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MandarinClips Authentic Chinese Cinema Corpus

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Search 180,000+ authentic Chinese cinema clips, HSK grammar, and expressions for TCSL educators.

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Installation

Ajoutez ceci à la configuration MCP de votre client (Claude Desktop : claude_desktop_config.json ; Cursor : .cursor/mcp.json ; VS Code et les autres utilisent la même forme « mcpServers »).

Remote (sse)
Claude Code 
claude mcp add --transport sse mandarinclips-authentic-chinese-cinema-c 'https://www.mandarinclips.com/mcp'
Configuration JSON (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code) 
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "mandarinclips-authentic-chinese-cinema-c": {
            "type": "sse",
            "url": "https://www.mandarinclips.com/mcp"
        }
    }
}
NPM package mandarinclips-mcp
Claude Code 
claude mcp add mandarinclips-authentic-chinese-cinema-c -e 'MANDARINCLIPS_API_KEY=<your mandarinclips_api_key>' -- npx -y mandarinclips-mcp@1.1.0
Configuration JSON (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code) 
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "mandarinclips-authentic-chinese-cinema-c": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "mandarinclips-mcp@1.1.0"
            ],
            "env": {
                "MANDARINCLIPS_API_KEY": "<your mandarinclips_api_key>"
            }
        }
    }
}

Variables d'environnement

  • MANDARINCLIPS_API_KEY secret Optional API Key for elevated quota. Get your free key at https://www.mandarinclips.com/account

Documentation

Tirée du README du projet sur GitHub, actualisée chaque semaine. Les liens ouvrent GitHub.

Sommaire
  1. MandarinClips MCP Server 🎬
  2. 🌟 Why MandarinClips MCP?
  3. 🚀 Quickstart: Setup with Claude Desktop
  4. 🧰 Available Tools
  5. 🎯 Example Prompts to Try in Claude
  6. 🔑 Tiered Daily Quotas
  7. 🏛️ Ecosystem & Links
  8. 📄 License

MandarinClips MCP Server 🎬

Official Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for MandarinClips — the linguistic cinema corpus designed for Chinese language educators (TCSL) and advanced learners.

Seamlessly connect Claude Desktop, Cursor, and AI agents directly to a database of 180,000+ authentic Chinese movie and television dialogue snippets, complete with native audio citations, HSK 3.0 grammar formulas, and real-world pragmatic subtexts.

🌟 Why MandarinClips MCP?

Traditional textbooks teach sterile Chinese dialogues. Real native speech is packed with subtle cultural subtext, conversational hedging, and colloquial idioms.

This MCP server empowers LLMs to design authentic, cinema-backed Chinese lesson plans, exercises, and vocabulary guides:

  • Authentic Cinema Context: Real video turn sequences (previous, target, and succeeding lines) instead of robotic machine-generated sentences.
  • Pedagogical Indexing: Search by HSK 3.0 level (1 to 7-9), syntactic grammar patterns, or pragmatic social scenarios (e.g., polite refusals, workplace disputes).
  • Direct Markdown Citations: Every retrieved example automatically embeds an authentic scene link pointing directly to MandarinClips.

🚀 Quickstart: Setup with Claude Desktop

Add this configuration to your Claude Desktop config file:

  • macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
  • Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
1. Anonymous / Free Tier (Default)

Run directly via npx with zero installation:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mandarinclips": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mandarinclips-mcp"]
    }
  }
}
2. With API Key (Elevated Quota)

To get 8 free queries per day or unlimited Pro access, obtain your API key from your MandarinClips Account Dashboard:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mandarinclips": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mandarinclips-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "MANDARINCLIPS_API_KEY": "mc_live_your_api_key_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop, and you will see the MandarinClips tools ready in the toolbar!

🧰 Available Tools

Tool NameDescriptionParameters
search_cinema_clipsSearch 180,000+ real movie dialogues by Chinese characters, Pinyin, or English topics.query (str), hsk_level (opt int 1-7), limit (opt int 1-20)
get_grammar_guideRetrieve structural sentence formulas and real dialogue examples for a grammar pattern.slug (e.g., 'hai-shi-ba', 'lian-dou')
get_expression_guideLook up colloquial idioms, slang, and cultural nuances in cinematic contexts.slug (e.g., 'hai-shi-suan-le-ba', 'bu-de-bu')
get_hsk_vocabularyRetrieve official HSK 3.0 vocabulary lists with definitions and linked video counts.level (int 1-7), page (opt int), limit (opt int)
get_word_detailDetailed dictionary profile of a Chinese character/word, showing linked cinema clips.slug (e.g., 'ai-6', 'zuo-tian')

🎯 Example Prompts to Try in Claude

  • "Design a 45-minute lesson plan for HSK 3 students on the '还是…吧' structure. Use MandarinClips to find 3 real movie dialogue examples."
  • "Give me 5 authentic video examples showing how native Chinese speakers politely refuse an invitation in daily life."
  • "Extract Level 2 HSK words related to food, provide pinyin, definitions, and link their video citations."

🔑 Tiered Daily Quotas

MandarinClips enforces fair-use daily quotas:

  • Anonymous (No API Key): 3 queries / day (per IP address).
  • Free Account: 8 queries / day. Get your free API key.
  • Pro Subscribers: Unlimited queries & high-speed exports via Patreon.
  • Educators & Professors: Apply for a complimentary 3-month Pro license via the Academic Access Program.

📄 License

MIT License © 2026 MandarinClips Team.

Questions fréquentes

Qu'est-ce que MandarinClips Authentic Chinese Cinema Corpus ?

Search 180,000+ authentic Chinese cinema clips, HSK grammar, and expressions for TCSL educators.

Comment installer MandarinClips Authentic Chinese Cinema Corpus ?

Il fonctionne comme serveur distant. Dans Claude Code : claude mcp add --transport sse mandarinclips-authentic-chinese-cinema-c 'https://www.mandarinclips.com/mcp'. Pour les autres clients, collez la configuration JSON de cette page dans leurs réglages MCP.

Faut-il une clé API pour MandarinClips Authentic Chinese Cinema Corpus ?

Oui. Il attend MANDARINCLIPS_API_KEY, à renseigner dans sa configuration.

MandarinClips Authentic Chinese Cinema Corpus est-il open source ?

Oui. Son code est sur GitHub sous licence MIT.

Qui maintient MandarinClips Authentic Chinese Cinema Corpus ?

Il est publié par IndexFlowing. AI.tn le référence sans le maintenir ni le recommander.

Issu du registre MCP officiel. Être listé n'est pas une recommandation : vérifiez le code et les permissions d'un serveur avant de lui donner accès à vos données.