Kulturbase

Search and discover currently playable Nordic cultural recordings.

Should I use this

Quality & Safety

A
Description quality
100%
Schema completeness
83%
Naming quality
100%
Poisoning risk
100%
Permission match
100%
Protocol compliance
100%

Based on automated analysis of tool definitions and protocol compliance.

Context Cost

~768Tokens (tool definitions)
~3.9 KBTypical response size
Moderate attention impact (0.60% of 128k context)

This is the approximate number of tokens consumed each time the server's tools are loaded into a model's context. Higher counts reduce the attention available for other tasks.

Install

One-Click Install

Add this to your `claude_desktop_config.json` file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "catalogue": {
      "url": "https://kulturbase.no/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Remote endpoints

https://kulturbase.no/mcpstreamable-http

What it can do

Tool inventory

Tools (2)

🟢 Read-only🟡 Write🔴 Delete⚪ Unknown
🟢search_catalog(query, limit, preferences)

Search Kulturbase for playable Nordic cultural programmes, recordings, works, series and people. Returns compact catalogue links.

Input Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 2,
      "maxLength": 64,
      "description": "A title, person, series or programme to search for."
    },
    "limit": {
      "default": 10,
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 20
    },
    "preferences": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "format": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "all",
            "video",
            "audio"
          ]
        },
        "languages": {
          "maxItems": 4,
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "no",
              "sv",
              "da",
              "sami"
            ]
          }
        },
        "requireSubtitles": {
          "type": "boolean"
        },
        "hideNorwayOnly": {
          "type": "boolean"
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"
}

Output Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "total": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 0,
      "maximum": 9007199254740991
    },
    "results": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "type": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "institution",
              "place",
              "person",
              "work",
              "series",
              "performance",
              "episode"
            ]
          },
          "id": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "number"
            ]
          },
          "title": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "summary": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "url": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "type",
          "id",
          "title",
          "summary",
          "url"
        ],
        "additionalProperties": false
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query",
    "total",
    "results"
  ],
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "additionalProperties": false
}
🟢find_recording(category, duration, seed, preferences)

Choose one currently playable recording in a requested cultural category and duration band, with optional format, language, subtitle and geography preferences.

Input Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "category": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "teater",
        "opera",
        "dans",
        "konsert",
        "kulturprogram",
        "film",
        "barn"
      ]
    },
    "duration": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "15",
        "30",
        "60",
        "90",
        "lang"
      ]
    },
    "seed": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 0,
      "maximum": 4294967295
    },
    "preferences": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "format": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "all",
            "video",
            "audio"
          ]
        },
        "languages": {
          "maxItems": 4,
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "no",
              "sv",
              "da",
              "sami"
            ]
          }
        },
        "requireSubtitles": {
          "type": "boolean"
        },
        "hideNorwayOnly": {
          "type": "boolean"
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "category",
    "duration"
  ],
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"
}

Output Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "found": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "category": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "duration": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "nextSeed": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 0,
      "maximum": 9007199254740991
    },
    "recording": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "title": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "creator": {
              "type": [
                "string",
                "null"
              ]
            },
            "year": {
              "anyOf": [
                {
                  "type": "integer",
                  "minimum": -9007199254740991,
                  "maximum": 9007199254740991
                },
                {
                  "type": "null"
                }
              ]
            },
            "durationSeconds": {
              "type": "integer",
              "exclusiveMinimum": 0,
              "maximum": 9007199254740991
            },
            "catalogUrl": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "providerUrl": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "title",
            "creator",
            "year",
            "durationSeconds",
            "catalogUrl",
            "providerUrl"
          ],
          "additionalProperties": false
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "found",
    "category",
    "duration",
    "nextSeed",
    "recording"
  ],
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Recommended Prompts

search_research
Search for information about [topic] using Kulturbase
Expected tools: search_catalog
find_specific
Find [specific item] using Kulturbase
Expected tools: search_catalog

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