Boxlist MCP Server

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answering

Boxlist is answering right now. Last checked 2 min ago. It exposes 5 tools.

Taste-based film, TV, book and game picks: similar in feel, taste reads, picks for two.

Uptime history 32 hours of history

32 hours agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

91 of 91 checks

Tools

read from the server

375 ms

Response time

average over 24h

open, no key

Access

streamable-http

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Boxlist every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 2 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add boxlist --transport http https://mcp.boxlist.com/mcp

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address

https://mcp.boxlist.com/mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.boxlist]
url = "https://mcp.boxlist.com/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "boxlist": {
      "url": "https://mcp.boxlist.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "boxlist": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.boxlist.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 5

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

match

match_for_two

Find titles two people will both enjoy, from one to five titles each of them loves. Blends their two Taste Fingerprint™ profiles the way Boxlist's Watch together does, skips anything either is likely to dislike, and returns picks with a band for the pair and for each person, plus where their tastes agree and differ. Defaults to films and TV; books and games can be added. Anonymous, nothing stored.

quick

quick_taste_read

Turn 2 to 5 titles someone loves (films, TV, books or games, mixed is fine) into a short Taste Fingerprint™ reading — their leans on Boxlist's taste dimensions, their Taste Type and recurring themes — plus suggestions with a Boxlist match band and a reason for each. Anonymous: no account, nothing stored. Use it for "what should I watch/read/play, I like X, Y and Z".

similar

find_similar_in_feel

Titles that feel like a given film, TV series, book or game — matched on Boxlist's taste dimensions, story themes and subjects, not just genre or cast — across all four media or only the ones you choose. Each result says what it shares with the starting title. Good for "I loved X, what next?" and cross-media asks like "a book that feels like Succession".

title

get_title_taste_profile

How a film, TV series, book or video game feels, in plain words: its scores on Boxlist's ten taste dimensions (pace, originality, wholesomeness, weightiness, realism, intricacy, linearity, style, scale, emotional punch), its story themes and the Taste Type it suits. For films and TV it adds where to watch in the UK and US; for games, platforms and stores. Use it to explain why someone might or might not enjoy a title.

titles

search_titles

Find films, TV series, books and video games in the Boxlist catalogue by name (books also by author). Returns each title's boxlist.com page and a `ref` to pass to the other Boxlist tools. Use it to pin down the right title (e.g. which "Dune") before asking for a taste profile or similar titles.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://mcp.boxlist.com/mcp	streamable-http	answering	325 ms	2 min ago

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Boxlist — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Boxlist do?

It exposes 5 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: find_similar_in_feel, get_title_taste_profile, match_for_two, quick_taste_read, search_titles. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →

Is Boxlist working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 375 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect Boxlist?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.

Does Boxlist need an API key?

No. Boxlist completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 5 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is Boxlist?

It answers our handshake in 375 ms on average, which is faster than 36% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.