SceneF — California, Florida and Hawaii Movie Showtimes

What's playing

scenef_whats_playing

Read-onlyIdempotent

Use this when someone asks what is showing in one area tonight, tomorrow, this weekend or on a date. Reads ONE regional board per call; SceneF publishes 56 boards, in California, Florida and Hawaii only. Pass region; it defaults to "sf" (San Francisco) when omitted. For a city, ZIP or neighborhood, call scenef_resolve_board first. Returns a ranked list of films, with optional genre and format filters. When the window covers tonight it opens with Notable tonight: scarcity facts with evidence (measured seat counts, final nights, lone prints, posted discounts, live elements). Each entry carries year, runtime, genres, a one-line hook, venue count, showtime_count, the next showtime and the film's SceneF url. "detailed" adds showtime rows, about 200 across the answer; scenef_search_showtimes lists the times for one film or theater. 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
`when`	No	When to look: "tonight" (default), "tomorrow", "weekend" (Fri/Sat/Sun of the current week), or a YYYY-MM-DD date.
`genres`	No	Genre filters, e.g. ["horror", "comedy"].
`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.
`formats`	No	Format/tag filters, e.g. ["35mm", "70mm", "qa", "live-score"].
`max_results`	No	Max films to return (default 12, cap 25).
`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	Default
`note`	Yes
`films`	Yes
`nights`	Yes
`region`	Yes
`window`	Yes
`notable`	Yes
`timezone`	Yes
`data_as_of`	Yes
`film_count`	Yes
`attribution`	Yes
`region_name`	Yes
`accuracy_url`	Yes

Schema Changelog

Changes observed during successful MCP inspections.

Changed8 schema fields changedOct 2, 2026

addedInput schema / properties / formats / items / maxLength
```
Added value: +80
```
addedInput schema / properties / formats / maxItems
```
Added value: +10
```
addedInput schema / properties / genres / items / maxLength
```
Added value: +80
```
addedInput schema / properties / genres / maxItems
```
Added value: +10
```

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 / when / maxLength
```
Added value: +120
```

Changed12 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 / films / items / properties / next_showtime

Added value: +{
+  "additionalProperties": {},
+  "properties": {
+    "calendar_url": {
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "confidence": {
+      "anyOf": [
+        {
+          "enum": [
+            "venue-published",
+            "corroborated",
+            "single-source",
+            "disputed"
+          ],
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "null"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "freshness": {
+      "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"
+    },
+    "local_time": {
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "night_of": {
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "note": {
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "screening_id": {
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "source_tier": {
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "sources": {
+      "items": {
+        "type": "string"
+      },
+      "type": "array"
+    },
+    "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"
+    },
+    "verified_at": {
+      "anyOf": [
+        {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "null"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  },
+  "required": [
+    "screening_id",
+    "venue",
+    "starts_at",
+    "night_of",
+    "local_time",
+    "tags",
+    "ticket_url",
+    "calendar_url",
+    "confidence",
+    "source_tier",
+    "sources",
+    "verified_at"
+  ],
+  "type": "object"
+}

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

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

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

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

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

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

changedOutput schema / properties / films / 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 / films / items / properties / showtimes_complete

Added value: +{
+  "description": "Whether showtimes includes all showtime_count screenings. Concise includes only the next screening; detailed includes all.",
+  "type": "boolean"
+}

changedOutput schema / properties / films / items / required

Previous value: -[
-  "key",
-  "slug",
-  "title",
-  "year",
-  "runtime_min",
-  "genres",
-  "directors",
-  "url",
-  "venue_count",
-  "showtime_count"
-]New value: +[
+  "key",
+  "slug",
+  "title",
+  "year",
+  "runtime_min",
+  "genres",
+  "directors",
+  "url",
+  "venue_count",
+  "showtime_count",
+  "next_showtime",
+  "showtimes",
+  "showtimes_complete"
+]

Changed3 schema fields 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."

addedOutput schema / properties / films / items / properties / showtime_count
```
Added value: +{
+  "type": "number"
+}
```

changedOutput schema / properties / films / items / required

Previous value: -[
-  "key",
-  "slug",
-  "title",
-  "year",
-  "runtime_min",
-  "genres",
-  "directors",
-  "url",
-  "venue_count",
-  "showtimes"
-]New value: +[
+  "key",
+  "slug",
+  "title",
+  "year",
+  "runtime_min",
+  "genres",
+  "directors",
+  "url",
+  "venue_count",
+  "showtime_count"
+]

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",
-  "window",
-  "nights",
-  "note",
-  "notable",
-  "film_count",
-  "films"
-]New value: +[
+  "data_as_of",
+  "attribution",
+  "accuracy_url",
+  "region",
+  "region_name",
+  "timezone",
+  "window",
+  "nights",
+  "note",
+  "notable",
+  "film_count",
+  "films"
+]

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"
+    },
+    "data_as_of": {
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "film_count": {
+      "type": "number"
+    },
+    "films": {
+      "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"
+              }
+            ]
+          },
+          "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"
+          },
+          "slug": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "title": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "url": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "venue_count": {
+            "type": "number"
+          },
+          "year": {
+            "anyOf": [
+              {
+                "type": "number"
+              },
+              {
+                "type": "null"
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+        },
+        "required": [
+          "key",
+          "slug",
+          "title",
+          "year",
+          "runtime_min",
+          "genres",
+          "directors",
+          "url",
+          "venue_count",
+          "showtimes"
+        ],
+        "type": "object"
+      },
+      "type": "array"
+    },
+    "nights": {
+      "items": {
+        "type": "string"
+      },
+      "type": "array"
+    },
+    "notable": {
+      "items": {
+        "additionalProperties": {},
+        "properties": {
+          "local_time": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "title": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "venue": {
+            "type": "string"
+          }
+        },
+        "required": [
+          "title",
+          "venue",
+          "local_time"
+        ],
+        "type": "object"
+      },
+      "type": "array"
+    },
+    "note": {
+      "anyOf": [
+        {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "null"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "window": {
+      "type": "string"
+    }
+  },
+  "required": [
+    "data_as_of",
+    "attribution",
+    "accuracy_url",
+    "window",
+    "nights",
+    "note",
+    "notable",
+    "film_count",
+    "films"
+  ],
+  "type": "object"
+}

First observedAug 11, 2026

TDQS

A4.8/5.0

Behavior5/5

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

Annotations already cover the read-only/idempotent/non-destructive profile, and the description adds substantial behavior beyond that: region defaults to 'sf' and is never inferred, unknown region is an error not a fallback, the service does not sell or hold tickets, and following a ticket link logs one anonymous event with an enumerated field list. It also discloses return-accuracy metadata (confidence, source tier, reporting sources, verified_at) and that 'detailed' expands to ~200 showtime rows.

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?

Front-loaded with the trigger and routing guidance before the mechanics, which is the right order. The ticket-link logging passage is dense and drawn out for what it contributes, but it is defensible as a privacy disclosure rather than filler; the rest of the text is tight.

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 and annotations cover safety, so the description needn't explain return shapes. What it must carry — routing to siblings, region default/error behavior, filter behavior, privacy and ticket-link handling — is fully present. Nothing an agent needs to call this correctly is missing.

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. The description adds genuine value on top: it clarifies that region is a board id and never inferred, that 'when' defaults to tonight, and precisely what 'detailed' does for this tool (showtime rows with ids, ticket urls, accuracy metadata) versus how the same flag behaves elsewhere. It does not extend beyond the schema on max_results or the genre/format vocabularies, so not a 5.

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: it reads ONE regional board and returns a ranked list of films, with optional genre/format filters. It explicitly names its siblings' divergent roles (scenef_resolve_board for city/ZIP, scenef_search_showtimes for one film or theater), so an agent can distinguish it without opening any schema.

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?

Explicit trigger ('when someone asks what is showing in one area tonight, tomorrow, this weekend or on a date') plus named alternatives and their conditions: resolve_board first for city/ZIP/neighborhood, search_showtimes for a single film's times. It also states the 'whats_playing' enum semantics versus how the same enum behaves in film_details/search_showtimes.

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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