MCP server for desktop video capture and analysis on macOS
MCP server for desktop video capture and analysis on macOS
MCP server for desktop video capture and analysis on macOS. Enables Claude to analyze screen activity through a 30-minute rolling buffer.
You will need 3 environment variables: ANALYZER_PREFERENCE, OPENAI_API_KEY, OPENAI_MODEL. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.
Setup follows the usual MCP pattern — install or clone the server, register it in your client's configuration file, restart the client. The configuration blocks on this page cover the common clients.
Among the AI and media services options, the useful question is rarely "what can it do" but "what does it cost you to run" — permissions, credentials, and how much of your context its toolset consumes. MCP Desktop DVR's toolset — start-continuous-capture, analyze-desktop-now, get-capture-status and 2 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by Randroids-Dojo; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
start-continuous-capture — Begin recordinganalyze-desktop-now — Extract and analyze recent activityget-capture-status — Check recording statusstop-capture — Stop recordingconfigure-capture — Update settingsCompare MCP servers by category, or browse hosted MCP servers if you prefer an endpoint over a local process.
Check the linked publisher documentation and your connected client's tool list. Names and availability can vary with the server version and account permissions.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| start-continuous-capture | Begin recording |
| analyze-desktop-now | Extract and analyze recent activity |
| get-capture-status | Check recording status |
| stop-capture | Stop recording |
| configure-capture | Update settings |
Add to Claude Desktop config:
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"desktop-dvr": {
"command": "node",
"args": ["/path/to/mcp-desktop-dvr/dist/index.js"],
"env": {
"ANALYZER_PREFERENCE": "auto" // Auto-select best available analyzer
}
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| ANALYZER_PREFERENCE | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
| OPENAI_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| OPENAI_MODEL | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
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