SceneF — California, Florida and Hawaii Movie Showtimes

Search showtimes by film or theater

scenef_search_showtimes

Read-onlyIdempotent

Showtimes scoped by FILM or by THEATER on one board — 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. 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, so narrow by date or theater for the rest. For the whole board with no film or theater in mind, call scenef_whats_playing instead. 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
`date`	No	Restrict to one night, YYYY-MM-DD.
`film`	No	Film title, or a SceneF slug taken from films[].slug / scenef_whats_playing. A title that is not on the board answers with a miss and points at scenef_whats_playing, so guessing is safe but browsing is faster. Optional when `venues` is given — omit it to ask what is on at a theater.
`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.
`venues`	No	Restrict to these theaters (ids or names), e.g. ["roxie", "Balboa"]. Required when `film` is omitted.
`time_after`	No	Only shows at or after this local time, "HH:MM" 24h.
`time_before`	No	Only shows at or before this local time, "HH:MM" 24h.
`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
`venues`	Yes
`matched`	Yes
`refusal`	No
`timezone`	Yes
`warnings`	Yes
`candidates`	No
`data_as_of`	Yes
`attribution`	Yes
`filtered_by`	No
`region_name`	Yes
`accuracy_url`	Yes
`coverage_note`	Yes
`showtime_count`	Yes
`unknown_venues`	Yes
`showtimes_complete`	No	Whether the rows returned are all showtime_count matches. When false, narrow by date or theater for the rest.

Schema Changelog

Changes observed during successful MCP inspections.

Changed11 schema fields changedOct 2, 2026

addedInput schema / properties / date / maxLength
```
Added value: +120
```
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."

addedInput schema / properties / time_after / maxLength
```
Added value: +120
```
addedInput schema / properties / time_before / maxLength
```
Added value: +120
```
addedInput schema / properties / venues / items / maxLength
```
Added value: +80
```
addedInput schema / properties / venues / maxItems
```
Added value: +10
```

addedOutput schema / properties / note

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

addedOutput schema / properties / showtimes_complete

Added value: +{
+  "description": "Whether the rows returned are all showtime_count matches. When false, narrow by date or theater for the rest.",
+  "type": "boolean"
+}

Changed11 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 / venues / items / properties / showtimes / items / properties / calendar_url
```
Added value: +{
+  "type": "string"
+}
```

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

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

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

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

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

changedOutput schema / properties / venues / items / 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"
+]

addedOutput schema / properties / warnings

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

changedOutput schema / required

Previous value: -[
-  "data_as_of",
-  "attribution",
-  "accuracy_url",
-  "region",
-  "region_name",
-  "timezone",
-  "query",
-  "matched",
-  "unknown_venues",
-  "coverage_note",
-  "showtime_count",
-  "venues"
-]New value: +[
+  "data_as_of",
+  "attribution",
+  "accuracy_url",
+  "region",
+  "region_name",
+  "timezone",
+  "query",
+  "matched",
+  "warnings",
+  "unknown_venues",
+  "coverage_note",
+  "showtime_count",
+  "venues"
+]

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",
-  "unknown_venues",
-  "coverage_note",
-  "showtime_count",
-  "venues"
-]New value: +[
+  "data_as_of",
+  "attribution",
+  "accuracy_url",
+  "region",
+  "region_name",
+  "timezone",
+  "query",
+  "matched",
+  "unknown_venues",
+  "coverage_note",
+  "showtime_count",
+  "venues"
+]

Changed1 schema field changedAug 28, 2026

changedInput schema / properties / film / description

Previous value: -"Film title or SceneF slug, e.g. \"The Matrix\" or \"the-matrix-1999\". Optional when `venues` is given — omit it to ask what is on at a theater."New value: +"Film title, or a SceneF slug taken from films[].slug / scenef_whats_playing. A title that is not on the board answers with a miss and points at scenef_whats_playing, so guessing is safe but browsing is faster. Optional when `venues` is given — omit it to ask what is on at a theater."

Changed8 schema fields changedAug 26, 2026

changedInput schema / properties / film / description

Previous value: -"Film title or SceneF slug, e.g. \"The Matrix\" or \"the-matrix-1999\"."New value: +"Film title or SceneF slug, e.g. \"The Matrix\" or \"the-matrix-1999\". Optional when `venues` is given — omit it to ask what is on at a theater."

changedInput schema / properties / venues / description

Previous value: -"Restrict to these theaters (ids or names), e.g. [\"roxie\", \"Balboa\"]."New value: +"Restrict to these theaters (ids or names), e.g. [\"roxie\", \"Balboa\"]. Required when `film` is omitted."

removedInput schema / required
```
Removed value: -[
-  "film"
-]
```

addedOutput schema / properties / filtered_by

Added value: +{
+  "enum": [
+    "film",
+    "venue"
+  ],
+  "type": "string"
+}

addedOutput schema / properties / query / anyOf

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

removedOutput schema / properties / query / type
```
Removed value: -"string"
```
addedOutput schema / properties / refusal
```
Added value: +{
+  "type": "string"
+}
```

addedOutput schema / properties / venues / items / properties / showtimes / items / properties / film

Added value: +{
+  "anyOf": [
+    {
+      "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": "null"
+    }
+  ]
+}

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"
+    },
+    "coverage_note": {
+      "anyOf": [
+        {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "null"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "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"
+    },
+    "matched": {
+      "type": "boolean"
+    },
+    "query": {
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "showtime_count": {
+      "type": "number"
+    },
+    "unknown_venues": {
+      "items": {
+        "type": "string"
+      },
+      "type": "array"
+    },
+    "venues": {
+      "items": {
+        "additionalProperties": {},
+        "properties": {
+          "name": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "neighborhood": {
+            "anyOf": [
+              {
+                "type": "string"
+              },
+              {
+                "type": "null"
+              }
+            ]
+          },
+          "short": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "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"
+          },
+          "venue_id": {
+            "type": "string"
+          }
+        },
+        "required": [
+          "venue_id",
+          "name",
+          "short",
+          "neighborhood",
+          "showtimes"
+        ],
+        "type": "object"
+      },
+      "type": "array"
+    }
+  },
+  "required": [
+    "data_as_of",
+    "attribution",
+    "accuracy_url",
+    "query",
+    "matched",
+    "unknown_venues",
+    "coverage_note",
+    "showtime_count",
+    "venues"
+  ],
+  "type": "object"
+}

First observedAug 11, 2026

TDQS

A4.7/5.0

Behavior5/5

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

Annotations already declare read-only/idempotent, but the description adds material behavior beyond them: nothing is recorded by the call, SceneF does not sell or hold tickets, ticket links are scenef.com/go/{id} redirects, and link follows are logged anonymously without IP/cookie/account. It also discloses result truncation (40 concise / up to 200 detailed) and the showtime_count vs showtimes_complete completeness flags.

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

Conciseness3/5

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

Front-loaded with the core scoping rule and altitude of the alternative tool, which is good. But it then spends several sentences enumerating the anonymous-logging fields (client type, browser family, referring site, link source tag, gone-status, no IP/cookie/account) — detail with little bearing on selecting or invoking the tool, which dilutes an otherwise efficient definition.

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?

For a 7-param, open-world read tool with an output schema, the description covers everything an agent needs: required scoping input, region defaults and resolution path, alternative siblings, truncation behavior, and completeness signals. Return-value detail is appropriately delegated to the output schema.

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

Parameters4/5

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

Schema coverage is 100%, so the schema already documents every parameter (baseline 3). The description nonetheless adds semantics not in the schema: film titles are fuzzy-matched and ambiguous queries return candidates, and region is never inferred from location. It does not add much for date/time-window params, which the schema already covers.

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?

States a specific verb and resource ('Showtimes scoped by FILM or by THEATER on one board') and immediately names the required input shape ('pass at least one'). It explicitly contrasts itself with the sibling scenef_whats_playing, so the agent can tell the two apart without opening schemas.

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

Usage Guidelines5/5

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

Gives explicit routing rules: use film for 'where that film is playing', venues-only for 'everything at those theaters', and 'For the whole board with no film or theater in mind, call scenef_whats_playing instead.' It also redirects to scenef_resolve_board and scenef_now for region/city resolution.

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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