README.md
An MCP server that enables interaction with local camera devices
camera-mcp
Camera MCP server
$ uv run --with git+https://github.com/u1f992/camera-mcp camera-mcp --help
usage: camera-mcp [-h] [--width WIDTH] [--height HEIGHT] [--hflip] [--vflip] [--brightness BRIGHTNESS] [--png] [--comment COMMENT]
{/dev/video0,/dev/video1,/dev/video2,/dev/video3}
Camera MCP server
positional arguments:
{/dev/video0,/dev/video1,/dev/video2,/dev/video3}
camera device
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--width WIDTH capture width (default: 640) (software fallback if unsupported)
--height HEIGHT capture height (default: 480) (software fallback if unsupported)
--hflip flip image horizontally (software fallback if unsupported)
--vflip flip image vertically (software fallback if unsupported)
--brightness BRIGHTNESS
camera brightness (ignored if unsupported)
--png use PNG instead of JPEG
--comment COMMENT additional description for LLM
Tools (1)
capture_imageCaptures an image from the specified camera device with configurable resolution and orientation.Configuration
claude_desktop_config.json
{"mcpServers": {"camera-mcp": {"command": "uv", "args": ["run", "--with", "git+https://github.com/u1f992/camera-mcp", "camera-mcp", "/dev/video0"]}}}Try it
→Take a photo using the default camera and describe what you see.
→Capture an image from /dev/video0 with a resolution of 1280x720.
→Take a vertically flipped photo using the camera.
→Capture a PNG image from the camera and save it.