`search_people`

Pack: tvmaze · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/tvmaze/mcp

Search TVMaze’s actor/person database by name. Returns matched people with id, name, country code, birthday, deathday, gender, and headshot image URL.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`query`	string	yes	Person name

Example call

Arguments

{
  "query": "Bryan Cranston"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/tvmaze/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_people","arguments":{"query":"Bryan Cranston"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('search_people', {
  "query": "Bryan Cranston"
});

More examples

{
  "query": "Meryl Streep"
}

Response shape

Always returns: query, count, results

Field	Type	Description
`query`	string	Search query string
`count`	number	Number of results
`results`	array	Array of matching people

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Search query string"
    },
    "count": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Number of results"
    },
    "results": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Array of matching people",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "score": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Match score from search"
          },
          "id": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "TVMaze person ID"
          },
          "name": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Person name"
          },
          "country": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "2-letter country code"
          },
          "birthday": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Birth date (YYYY-MM-DD)"
          },
          "deathday": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Death date (YYYY-MM-DD) or null"
          },
          "gender": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Gender (Male, Female, etc)"
          },
          "image": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Photo URL"
          },
          "tvmaze_url": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "TVMaze person page URL"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query",
    "count",
    "results"
  ]
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tvmaze": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/tvmaze/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

search_people