Smartest MCP Server

Control any smart TV with natural language. Resolve Netflix/YouTube/Spotify and deep-link.

Local serverstdioPython

What is the Smartest MCP server?

Connect Smartest to Claude, Cursor or any other MCP client and it stops being a tab you switch to. Control any smart TV with natural language. Resolve Netflix/YouTube/Spotify and deep-link. The smartest mcp server is what makes that connection.

What the server does

Installation

The server ships on PyPI as stv, so your MCP client can launch it on demand — there is no separate build step. Add the server block to your client's configuration, restart it, and the tools register themselves.

Available tools

The toolset is worth reading before you wire it up, because it tells you what the integration is really for:

  • Category — Tool
  • Play — tv_play
  • Discover — tv_whats_on
  • Control — tv_power
  • Organize — tv_queue
  • Intelligence — tv_insights
  • Multi-TV — tv_sync
  • Time — What happens
  • Integration — How
  • OpenClaw — clawhub install smartest-tv → Telegram bot
  • cron — 0 7 * * * stv display dashboard ..

Credentials and setup notes

Configuration is passed through the environment: STV_NO_CONTRIBUTE. Treat anything key-shaped as a real credential — scope it to the minimum the server needs, and rotate it if it ever lands in a shared config.

Worth knowing first

  • It runs with your machine's permissions. That is convenient and also the reason to think about what you point it at before you approve a tool call.
  • With 11 tools registered it takes up a noticeable share of the context window; turn it off in projects that never touch Smartest.
  • Keep per-call confirmation enabled while you learn its behaviour; it is the cheapest safeguard you have.

Where it fits

Plenty of team communication servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. Smartest's toolset — Category, Play, Discover and 8 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by Hybirdss; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
CategoryTool
Playtv_play
Discovertv_whats_on
Controltv_power
Organizetv_queue
Intelligencetv_insights
Multi-TVtv_sync
TimeWhat happens
IntegrationHow
OpenClawclawhub install smartest-tv → Telegram bot
cron0 7 * * * stv display dashboard ...

How to install the Smartest MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "smartest-tv": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["stv"],
      "env": {
        "STV_NO_CONTRIBUTE": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
STV_NO_CONTRIBUTEConfiguration value read at startup.Optional

Example prompts to try

  • Use Smartest to Category.
  • Use Smartest to Play.
  • Use Smartest to Discover.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Smartest to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 11 tools (Category, Play, Discover, and more) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Smartest directly.