Watch Skill MCP Server

Give AI agents eyes, ears, and verifiable results. Watch Skill turns video, audio and screen activity into searchable, timestamped evidence, and answers did that actually work? with a deterministic contract rather than a model's opinion. Add it to the agent you already use over MCP. It runs locally over stdio via the published package.

People who work with computer vision, multimodal and ocr and want it reachable from Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in Python.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-09-14 · ★ 379 · #3 OF 120 MAINTAINED DEVOPS & MONITORING · VERIFIED 2026-09-18

MIT · Python servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Watch Skill

Claude Code

claude mcp add oxbshw-watch-skill -- uvx watch-skill

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "oxbshw-watch-skill": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "watch-skill"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Same JSON for Cursor. For VS Code, rename the top-level key from `mcpServers` to `servers`.

Using another client? Same JSON, different key

Claude Desktop · mcpServers

Cursor · mcpServers

VS Code · servers

Windsurf · mcpServers

Zed · context_servers

Cline · mcpServers

Roo Code · mcpServers

Continue · mcpServers

LibreChat · mcpServers

Gemini CLI · mcpServers

Codex CLI · mcp_servers

Full setup guides: every client.

02 · Evidence

Security posture

What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.

runs as local process (stdio) - runs on your machine with your user's permissions

license MIT - declared in the repository

pypi package watch-skill - check the name against the project README before installing (PyPI has no namespace ownership)

registry namespace io.github.oxbshw is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What Watch Skill can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

Latest releases

deepwatch-v0.1.4 · 2026-09-08

DeepWatch 0.1.4 - the agent workspace built on the official · DeepSeek Harness and · powered by Watch Skill for perception, evidence and independent · verification. · An agent works inside something that watches it…

core-v1.4.3 · 2026-09-08

DeepWatch v0.1.2 - 2026-09-08 · Moves with Watch Skill 1.4.1, and carries the gate work that release needed. · Nothing in the workspace behaves differently. The compatibility matrix names · the engine this distribution…

deepwatch-v0.1.3 · 2026-09-08

DeepWatch 0.1.3 - the agent workspace built on the official · DeepSeek Harness and · powered by Watch Skill for perception, evidence and independent · verification. · An agent works inside something that watches it…

04 · Who maintains Watch Skill

watch-skill is maintained by oxbshw. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Jul 2026.

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/oxbshw/watch-skill
website: https://github.com/oxbshw/watch-skill
category: DevOps & monitoring - ranked #3 of 120 actively-maintained DevOps & monitoring servers as of 2026-09-18.
release cadence: 9 releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-09-08)
registry: io.github.oxbshw/watch-skill (active, first published 2026-08-22 · 5 versions)
packages: pypi:watch-skill

06 · Watch Skill FAQ

What is Watch Skill?

Is Watch Skill still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-09-18, its last commit was 2026-09-14 and it shipped 9 releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

How do I install Watch Skill?

Run `uvx watch-skill`. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

Does Watch Skill run locally?

Yes - it's a stdio server: it runs on your machine (via uvx) with your user's permissions. Your data stays local unless the server itself calls external APIs.

07 · Alternatives to Watch Skill

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