screenpipe MCP Server
Search your local screen recordings, audio transcripts, and computer activity from screenpipe.
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Published as screenpipe-mcp on npm. Runs locally.
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meta: 19 open PRs from chirag127 — batch review request + offer consolidated PR
Hi @louis030195 and @codenamejason,
Filed 19 PRs over two sessions (2026-07-03) covering CI, perf, a11y, docs, UX, security, and analytics opt-out. All branch off upstream/main, ≤5 files each, tests pass locally.
PR list by category
CI / build (3)
- #4831 parameterize ONNXRUNTIME_VERSION
- #4853 concurrency group on sdk.yml
- #4857 tsconfig noFallthroughCasesInSwitch
Onboarding / UX (4)
- #4851 detect 401 on live-feed polls, show actionable copy
- #4852 SCREENPIPE_SKIP_ONBOARDIN
Read the thread · 2026-07-03 · closed · outside contributor · 3 comments
Wrong pipe name recorded in execution database
Description
When running a pipe via the UI, the execution record in the database is recorded with an incorrect pipe name. The chat title shows the correct pipe name, but the execution database record shows a different pipe's name.
Steps to Reproduce
- Run the
automation-roipipe from the UI (POST/pipes/automation-roi/run) - Check the execution details in the chat interface
- The execution record shows
pipe_name = "action-item-reconciler-v2-full-improved"instead of `"automation-
Read the thread · 2026-06-07 · closed · external user · 4 comments
Add Custom MCP Connections When Creating Or Configuring A Pipe
Description
Add an option to connect a custom MCP server from the connections list when creating or configuring a pipe.
Reason
This would make pipes more flexible by allowing users to connect their own MCP tools, data sources, and workflows directly inside Screenpipe.
Read the thread · 2026-05-26 · closed · external user · 1 comment
Day Recap / Pi AI fails with all tested local Ollama models (mistral, qwen3, qwen3.5) — tool calling not reliable enough
Summary
The Day Recap feature on the Home tab returns hallucinated or empty summaries when used with any local Ollama model I tested. The model seems to never actually call the Screenpipe tools (search-content, activity-summary, etc.) and instead reasons in circles before concluding "no data found" or inventing fake content.
The same query against the same data produces a perfect, accurate summary when used via Claude Desktop with the Screenpipe MCP server, which proves the data and th
Read the thread · 2026-04-29 · closed · external user · 1 comment
Search API returns near-duplicate OCR results, wasting LLM context
Problem
When an LLM agent queries GET /search?content_type=ocr&start_time=...&limit=N, it receives many near-identical OCR text entries that differ only by minor rendering artifacts (cursor blink, anti-aliasing, slight scroll). This wastes LLM context window on redundant information.
Example: querying a 15-minute window while the user was in a terminal returned 81 OCR results. The top 5 were nearly identical:
frame 16225 | 23:16:00 | "copy OCR text fails on deduplicated frames" x Bas
[Read the thread](https://github.com/screenpipe/screenpipe/issues/2285) · 2026-02-22 · closed · external user · 3 comments
### Most recent
### [feature] add new meeting provider - read.ai
**describe the feature**
Add new meeting provider.
**why is this needed?**
This is a popular provider.
- https://support.read.ai/hc/en-us/articles/49381161088659-API-Reference
- https://support.read.ai/hc/en-us/articles/49379985941523-Read-AI-API-and-MCP-Overview
- https://www.read.ai/integrations
[Read the thread](https://github.com/screenpipe/screenpipe/issues/5791) · 2026-08-03 · closed · outside contributor · 0 comments
### [feature] list Migma.ai under Communication connections
## What is Migma.ai?
Migma.ai is an email campaign platform for creating branded emails, managing opted-in audiences, sending or scheduling campaigns, and reading delivery and campaign results.
Could Migma.ai be listed in **Settings → Connections → Communication**?
```text
Communication
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Migma.ai │
│ Create, send, schedule, and track email campaigns. [+] │
└───────────────────
[Read the thread](https://github.com/screenpipe/screenpipe/issues/5748) · 2026-08-01 · closed · external user · 0 comments
### security: SecretStore falls back to base64 (effectively plaintext) when encryptStore is off
## Context
`crates/screenpipe-secrets/src/store.rs::SecretStore::set` stores secrets as base64 with a zero nonce when no keychain-derived encryption key is available:
```rust
None => {
// No encryption key — store as base64 with zero nonce
let encoded = BASE64.encode(value).into_bytes();
(encoded, vec![0u8; 12])
}
The gate is is_encryption_requested — reads .encrypt-store flag file OR store.bin magic OR settings.encryptStore == true in store.bin JSON (`crates/screenp
Read the thread · 2026-07-03 · closed · outside contributor · 1 comment
onboarding: streaming summary catch swallows network errors on corp-restricted networks
Symptom
Onboarding streams a fetch summary from a model endpoint at components/onboarding/engine-startup.tsx:529-549. On corp-restricted networks (DLP, DNS filtering, cert pinning failure), the fetch fails and the block only logs ${resp.status} — no user-visible message, and the onboarding screen keeps showing the "settling in…" pulse.
The fallback timer eventually flips the screen to the local prose, but between fetch failure and fallback expiry, the user has no signal that anything wen
Read the thread · 2026-07-03 · closed · outside contributor · 1 comment
MCP: track 2026-07-28 stateless-spec RC + migrate reads to Resources
MCP spec 2026-07-28 RC is a breaking change
packages/screenpipe-mcp/package.json:34 pins @modelcontextprotocol/sdk ^1.27.1 which implements spec 2025-11-25 (stateful, initialize/initialized handshake, Mcp-Session-Id header).
The 2026-07-28 RC (blog.modelcontextprotocol.io 2026-05-21, verified 2026-06-03 in H1 state summary) is stateless:
initialize/initializedremovedMcp-Session-Idheade
Read the thread · 2026-07-03 · closed · outside contributor · 1 comment
[feature] auto audio-device handling WITH a blocklist (skip bluetooth mic inputs to preserve A2DP)
describe the feature
keep screenpipe's automatic audio-device handling, but let me layer a blocklist on top of it. one mode: auto-discover and record inputs as they connect/disconnect, minus a small persistent set of devices to never open.
the specific need is bluetooth microphone inputs. A2DP (the high-quality listening profile) is output-only; the moment macOS opens a bluetooth headset's mic for capture, the OS downgrades the whole device from A2DP to HFP/SCO and audio qualit
Read the thread · 2026-06-10 · closed · outside contributor · 0 comments
[bug] pipes cannot authenticate to github — oauth connection exposes no token
describe the bug the github connection is OAuth-connected and shows as "connected" in the app, but neither a pipe runtime nor the local API can retrieve a usable token, so pipes cannot create github issues/comments.
steps:
- connect github via the OAuth flow (shows "connected").
- from a pipe (or via the local API) try to read the connection:
GET http://localhost:3030/connections/githubreturns{"credentials":{}}— no access token. - token endpoints like
/connections/github/token,
Read the thread · 2026-06-10 · closed · outside contributor · 1 comment
See all 21 reports Pod holds for screenpipe — of 29 qualified upstream.
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