Screencast MCP

What you can do with it

We have not written a plain-language summary for this one yet. Below are the facts we read from the registry.

• Connection: Runs on your computer
• Transport: stdio
• Category: Other

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

You need

• npmNode.js installed (for the npx command)

Which app do you use?

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "screencast": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@tmhs/screencast-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SCREENCAST_HOME": "your-value",
        "SCREENCAST_ALLOWED_DIRS": "your-value",
        "FFMPEG_PATH": "your-value",
        "FFPROBE_PATH": "your-value",
        "SCREENCAST_WHISPER_MODEL": "your-value",
        "SCREENCAST_MAX_RECORDING_SEC": "your-value",
        "SCREENCAST_JOB_TIMEOUT_MS": "your-value",
        "SCREENCAST_RETENTION_DAYS": "your-value",
        "SCREENCAST_PS_TIMEOUT_MS": "your-value",
        "SCREENCAST_CONFIRM_CAPTURE": "your-value",
        "SCREENCAST_TOOLSETS": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

claude mcp add screencast --env SCREENCAST_HOME=your-value --env SCREENCAST_ALLOWED_DIRS=your-value --env FFMPEG_PATH=your-value --env FFPROBE_PATH=your-value --env SCREENCAST_WHISPER_MODEL=your-value --env SCREENCAST_MAX_RECORDING_SEC=your-value --env SCREENCAST_JOB_TIMEOUT_MS=your-value --env SCREENCAST_RETENTION_DAYS=your-value --env SCREENCAST_PS_TIMEOUT_MS=your-value --env SCREENCAST_CONFIRM_CAPTURE=your-value --env SCREENCAST_TOOLSETS=your-value -- npx -y @tmhs/screencast-mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "screencast": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@tmhs/screencast-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SCREENCAST_HOME": "your-value",
        "SCREENCAST_ALLOWED_DIRS": "your-value",
        "FFMPEG_PATH": "your-value",
        "FFPROBE_PATH": "your-value",
        "SCREENCAST_WHISPER_MODEL": "your-value",
        "SCREENCAST_MAX_RECORDING_SEC": "your-value",
        "SCREENCAST_JOB_TIMEOUT_MS": "your-value",
        "SCREENCAST_RETENTION_DAYS": "your-value",
        "SCREENCAST_PS_TIMEOUT_MS": "your-value",
        "SCREENCAST_CONFIRM_CAPTURE": "your-value",
        "SCREENCAST_TOOLSETS": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "screencast": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@tmhs/screencast-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SCREENCAST_HOME": "your-value",
        "SCREENCAST_ALLOWED_DIRS": "your-value",
        "FFMPEG_PATH": "your-value",
        "FFPROBE_PATH": "your-value",
        "SCREENCAST_WHISPER_MODEL": "your-value",
        "SCREENCAST_MAX_RECORDING_SEC": "your-value",
        "SCREENCAST_JOB_TIMEOUT_MS": "your-value",
        "SCREENCAST_RETENTION_DAYS": "your-value",
        "SCREENCAST_PS_TIMEOUT_MS": "your-value",
        "SCREENCAST_CONFIRM_CAPTURE": "your-value",
        "SCREENCAST_TOOLSETS": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.

Values you fill in

• SCREENCAST_HOME env
  Where recordings, frames, screenshots, and edits are written (default /.screencast-mcp)
• SCREENCAST_ALLOWED_DIRS env
  Semicolon-separated folders tools may read from and write to besides SCREENCAST_HOME; when set (or when the client sends roots), files elsewhere are refused. Also allows overwriting files in these fo…
• FFMPEG_PATH env
  Path to ffmpeg if it is not on PATH (ffmpeg and ffprobe are required)
• FFPROBE_PATH env
  Path to ffprobe if it is not on PATH
• SCREENCAST_WHISPER_MODEL env
  whisper.cpp model file (ggml-*.bin) used by transcribe when a call passes no model
• SCREENCAST_MAX_RECORDING_SEC env
  Default recording cap in seconds when a call sets no maxDurationSec (default 3600; 0 disables it)
• SCREENCAST_JOB_TIMEOUT_MS env
  Override the edit job timeout in milliseconds (default scales with the media length)
• SCREENCAST_RETENTION_DAYS env
  At startup, delete screenshots, frames, and leftover raw event logs older than this many days (never recordings or edits; off by default)
• SCREENCAST_PS_TIMEOUT_MS env
  Limit in milliseconds for the PowerShell helpers that list monitors and windows and run OCR (default 20000; OCR 60000)
• SCREENCAST_CONFIRM_CAPTURE env
  Set to 1 to ask the user to confirm every live capture through MCP elicitation; clients without elicitation are refused (off by default)
• SCREENCAST_TOOLSETS env
  Comma-separated toolsets to load: capture, watch, edit, produce, audio (doctor and get_media_info are always on; default all)

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

Runs on your computer; the tool list appears in your AI app after you install it.

Basic checksi

We check information anyone can see; we have not read the code. Checks that do not apply are left out of the count. · Checked Nov 7, 2026

• ✓ Pass

  Maker matches the repo

  The registry name was verified with the GitHub account TMHSDigital, which owns the repo

• … Not checked yet

  Still maintained

  We have not read this repo from GitHub yet

• … Not checked yet

  Has a licence

  We have not read this repo from GitHub yet

• – Not applicable

  Endpoint responds

  This one runs on your computer; there is no internet endpoint

• – Not applicable

  Sign-in with OAuth

  Runs on your computer and uses local settings instead

• … Not checked yet

  No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

  Runs on your computer; we can only read tool lists from internet endpoints

Compared with others in Otheri

• More stars than 0% of the other 32655 servers in this category
• Published to the registry more recently than 85% of the other 32655 servers in this category
• Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 32655 servers in this category

Compared with every active server in this category in the registry. Stars count only when the publisher owns the repo.

Alternatives

Servers in the same category from other makers, sorted by stars.

Reading a card:★ GitHub starsiThree pillars: reviews · checks · usageiUpdated = latest version published to the registryi

README from the maker

{ "mcpServers": { "screencast": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@tmhs/screencast-mcp"] } } }