What is screenpipe?
screenpipe is a MCP server by mediar-ai that local screen and audio capture with timestamped indexing, SQL and embedding storage, semantic search, history analysis and event-triggered actions. It is listed under Other and has 21,970 GitHub stars.
| Type | Mcp server |
|---|---|
| Author | mediar-ai |
| Repository | mediar-ai/screenpipe |
| Popularity | 21,970 GitHub stars |
| Category | Other |
| Security | Low risk (100/100) |
| Rank | #36 of 4,418 MCP servers; #3 in Other |
| Last commit | 2026-10-18 |
| Stars this week | +63 |
| Runs | Locally |
| Language | Rust |
| Platforms | macOS |
Is screenpipe safe to install?
screenpipe scores 100/100 on the MCPMods security check: Low risk. No checks raised a concern. It passed 6 of 6 checks.
MCP server results come from listing signals: who publishes it, where your data goes and what it can do. The code itself is not scanned yet.
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| Published by the service itself | Pass |
| Runs on your machine only | Pass |
| No credentials mentioned | Pass |
| Read-only by description | Pass |
| No code execution | Pass |
| Source on GitHub | Pass |
How do I install screenpipe?
- Find the launch command. The README says how the server starts (npx, uvx, docker or a remote URL) and which API keys it needs.
https://github.com/mediar-ai/screenpipe
- Add it to Claude Code. Replace the part after -- with the command from the README. Remote servers use --transport http with a URL.
claude mcp add screenpipe -- <command from README> claude mcp add --transport http screenpipe <server-url>
- Check it connected. This lists your MCP servers and their status.
claude mcp list
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs screenpipe for you:
Add the "screenpipe" MCP server from https://github.com/mediar-ai/screenpipe to Claude Code. Read its README for the launch command and any API keys I need, run claude mcp add, then check that it connects.