Webcam/Screenshot Capture
About
Enables capturing and analyzing live webcam images and screenshots for real-time visual context in AI applications.
Details
- Author
- evalstate
- Repository
- evalstate/mcp-webcam
- GitHub stars
- 90
- Downloads
- 921
- License
- MIT License
- Categories
- AI, Design, Developer Tools, Media, Database, Frontend
- Tags
- #web
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Setting up with Highlight
This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:
- Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
- Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
-
Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
Webcam/Screenshot CaptureCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)npxArguments-
Argument 1
-y -
Argument 2
@llmindset/mcp-webcam
Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
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Argument 1
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
- MCP_TRANSPORT_MODE - Set to stdio for STDIO mode, defaults to streaming
- PORT - The port to run on (default: 3333)
- BIND_HOST - Network interface to bind the server to (default: localhost)
- MCP_HOST - Public-facing URL for user instructions and MCP client connections (default: http://localhost:3333)
docker run -p 3333:3333 -e MCP_HOST=https://evalstate-mcp-webcam.hf.space ghcr.io/evalstate/mcp-webcam:latest
docker run -p 3333:3333 -e MCP_HOST=https://your-domain.com ghcr.io/evalstate/mcp-webcam:latest
```
capture
Capture an image from the Webcam.
screenshot
Take a screenshot of the current view.
sample
Send a sampling request to the Client along with an entered message.
Claude Desktop / Cursor
Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"webcam/screenshot capture": {
"env": {},
"args": [
"-y",
"@llmindset/mcp-webcam"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}Linux
{
"env": [],
"args": [
"-y",
"@llmindset/mcp-webcam"
],
"command": "npx"
}Macos
{
"env": [],
"args": [
"-y",
"@llmindset/mcp-webcam"
],
"command": "npx"
}Windows
{
"env": [],
"args": [
"/c",
"npx",
"-y",
"@llmindset/mcp-webcam"
],
"command": "cmd"
}⭐⭐ mcp-webcam 0.2.0 - the 50 Star Update ⭐⭐
In celebration of getting 52 GitHub stars, mcp-webcam 0.2.0 is here! Now supports streamable-http!! No installation required! - try it now at https://webcam.fast-agent.ai/. You can specify your own UserID by adding ?user=<YOUR_USER_ID> after the URL. Note this shared instance is for fun, not security - see below for instructions how to run your own copy locally.
In streamable-http mode multiple clients can connect simultaneously, and you can choose which is used for Sampling.
If we get to 100 stars I'll add another feature 😊.
Multi-user Mode
When run in Streaming mode, if you set an MCP_HOST environment variable the host name is used as a prefix in URL construction, and 5 character UserIDs are automatically generated when the User lands on the webpage.
mcp-webcam
MCP Server that provides access to your WebCam. Provides capture and screenshot tools to take an image from the Webcam, or take a screenshot. The current image is also available as a Resource.
MCP Sampling
mcp-webcam supports "sampling"! Press the "Sample" button to send a sampling request to the Client along with your entered message.
> [!TIP]
> Claude Desktop does not currently support Sampling. If you want a Client that can handle multi-modal sampling request, try https://github.com/evalstate/fast-agent/ or VSCode (more details below).
Installation and Running
NPX
Install a recent version of NodeJS for your platform. The NPM package is @llmindset/mcp-webcam.
To start in STDIO mode: npx @llmindset/mcp-webcam. This starts the mcp-webcam UI on port 3333. Point your browser at http://localhost:3333 to get started.
To change the port: npx @llmindset/mcp-webcam 9999. This starts mcp-webcam the UI on port 9999.
For Streaming HTTP mode: npx @llmindset/mcp-webcam --streaming. This will make the UI available at http://localhost:3333 and the MCP Server available at http://localhost:3333/mcp.
Docker
You can run mcp-webcam using Docker. By default, it starts in streaming mode:
docker run -p 3333:3333 ghcr.io/evalstate/mcp-webcam:latest
Environment Variables
- MCP_TRANSPORT_MODE - Set to stdio for STDIO mode, defaults to streaming
- PORT - The port to run on (default: 3333)
- BIND_HOST - Network interface to bind the server to (default: localhost)
- MCP_HOST - Public-facing URL for user instructions and MCP client connections (default: http://localhost:3333)
Examples
```bash
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