MCP server for desktop video capture and analysis on macOS
MCP server for desktop video capture and analysis on macOS. The mcp desktop dvr mcp server wraps that behind the Model Context Protocol, so an assistant can use it through 5 defined tools rather than through you.
MCP server for desktop video capture and analysis on macOS. Enables Claude to analyze screen activity through a 30-minute rolling buffer.
Everything the assistant can do here goes through one of these:
start-continuous-capture — Begin recordinganalyze-desktop-now — Extract and analyze recent activityget-capture-status — Check recording statusstop-capture — Stop recordingconfigure-capture — Update settingsYou will need 3 environment variables: ANALYZER_PREFERENCE, OPENAI_API_KEY, OPENAI_MODEL. The server will not start without them, which is usually why the tools fail to appear on a first run. 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.
This entry was verified against MCP Desktop DVR's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.
| 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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