omdb-mcp-server
Provides a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server exposing OMDB (Open Movie Database) search and movie-details retrieval. Implements MCP tools (search_movies, get_movie_details, get_movie_by_imdb_id) over HTTP JSON-RPC and/or SSE transport, with automatic caching and Swagger/OpenAPI documentation for REST-style endpoints (including cache management).
Score Breakdown
⚙ Agent Friendliness
🔒 Security
Mentions non-root Docker user, vulnerability scanning, and 'no sensitive data in images' plus HTTPS support for external APIs. However, no clear inbound authentication/authorization for the server endpoints is described; upstream access relies on an OMDB API key, and the server exposes cache management endpoints that could be abused if network-access is not restricted.
⚡ Reliability
Best When
You want an MCP-compatible integration to fetch OMDB movie metadata with caching and a documented interface for agent tool calling.
Avoid When
You need robust tenant isolation, per-user authorization, or strict reliability guarantees without validating upstream OMDB behavior and your deployment configuration.
Use Cases
- • Letting AI assistants query OMDB for movie search and metadata
- • Tool-based retrieval of movie details (by title/year/type or by IMDb ID) via MCP clients (e.g., Claude Desktop)
- • Reducing OMDB API calls via server-side caching and cache management endpoints
- • Building reactive web services or agents that can call MCP tools over SSE/HTTP JSON-RPC
Not For
- • Use as a general-purpose OMDB proxy without considering OMDB API rate limits/terms
- • Handling sensitive personal data (it primarily serves public movie metadata)
- • Scenarios requiring strong first-party authentication/authorization for end users (the server mainly forwards OMDB API key usage)
Interface
Authentication
No user-facing auth is described for the MCP/HTTP endpoints; authentication appears to be limited to the upstream OMDB API key used by the server.
Pricing
Uses OMDB API (which may have its own plan/limits). The MCP server itself is MIT-licensed (self-host).
Agent Metadata
Known Gotchas
- ⚠ OMDB responses/limits are ultimately upstream-dependent; tool calls may fail due to OMDB key/rate limiting.
- ⚠ Search results may vary by OMDB availability/fields; agents should not assume deterministic ordering or completeness.
- ⚠ Cache management endpoints (/cache/clear*) are potentially disruptive if multiple agents share the same server instance.
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Scores are editorial opinions as of 2026-04-04.