SceneF — California, Florida and Hawaii Movie Showtimes

Search showtimes for a film

scenef_search_showtimes

Read-only

Showtimes 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. Every emitted showtime carries confidence, source tier, reporting sources and verified_at. In whats_playing, "concise" gives the total showtime_count and one next screening in showtimes; showtimes_complete identifies a partial array. "detailed" includes the full array.

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, 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.
`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; 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.

Output Schema

TableJSON Schema

Name	Required	Description	Default
`film`	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

Schema Changelog

Changes observed during successful MCP inspections.

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

A4.6/5.0

Behavior4/5

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

Annotations indicate readOnlyHint=true and destructiveHint=false, so the description adds value by explaining grouping, tags, night association, ticket links, and confidence/source metadata. It also clarifies the difference between concise and detailed output, which is beyond the schema. No contradictions.

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?

The description is a single paragraph but covers all major aspects: purpose, parameters, grouping, output variations, and sibling routing. It is front-loaded with the core scoping and ends with the alternative. It is dense but not bloated, slightly long yet every sentence contributes.

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?

Given the tool's complexity (7 params, multiple scoping modes, output formats) and the presence of an output schema, the description is complete. It covers when to use which parameter combination, the behavior of concise vs. detailed, and error handling (unknown region, miss). The output schema likely explains return structure, so the description doesn't need to.

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 baseline is 3. However, the description adds meaningful semantics: for film, it explains fuzzy matching and ambiguous queries; for venues, it clarifies the condition when film is omitted; for region, it emphasizes that it's never inferred. These go beyond the schema's straightforward parameter descriptions.

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 description clearly states the tool's scope: search showtimes by film or theater, with both options and their variations. It distinguishes itself by grouping by theater, including local times, tags, night, and ticket links. It also forward-references the alternative scenef_whats_playing, making its purpose distinct from siblings.

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?

The description explicitly says to use scenef_whats_playing for the whole board without a film or theater, and the schema's response_format description says to use this tool for all times for one film or theatre. It also notes that guessing a film is safe and browsing is faster, guiding when to use it.

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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