scenef_search_showtimes
Search showtimes for a film
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Showtimes scoped by FILM or by THEATER — pass at least one. With film: where that film is playing (title or slug; fuzzy-matched, ambiguous queries return candidates). With venues and no film: everything on at those theaters, each showtime naming its film. Grouped by theater with local times, tags (35mm/qa/sold-out), the night each show belongs to, and a ticket link per showtime. Optional date and time-window filters apply to both. For the whole board with no film or theater in mind, call scenef_whats_playing instead. "detailed" adds the full showtimes array, each row carrying its confidence level, source tier, reporting sources and verified_at timestamp; "concise" gives showtime_count and next_showtime instead.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| region | string | no | 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. |
| film | string | no | Film title, or a SceneF slug taken from films[].slug / scenef_whats_playing. A title that is not on the board answers with a miss and points at scenef_whats_playing, so guessing is safe but browsing is faster. Optional when `venues` is given — omit it to ask what is on at a theater. |
| date | string | no | Restrict to one night, YYYY-MM-DD. |
| time_after | string | no | Only shows at or after this local time, "HH:MM" 24h. |
| time_before | string | no | Only shows at or before this local time, "HH:MM" 24h. |
| venues | array | no | Restrict to these theaters (ids or names), e.g. ["roxie", "Balboa"]. Required when `film` is omitted. |
| response_format | string | no | 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. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"region": {
"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"
},
"film": {
"description": "Film title, or a SceneF slug taken from films[].slug / scenef_whats_playing. A title that is not on the board answers with a miss and points at scenef_whats_playing, so guessing is safe but browsing is faster. Optional when `venues` is given — omit it to ask what is on at a theater.",
"type": "string"
},
"date": {
"description": "Restrict to one night, YYYY-MM-DD.",
"type": "string"
},
"time_after": {
"description": "Only shows at or after this local time, \"HH:MM\" 24h.",
"type": "string"
},
"time_before": {
"description": "Only shows at or before this local time, \"HH:MM\" 24h.",
"type": "string"
},
"venues": {
"description": "Restrict to these theaters (ids or names), e.g. [\"roxie\", \"Balboa\"]. Required when `film` is omitted.",
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"response_format": {
"description": "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.",
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"concise",
"detailed"
]
}
}
}