camsnap

What this skill does

When applied, it prepends a system prompt before your request is sent — no extra calls and no change to how you are billed beyond the added tokens.

---
name: camsnap
description: "Capture frames or clips from RTSP/ONVIF cameras."
homepage: https://camsnap.ai
metadata:
  {
    "openclaw":
      {
        "emoji": "📸",
        "requires": { "bins": ["camsnap"] },
        "install":
          [
            {
              "id": "brew",
              "kind": "brew",
              "formula": "steipete/tap/camsnap",
              "bins": ["camsnap"],
              "label": "Install camsnap (brew)",
            },
          ],
      },
  }
---

# camsnap

Use `camsnap` to grab snapshots, clips, or motion events from configured cameras.

Setup

- Config file: `~/.config/camsnap/config.yaml`
- Add camera: `camsnap add --name kitchen --host 192.168.0.10 --user user --pass pass`

Common commands

- Discover: `camsnap discover --info`
- Snapshot: `camsnap snap kitchen --out shot.jpg`
- Clip: `camsnap clip kitchen --dur 5s --out clip.mp4`
- Motion watch: `camsnap watch kitchen --threshold 0.2 --action '...'`
- Doctor: `camsnap doctor --probe`

Notes

- Requires `ffmpeg` on PATH.
- Prefer a short test capture before longer clips.

Use this skill

{
  "model": "gpt-4o-mini",
  "skill": "imp-307c8b40-e68a-4039-9642-4ef1067830f3",
  "messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "…" }]
}

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