read: a board id such as "sf", "oahu" or "miami", not a city name ("Honolulu" or "Chicago" is rejected). Omitted means "sf" (San Francisco); it is never inferred from where you are. For a city, ZIP or neighborhood call scenef_resolve_board first; scenef_now with no region lists every id. An unknown region is an error, not a fallback.
`response_format`	No	Output size. "concise" (default) is tight text plus a structured summary. In whats_playing, each film has the total showtime_count, next_showtime, and a showtimes array containing only that next screening; "detailed" adds showtime rows with ids, ticket urls and accuracy metadata, about 200 across the answer. film_details and search_showtimes return the 40 nearest showtimes in "concise" and up to 200 in "detailed". showtime_count is always the total and showtimes_complete says whether the array is all of it; narrow by date or theater for the rest.

Output Schema

TableJSON Schema

Name	Required	Description
`film`	No
`note`	No
`query`	Yes
`region`	Yes
`matched`	Yes
`timezone`	Yes
`showtimes`	No
`candidates`	No
`data_as_of`	Yes
`attribution`	Yes
`final_night`	No
`region_name`	Yes
`accuracy_url`	Yes
`is_last_night`	No
`showtime_count`	No
`showtimes_complete`	No	Whether showtimes holds all showtime_count screenings. The nearest 40 (concise) or 200 (detailed) are returned.

Schema Changelog

Changes observed during successful MCP inspections.

Changed6 schema fields changedOct 2, 2026

addedInput schema / properties / film / maxLength
```
Added value: +120
```

changedInput schema / properties / region / description

Previous value: -"Which regional board to read, e.g. \"sf\", \"oahu\", \"sacramento\". Omitted means the default board — it is never inferred from where you are. Call scenef_now for the full list; an unknown region is an error, not a fallback."New value: +"Which regional board to read: a board id such as \"sf\", \"oahu\" or \"miami\", not a city name (\"Honolulu\" or \"Chicago\" is rejected). Omitted means \"sf\" (San Francisco); it is never inferred from where you are. For a city, ZIP or neighborhood call scenef_resolve_board first; scenef_now with no region lists every id. An unknown region is an error, not a fallback."

addedInput schema / properties / region / maxLength
```
Added value: +120
```

changedInput schema / properties / response_format / description

Previous value: -"Output size. \"concise\" (default) is tight text plus a structured summary. In whats_playing, each film has the total showtime_count, next_showtime, and a showtimes array containing only that next screening; showtimes_complete says whether the array is exhaustive. \"detailed\" includes all selected showtime rows with ids, ticket urls, and accuracy metadata. Use scenef_search_showtimes for all times for one film or theatre."New value: +"Output size. \"concise\" (default) is tight text plus a structured summary. In whats_playing, each film has the total showtime_count, next_showtime, and a showtimes array containing only that next screening; \"detailed\" adds showtime rows with ids, ticket urls and accuracy metadata, about 200 across the answer. film_details and search_showtimes return the 40 nearest showtimes in \"concise\" and up to 200 in \"detailed\". showtime_count is always the total and showtimes_complete says whether the array is all of it; narrow by date or theater for the rest."

addedOutput schema / properties / note

Added value: +{
+  "anyOf": [
+    {
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "null"
+    }
+  ]
+}

addedOutput schema / properties / showtimes_complete

Added value: +{
+  "description": "Whether showtimes holds all showtime_count screenings. The nearest 40 (concise) or 200 (detailed) are returned.",
+  "type": "boolean"
+}

Changed9 schema fields changedSep 18, 2026

changedInput schema / properties / response_format / description

Previous value: -"Output size. \"concise\" (default) is tight text plus a structured summary — on list-shaped tools each film carries showtime_count and next_showtime, but NOT the full showtimes array. \"detailed\" adds the per-showtime rows with ids, ticket urls, and accuracy metadata. Concise measures ~10KB where detailed measures ~69KB, so ask for detailed when you need the rows and scenef_search_showtimes when you need them for one film or theatre."New value: +"Output size. \"concise\" (default) is tight text plus a structured summary. In whats_playing, each film has the total showtime_count, next_showtime, and a showtimes array containing only that next screening; showtimes_complete says whether the array is exhaustive. \"detailed\" includes all selected showtime rows with ids, ticket urls, and accuracy metadata. Use scenef_search_showtimes for all times for one film or theatre."

addedOutput schema / properties / showtimes / items / properties / calendar_url
```
Added value: +{
+  "type": "string"
+}
```

addedOutput schema / properties / showtimes / items / properties / confidence

Added value: +{
+  "anyOf": [
+    {
+      "enum": [
+        "venue-published",
+        "corroborated",
+        "single-source",
+        "disputed"
+      ],
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "null"
+    }
+  ]
+}

addedOutput schema / properties / showtimes / items / properties / freshness

Added value: +{
+  "additionalProperties": false,
+  "properties": {
+    "age_hours": {
+      "anyOf": [
+        {
+          "type": "number"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "null"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "retained": {
+      "type": "boolean"
+    },
+    "source_status": {
+      "enum": [
+        "ok",
+        "held",
+        "failed",
+        "unknown"
+      ],
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "stale_after_hours": {
+      "type": "number"
+    },
+    "status": {
+      "enum": [
+        "current",
+        "stale",
+        "unknown"
+      ],
+      "type": "string"
+    }
+  },
+  "required": [
+    "status",
+    "age_hours",
+    "stale_after_hours",
+    "retained",
+    "source_status"
+  ],
+  "type": "object"
+}

addedOutput schema / properties / showtimes / items / properties / note
```
Added value: +{
+  "type": "string"
+}
```
addedOutput schema / properties / showtimes / items / properties / source_tier
```
Added value: +{
+  "type": "string"
+}
```

addedOutput schema / properties / showtimes / items / properties / sources

Added value: +{
+  "items": {
+    "type": "string"
+  },
+  "type": "array"
+}

addedOutput schema / properties / showtimes / items / properties / verified_at

Added value: +{
+  "anyOf": [
+    {
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "null"
+    }
+  ]
+}

changedOutput schema / properties / showtimes / items / required

Previous value: -[
-  "screening_id",
-  "venue",
-  "starts_at",
-  "night_of",
-  "local_time",
-  "tags",
-  "ticket_url"
-]New value: +[
+  "screening_id",
+  "venue",
+  "starts_at",
+  "night_of",
+  "local_time",
+  "tags",
+  "ticket_url",
+  "calendar_url",
+  "confidence",
+  "source_tier",
+  "sources",
+  "verified_at"
+]

Changed1 schema field changedSep 8, 2026

changedInput schema / properties / response_format / description

Previous value: -"Output size: \"concise\" (default) for tight text lines, \"detailed\" to add ids, per-showtime ticket urls, and extra metadata."New value: +"Output size. \"concise\" (default) is tight text plus a structured summary — on list-shaped tools each film carries showtime_count and next_showtime, but NOT the full showtimes array. \"detailed\" adds the per-showtime rows with ids, ticket urls, and accuracy metadata. Concise measures ~10KB where detailed measures ~69KB, so ask for detailed when you need the rows and scenef_search_showtimes when you need them for one film or theatre."

Changed5 schema fields changedSep 6, 2026

addedInput schema / properties / region

Added value: +{
+  "description": "Which regional board to read, e.g. \"sf\", \"oahu\", \"sacramento\". Omitted means the default board — it is never inferred from where you are. Call scenef_now for the full list; an unknown region is an error, not a fallback.",
+  "type": "string"
+}

addedOutput schema / properties / region
```
Added value: +{
+  "type": "string"
+}
```
addedOutput schema / properties / region_name
```
Added value: +{
+  "type": "string"
+}
```
addedOutput schema / properties / timezone
```
Added value: +{
+  "type": "string"
+}
```

changedOutput schema / required

Previous value: -[
-  "data_as_of",
-  "attribution",
-  "accuracy_url",
-  "query",
-  "matched"
-]New value: +[
+  "data_as_of",
+  "attribution",
+  "accuracy_url",
+  "region",
+  "region_name",
+  "timezone",
+  "query",
+  "matched"
+]

Changed1 schema field changedAug 22, 2026

changedOutput schema / (root)

Previous value: -nullNew value: +{
+  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
+  "additionalProperties": false,
+  "properties": {
+    "accuracy_url": {
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "attribution": {
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "candidates": {
+      "items": {
+        "additionalProperties": {},
+        "properties": {
+          "directors": {
+            "items": {
+              "type": "string"
+            },
+            "type": "array"
+          },
+          "genres": {
+            "items": {
+              "type": "string"
+            },
+            "type": "array"
+          },
+          "key": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "runtime_min": {
+            "anyOf": [
+              {
+                "type": "number"
+              },
+              {
+                "type": "null"
+              }
+            ]
+          },
+          "slug": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "title": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "url": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "year": {
+            "anyOf": [
+              {
+                "type": "number"
+              },
+              {
+                "type": "null"
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+        },
+        "required": [
+          "key",
+          "slug",
+          "title",
+          "year",
+          "runtime_min",
+          "genres",
+          "directors",
+          "url"
+        ],
+        "type": "object"
+      },
+      "type": "array"
+    },
+    "data_as_of": {
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "film": {
+      "additionalProperties": {},
+      "properties": {
+        "directors": {
+          "items": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "type": "array"
+        },
+        "genres": {
+          "items": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "type": "array"
+        },
+        "key": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "runtime_min": {
+          "anyOf": [
+            {
+              "type": "number"
+            },
+            {
+              "type": "null"
+            }
+          ]
+        },
+        "slug": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "title": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "url": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "year": {
+          "anyOf": [
+            {
+              "type": "number"
+            },
+            {
+              "type": "null"
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      },
+      "required": [
+        "key",
+        "slug",
+        "title",
+        "year",
+        "runtime_min",
+        "genres",
+        "directors",
+        "url"
+      ],
+      "type": "object"
+    },
+    "final_night": {
+      "anyOf": [
+        {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "null"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "is_last_night": {
+      "type": "boolean"
+    },
+    "matched": {
+      "type": "boolean"
+    },
+    "query": {
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "showtime_count": {
+      "type": "number"
+    },
+    "showtimes": {
+      "items": {
+        "additionalProperties": {},
+        "properties": {
+          "local_time": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "night_of": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "screening_id": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "starts_at": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "tags": {
+            "items": {
+              "type": "string"
+            },
+            "type": "array"
+          },
+          "ticket_url": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "venue": {
+            "additionalProperties": {},
+            "properties": {
+              "name": {
+                "type": "string"
+              },
+              "neighborhood": {
+                "anyOf": [
+                  {
+                    "type": "string"
+                  },
+                  {
+                    "type": "null"
+                  }
+                ]
+              },
+              "short": {
+                "type": "string"
+              },
+              "venue_id": {
+                "type": "string"
+              }
+            },
+            "required": [
+              "venue_id",
+              "name",
+              "short",
+              "neighborhood"
+            ],
+            "type": "object"
+          }
+        },
+        "required": [
+          "screening_id",
+          "venue",
+          "starts_at",
+          "night_of",
+          "local_time",
+          "tags",
+          "ticket_url"
+        ],
+        "type": "object"
+      },
+      "type": "array"
+    }
+  },
+  "required": [
+    "data_as_of",
+    "attribution",
+    "accuracy_url",
+    "query",
+    "matched"
+  ],
+  "type": "object"
+}

First observedAug 11, 2026

TDQS

A4.4/5.0

Behavior5/5

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Despite readOnly/idempotent annotations already covering the safety profile, the description adds substantial non-obvious behavior: SceneF does not sell/hold tickets, ticket links are /go/{id} redirects, follow-through is logged anonymously with specific fields but no IP/cookie/account, and gone showtimes land back on SceneF. This is rich, hard-to-infer context.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Conciseness4/5

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

Purpose and core return semantics are front-loaded, but the opening sentence is a dense run-on and the ticket-link/logging passage is lengthy relative to the core lookup task. Still, most sentences carry real information rather than filler.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Completeness5/5

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

An output schema exists, yet the description still supplies the surrounding context an agent needs: card contents, paging behavior, tie-in to scenef_search_showtimes, and the ticket-link/privacy model. Nothing essential for correct invocation is missing.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Parameters3/5

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema description coverage is 100%, and the schema's response_format description already explains concise vs detailed counts and showtime_count/showtimes_complete. The description largely restates this ('40 nearest ... up to 200'), so the baseline 3 is appropriate with no meaningful addition over the schema.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Purpose5/5

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

The opening states a precise verb+resource and scope: 'The card for one film on one board,' then enumerates the fields returned (title, runtime, genres, directors, showtimes, flags). It is clearly distinguished from siblings like scenef_search_showtimes and scenef_whats_playing.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Usage Guidelines4/5

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

It gives a clear routing hint — 'scenef_search_showtimes with a date or theater narrows the rest' — and implies single-film lookup context. However, it doesn't explicitly state when to use this versus scenef_whats_playing, scenef_now, or scenef_coming_soon for a given agent intent.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

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