Video History Project

Tools

Token cost is the o200k count of the tools list JSON, including schemas, before any tool is called.

• export_citations

  Export citations for 1–25 VHP IDs or URLs. format is text or ris; target is publication (the cataloged work) or page (the VHP web page). Missing publication metadata returns a per-item error; choose p

• get_record

  Read a public VHP record by ID or VHP URL, resolving old addresses locally. Returns metadata, source links, citations and a section of existing text. Default section is body; choose other section name

• list_terms

  Find catalog author or subject filter keys by part of a name. Returns exact keys, display labels and counts of discoverable records. field is author or subject. Follow nextPage; use a returned key in

• search_records

  Search public VHP records by words or quoted phrases. Empty query browses. Combine exact author/subject keys from list_terms, recorded years and a type from describe_collection. Follow nextPage. Excer

• get_related_records

  Get the site's existing similarity suggestions for a public record. These are research leads, not evidence of a historical relationship. May return no suggestions when the index has none or the editor

• describe_collection

  Describe the Video History Project collection, searchable text, filters, citation practices and response limits. Useful when beginning research.