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# Get a service

> Returns a sellable service by its identifier: type, default quantity, whether it is included in the document price and which resources are needed to provide it.

It does NOT emit its cost or the internal name.

TOOL `filmo_services_get` · `services:read` · 120/min · Server annotation: Read-only · Server annotation: Idempotent

## Arguments

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `serviceId` | string | Yes | Service identifier. |

## Result

On success the result carries `structuredContent` with `data` and `meta`. These are the attributes of `data`.

| Name | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | string | Unique service identifier. |
| `name` | string | Service name as the customer sees it. |
| `serviceType` | string | Type: crew (personnel), fleet (vehicles) or general. |
| `description` | string | Description; null if it has none. |
| `defaultQty` | integer | Quantity added to an order by default. |
| `showInPlanner` | boolean | Whether it appears as a plannable service. |
| `includeInPrice` | boolean | Whether its amount counts towards the document total. |
| `collectionName` | string | Path of the collection it belongs to; null if it is in none. |
| `tags` | object[] | Service tags, with their identifier and name. |
| `tags.id` | string | Unique identifier of the tag. |
| `tags.name` | string | Tag name. |
| `requirements` | object[] | Resources needed to provide it. |
| `requirements.requiredResourceType` | string | What is needed to provide it: personnel or vehicle. `personnel`, `vehicle` |
| `requirements.qty` | integer | How many are needed. |
| `requirements.requiredTags` | string[] | Tags the assigned resource must have. E.g.: "Carné C". |
| `createdAt` | string<date-time> | Creation date in ISO 8601 UTC; null if not recorded. |
| `updatedAt` | string<date-time> | Last modification date in ISO 8601 UTC; null if not recorded. |

*Call · filmo_services_get*

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "filmo_services_get",
    "arguments": {
      "serviceId": "serv_8f2a1c"
    }
  }
}
```

*Result (generated from the schema)*

```json
{
  "structuredContent": {
    "data": {
      "id": "id_8f2a1c",
      "name": "Example",
      "serviceType": "<serviceType>",
      "description": "<description>",
      "defaultQty": 1,
      "showInPlanner": true,
      "includeInPrice": true,
      "collectionName": "Example",
      "tags": [
        {
          "id": "id_8f2a1c",
          "name": "Example"
        }
      ],
      "requirements": [
        {
          "requiredResourceType": "personnel",
          "qty": 1,
          "requiredTags": [
            "<requiredTags>"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "createdAt": "2026-09-01T08:00:00Z",
      "updatedAt": "2026-09-01T08:00:00Z"
    },
    "meta": {
      "rateLimit": {
        "limit": 120,
        "remaining": 119,
        "reset": 42
      },
      "etag": "\"3sT3d9pBvZq4h2N0w8x1YkLmQ7c\""
    }
  }
}
```

## The same operation by REST

This tool runs [`GET /api/v1/services/{serviceId}`](https://docs.filmo.io/rest-api/endpoint-reference/services/get-a-service).

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Canonical URL: https://docs.filmo.io/mcp/tools/services/filmo-services-get  
Last updated: 2026-10-25