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Screencast MCP for Zed

io.github.tmhsdigital/screencast-mcp

Let AI agents record the Windows screen, watch it as frames, and edit it with ffmpeg

client:Zed transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install Screencast MCP in Zed

~/.config/zed/settings.json · windows: %APPDATA%\Zed\settings.json

Held in this page only — never stored, logged, or sent anywhere but back to your screen.

{
  "context_servers": {
    "screencast-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@tmhs/screencast-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SCREENCAST_HOME": "<SCREENCAST_HOME>",
        "FFMPEG_PATH": "<FFMPEG_PATH>",
        "FFPROBE_PATH": "<FFPROBE_PATH>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Merge this into your existing settings object — do not replace the file. Zed docs

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