vocabulary: 1.0.0
info:
  provider: TheTVDB
  description: Unified vocabulary describing TheTVDB v4 API operational surface (67 operations across 29 tag groups) and the Naftiko capability dimension that composes those operations into reusable workflows
    for TV/movie metadata consumption.
  created: '2026-05-30'
  modified: '2026-05-30'
operational:
  apis:
  - name: TheTVDB v4 API
    namespace: tvdb-v4
    version: 4.7.10
    baseUrl: https://api4.thetvdb.com/v4
    status: active
    authentication: JWT Bearer (acquire via /login with apikey + optional pin)
  resources:
  - name: artwork
    actions:
    - get
    operationCount: 4
  - name: awards
    actions:
    - get
    operationCount: 5
  - name: characters
    actions:
    - get
    operationCount: 1
  - name: companies
    actions:
    - get
    operationCount: 3
  - name: content
    actions:
    - get
    operationCount: 1
  - name: countries
    actions:
    - get
    operationCount: 1
  - name: entities
    actions:
    - get
    operationCount: 1
  - name: episodes
    actions:
    - get
    operationCount: 4
  - name: genders
    actions:
    - get
    operationCount: 1
  - name: genres
    actions:
    - get
    operationCount: 2
  - name: inspiration
    actions:
    - get
    operationCount: 1
  - name: languages
    actions:
    - get
    operationCount: 1
  - name: lists
    actions:
    - get
    operationCount: 5
  - name: login
    actions:
    - login
    operationCount: 1
  - name: movies
    actions:
    - get
    operationCount: 7
  - name: people
    actions:
    - get
    operationCount: 5
  - name: search
    actions:
    - get
    operationCount: 2
  - name: seasons
    actions:
    - get
    operationCount: 5
  - name: series
    actions:
    - get
    operationCount: 11
  - name: sources
    actions:
    - get
    operationCount: 1
  - name: updates
    actions:
    - updates
    operationCount: 1
  - name: user
    actions:
    - create
    - get
    operationCount: 4
  actions:
  - verb: create
    pattern: write
  - verb: get
    pattern: read
  - verb: login
    pattern: write
  - verb: updates
    pattern: write
  tags:
  - Artwork
  - Artwork Statuses
  - Artwork Types
  - Award Categories
  - Awards
  - Characters
  - Companies
  - Content Ratings
  - Countries
  - Entity Types
  - Episodes
  - Favorites
  - Genders
  - Genres
  - InspirationTypes
  - Languages
  - Lists
  - Login
  - Movie Statuses
  - Movies
  - People
  - People Types
  - Search
  - Seasons
  - Series
  - Series Statuses
  - Source Types
  - Updates
  - User info
  schemas:
    core:
    - Alias
    - Biography
    - Character
    - Company
    - ParentCompany
    - CompanyRelationShip
    - ContentRating
    - Country
    - Gender
    - Language
    - RecordInfo
    - SearchResult
    - SeriesAirsDays
    - Trailer
    - Inspiration
    - ProductionCountry
    - Companies
    base_records:
    - ArtworkBaseRecord
    - AwardBaseRecord
    - AwardCategoryBaseRecord
    - AwardNomineeBaseRecord
    - EpisodeBaseRecord
    - GenreBaseRecord
    - ListBaseRecord
    - MovieBaseRecord
    - PeopleBaseRecord
    - SeasonBaseRecord
    - SeriesBaseRecord
    - StudioBaseRecord
    extended_records:
    - ArtworkExtendedRecord
    - AwardCategoryExtendedRecord
    - AwardExtendedRecord
    - EpisodeExtendedRecord
    - ListExtendedRecord
    - MovieExtendedRecord
    - PeopleExtendedRecord
    - SeasonExtendedRecord
    - SeriesExtendedRecord
    - TranslationExtended
    reference:
    - ArtworkStatus
    - ArtworkType
    - CompanyType
    - Entity
    - EntityType
    - EntityUpdate
    - PeopleType
    - Race
    - Release
    - RemoteID
    - SearchByRemoteIdResult
    - SeasonType
    - SourceType
    - Status
    - InspirationType
    - Links
    user_data:
    - Favorites
    - FavoriteRecord
    - Tag
    - TagOption
    - Translation
    - TranslationSimple
    - TagOptionEntity
    - UserInfo
  parameters:
    pagination:
    - page
    - offset
    - limit
    identifiers:
    - id
    - slug
    - remoteId
    filters:
    - meta
    - language
    - short
    - company
    - contentRating
    - country
    - genre
    - lang
    - sort
    - status
    - year
    - query
    - q
    - type
    - director
    - primaryType
    - network
    - remote_id
    - remoteId
    - season-type
    - season
    - episodeNumber
    - airDate
    - sortType
    - since
    - action
  authentication:
    schemes:
    - name: bearerAuth
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      acquireVia: /login (apikey + optional pin)
    tokenLifetime: 1 month
    tlsMinimum: TLSv1.2
capability:
  workflows:
  - name: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 Artwork Statuses"
    file: capabilities/v4-artwork-statuses.yaml
    description: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 Artwork Statuses. 1 operations. Lead operation: Get All Artwork Statuses. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one TheTVDB business surface."
    operationCount: 1
    restNamespace: v4-artwork-statuses-rest
    mcpNamespace: v4-artwork-statuses-mcp
    mcpToolCount: 1
  - name: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 Artwork Types"
    file: capabilities/v4-artwork-types.yaml
    description: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 Artwork Types. 1 operations. Lead operation: Get All Artwork Types. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one TheTVDB business surface."
    operationCount: 1
    restNamespace: v4-artwork-types-rest
    mcpNamespace: v4-artwork-types-mcp
    mcpToolCount: 1
  - name: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 Artwork"
    file: capabilities/v4-artwork.yaml
    description: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 Artwork. 2 operations. Lead operation: Get Artwork Base. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one TheTVDB business surface."
    operationCount: 2
    restNamespace: v4-artwork-rest
    mcpNamespace: v4-artwork-mcp
    mcpToolCount: 2
  - name: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 Award Categories"
    file: capabilities/v4-award-categories.yaml
    description: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 Award Categories. 2 operations. Lead operation: Get Award Category. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one TheTVDB business surface."
    operationCount: 2
    restNamespace: v4-award-categories-rest
    mcpNamespace: v4-award-categories-mcp
    mcpToolCount: 2
  - name: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 Awards"
    file: capabilities/v4-awards.yaml
    description: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 Awards. 3 operations. Lead operation: Get All Awards. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one TheTVDB business surface."
    operationCount: 3
    restNamespace: v4-awards-rest
    mcpNamespace: v4-awards-mcp
    mcpToolCount: 3
  - name: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 Characters"
    file: capabilities/v4-characters.yaml
    description: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 Characters. 1 operations. Lead operation: Get Character Base. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one TheTVDB business surface."
    operationCount: 1
    restNamespace: v4-characters-rest
    mcpNamespace: v4-characters-mcp
    mcpToolCount: 1
  - name: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 Companies"
    file: capabilities/v4-companies.yaml
    description: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 Companies. 3 operations. Lead operation: Get All Companies. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one TheTVDB business surface."
    operationCount: 3
    restNamespace: v4-companies-rest
    mcpNamespace: v4-companies-mcp
    mcpToolCount: 3
  - name: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 Content Ratings"
    file: capabilities/v4-content-ratings.yaml
    description: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 Content Ratings. 1 operations. Lead operation: Get All Content Ratings. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one TheTVDB business surface."
    operationCount: 1
    restNamespace: v4-content-ratings-rest
    mcpNamespace: v4-content-ratings-mcp
    mcpToolCount: 1
  - name: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 Countries"
    file: capabilities/v4-countries.yaml
    description: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 Countries. 1 operations. Lead operation: Get All Countries. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one TheTVDB business surface."
    operationCount: 1
    restNamespace: v4-countries-rest
    mcpNamespace: v4-countries-mcp
    mcpToolCount: 1
  - name: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 Entity Types"
    file: capabilities/v4-entity-types.yaml
    description: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 Entity Types. 1 operations. Lead operation: Get Entity Types. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one TheTVDB business surface."
    operationCount: 1
    restNamespace: v4-entity-types-rest
    mcpNamespace: v4-entity-types-mcp
    mcpToolCount: 1
  - name: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 Episodes"
    file: capabilities/v4-episodes.yaml
    description: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 Episodes. 4 operations. Lead operation: Get All Episodes. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one TheTVDB business surface."
    operationCount: 4
    restNamespace: v4-episodes-rest
    mcpNamespace: v4-episodes-mcp
    mcpToolCount: 4
  - name: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 Favorites"
    file: capabilities/v4-favorites.yaml
    description: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 Favorites. 2 operations. Lead operation: Get User Favorites. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one TheTVDB business surface."
    operationCount: 2
    restNamespace: v4-favorites-rest
    mcpNamespace: v4-favorites-mcp
    mcpToolCount: 2
  - name: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 Genders"
    file: capabilities/v4-genders.yaml
    description: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 Genders. 1 operations. Lead operation: Get All Genders. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one TheTVDB business surface."
    operationCount: 1
    restNamespace: v4-genders-rest
    mcpNamespace: v4-genders-mcp
    mcpToolCount: 1
  - name: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 Genres"
    file: capabilities/v4-genres.yaml
    description: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 Genres. 2 operations. Lead operation: Get All Genres. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one TheTVDB business surface."
    operationCount: 2
    restNamespace: v4-genres-rest
    mcpNamespace: v4-genres-mcp
    mcpToolCount: 2
  - name: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 InspirationTypes"
    file: capabilities/v4-inspirationtypes.yaml
    description: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 InspirationTypes. 1 operations. Lead operation: Get All Inspiration Types. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one TheTVDB business surface."
    operationCount: 1
    restNamespace: v4-inspirationtypes-rest
    mcpNamespace: v4-inspirationtypes-mcp
    mcpToolCount: 1
  - name: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 Languages"
    file: capabilities/v4-languages.yaml
    description: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 Languages. 1 operations. Lead operation: Get All Languages. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one TheTVDB business surface."
    operationCount: 1
    restNamespace: v4-languages-rest
    mcpNamespace: v4-languages-mcp
    mcpToolCount: 1
  - name: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 Lists"
    file: capabilities/v4-lists.yaml
    description: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 Lists. 5 operations. Lead operation: Get All Lists. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one TheTVDB business surface."
    operationCount: 5
    restNamespace: v4-lists-rest
    mcpNamespace: v4-lists-mcp
    mcpToolCount: 5
  - name: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 Login"
    file: capabilities/v4-login.yaml
    description: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 Login. 1 operations. Lead operation: Create an Auth Token. the Token Has One Month Validation Length. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one TheTVDB business\
      \ surface."
    operationCount: 1
    restNamespace: v4-login-rest
    mcpNamespace: v4-login-mcp
    mcpToolCount: 1
  - name: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 Movie Statuses"
    file: capabilities/v4-movie-statuses.yaml
    description: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 Movie Statuses. 1 operations. Lead operation: Get All Movie Statuses. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one TheTVDB business surface."
    operationCount: 1
    restNamespace: v4-movie-statuses-rest
    mcpNamespace: v4-movie-statuses-mcp
    mcpToolCount: 1
  - name: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 Movies"
    file: capabilities/v4-movies.yaml
    description: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 Movies. 6 operations. Lead operation: Get All Movie. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one TheTVDB business surface."
    operationCount: 6
    restNamespace: v4-movies-rest
    mcpNamespace: v4-movies-mcp
    mcpToolCount: 6
  - name: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 People Types"
    file: capabilities/v4-people-types.yaml
    description: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 People Types. 1 operations. Lead operation: Get All People Types. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one TheTVDB business surface."
    operationCount: 1
    restNamespace: v4-people-types-rest
    mcpNamespace: v4-people-types-mcp
    mcpToolCount: 1
  - name: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 People"
    file: capabilities/v4-people.yaml
    description: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 People. 4 operations. Lead operation: Get All People. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one TheTVDB business surface."
    operationCount: 4
    restNamespace: v4-people-rest
    mcpNamespace: v4-people-mcp
    mcpToolCount: 4
  - name: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 Search"
    file: capabilities/v4-search.yaml
    description: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 Search. 2 operations. Lead operation: Get Search Results. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one TheTVDB business surface."
    operationCount: 2
    restNamespace: v4-search-rest
    mcpNamespace: v4-search-mcp
    mcpToolCount: 2
  - name: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 Seasons"
    file: capabilities/v4-seasons.yaml
    description: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 Seasons. 5 operations. Lead operation: Get All Seasons. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one TheTVDB business surface."
    operationCount: 5
    restNamespace: v4-seasons-rest
    mcpNamespace: v4-seasons-mcp
    mcpToolCount: 5
  - name: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 Series Statuses"
    file: capabilities/v4-series-statuses.yaml
    description: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 Series Statuses. 1 operations. Lead operation: Get All Series Statuses. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one TheTVDB business surface."
    operationCount: 1
    restNamespace: v4-series-statuses-rest
    mcpNamespace: v4-series-statuses-mcp
    mcpToolCount: 1
  - name: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 Series"
    file: capabilities/v4-series.yaml
    description: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 Series. 10 operations. Lead operation: Get All Series. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one TheTVDB business surface."
    operationCount: 10
    restNamespace: v4-series-rest
    mcpNamespace: v4-series-mcp
    mcpToolCount: 10
  - name: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 Source Types"
    file: capabilities/v4-source-types.yaml
    description: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 Source Types. 1 operations. Lead operation: Get All Source Types. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one TheTVDB business surface."
    operationCount: 1
    restNamespace: v4-source-types-rest
    mcpNamespace: v4-source-types-mcp
    mcpToolCount: 1
  - name: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 Updates"
    file: capabilities/v4-updates.yaml
    description: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 Updates. 1 operations. Lead operation: Updates. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one TheTVDB business surface."
    operationCount: 1
    restNamespace: v4-updates-rest
    mcpNamespace: v4-updates-mcp
    mcpToolCount: 1
  - name: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 User info"
    file: capabilities/v4-user-info.yaml
    description: "TVDB API V4 \u2014 User info. 2 operations. Lead operation: Get User Info. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one TheTVDB business surface."
    operationCount: 2
    restNamespace: v4-user-info-rest
    mcpNamespace: v4-user-info-mcp
    mcpToolCount: 2
  personas:
  - id: media-center-developer
    name: Media Center Developer
    description: Builds Kodi/Plex/Jellyfin plugins consuming TheTVDB metadata
    workflows:
    - capabilities/v4-artwork-statuses.yaml
    - capabilities/v4-artwork-types.yaml
    - capabilities/v4-artwork.yaml
    - capabilities/v4-episodes.yaml
    - capabilities/v4-movies.yaml
    - capabilities/v4-seasons.yaml
    - capabilities/v4-series-statuses.yaml
    - capabilities/v4-series.yaml
  - id: metadata-aggregator
    name: Metadata Aggregator
    description: Maintains a synced copy of TheTVDB data via the /updates endpoint
    workflows:
    - capabilities/v4-updates.yaml
  - id: discovery-builder
    name: Discovery / Recommendations Builder
    description: Uses search, genres, ratings, and people data to power discovery UIs
    workflows:
    - capabilities/v4-awards.yaml
    - capabilities/v4-genres.yaml
    - capabilities/v4-people-types.yaml
    - capabilities/v4-people.yaml
    - capabilities/v4-search.yaml
  - id: subscriber-app
    name: Subscriber App
    description: Apps using subscriber-supported keys; each end user holds a $12/year TheTVDB subscription
    workflows:
    - capabilities/v4-login.yaml
  domains:
  - name: Content Catalog
    resources:
    - series
    - movies
    - episodes
    - seasons
    - lists
  - name: People & Companies
    resources:
    - people
    - companies
    - characters
    - awards
  - name: Reference Data
    resources:
    - genres
    - languages
    - countries
    - content
    - sources
    - inspiration
    - genders
  - name: Discovery
    resources:
    - search
  - name: Synchronization
    resources:
    - updates
  - name: User
    resources:
    - user
    - favorites
  - name: Identity
    resources:
    - login
  binds:
  - env: TVDB_BEARER_TOKEN
    description: JWT bearer token returned from /login, valid for one month
    usedBy: all consume blocks
crossReference:
- resource: artwork
  operations:
  - getArtworkBase
  - getArtworkExtended
  - getAllArtworkStatuses
  - getAllArtworkTypes
  capabilities:
  - capabilities/v4-artwork-statuses.yaml
  - capabilities/v4-artwork-types.yaml
  - capabilities/v4-artwork.yaml
- resource: awards
  operations:
  - getAllAwards
  - getAward
  - getAwardExtended
  - getAwardCategory
  - getAwardCategoryExtended
  capabilities:
  - capabilities/v4-awards.yaml
- resource: characters
  operations:
  - getCharacterBase
  capabilities:
  - capabilities/v4-characters.yaml
- resource: companies
  operations:
  - getAllCompanies
  - getCompanyTypes
  - getCompany
  capabilities:
  - capabilities/v4-companies.yaml
- resource: content
  operations:
  - getAllContentRatings
  capabilities:
  - capabilities/v4-content-ratings.yaml
- resource: countries
  operations:
  - getAllCountries
  capabilities:
  - capabilities/v4-countries.yaml
- resource: entities
  operations:
  - getEntityTypes
  capabilities: []
- resource: episodes
  operations:
  - getAllEpisodes
  - getEpisodeBase
  - getEpisodeExtended
  - getEpisodeTranslation
  capabilities:
  - capabilities/v4-episodes.yaml
- resource: genders
  operations:
  - getAllGenders
  capabilities:
  - capabilities/v4-genders.yaml
- resource: genres
  operations:
  - getAllGenres
  - getGenreBase
  capabilities:
  - capabilities/v4-genres.yaml
- resource: inspiration
  operations:
  - getAllInspirationTypes
  capabilities:
  - capabilities/v4-inspirationtypes.yaml
- resource: languages
  operations:
  - getAllLanguages
  capabilities:
  - capabilities/v4-languages.yaml
- resource: lists
  operations:
  - getAllLists
  - getList
  - getListBySlug
  - getListExtended
  - getListTranslation
  capabilities:
  - capabilities/v4-lists.yaml
- resource: login
  operations:
  - login
  capabilities:
  - capabilities/v4-login.yaml
- resource: movies
  operations:
  - getAllMovie
  - getMovieBase
  - getMovieExtended
  - getMoviesFilter
  - getMovieBaseBySlug
  - getMovieTranslation
  - getAllMovieStatuses
  capabilities:
  - capabilities/v4-movies.yaml
- resource: people
  operations:
  - getAllPeople
  - getPeopleBase
  - getPeopleExtended
  - getPeopleTranslation
  - getAllPeopleTypes
  capabilities:
  - capabilities/v4-people-types.yaml
  - capabilities/v4-people.yaml
- resource: search
  operations:
  - getSearchResults
  - getSearchResultsByRemoteId
  capabilities:
  - capabilities/v4-search.yaml
- resource: seasons
  operations:
  - getAllSeasons
  - getSeasonBase
  - getSeasonExtended
  - getSeasonTypes
  - getSeasonTranslation
  capabilities:
  - capabilities/v4-seasons.yaml
- resource: series
  operations:
  - getAllSeries
  - getSeriesBase
  - getSeriesArtworks
  - getSeriesNextAired
  - getSeriesExtended
  - getSeriesEpisodes
  - getSeriesSeasonEpisodesTranslated
  - getSeriesFilter
  - getSeriesBaseBySlug
  - getSeriesTranslation
  - getAllSeriesStatuses
  capabilities:
  - capabilities/v4-series-statuses.yaml
  - capabilities/v4-series.yaml
- resource: sources
  operations:
  - getAllSourceTypes
  capabilities: []
- resource: updates
  operations:
  - updates
  capabilities:
  - capabilities/v4-updates.yaml
- resource: user
  operations:
  - getUserInfo
  - getUserInfoById
  - getUserFavorites
  - createUserFavorites
  capabilities:
  - capabilities/v4-user-info.yaml