# Blink Camera (pypi · blink-camera-mcp)

Control an Amazon Blink camera and its pan/tilt mount: aim it, read its position, grab a frame.

- Trust score: 67/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-28

## Components

- pypi · `blink-camera-mcp`: 67/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/abhijatsaxena-blink-camera-mcp/blink-camera-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/abhijatsaxena-blink-camera-mcp/blink-camera-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `pypi`
- Package: `blink-camera-mcp`
- Version: `0.1.1`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-09-28.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 100/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - Runs setuptools.build_meta at install time, a recognised build step with no custom scripting around it.
  - 4 of 48 dependencies flagged as unhealthy.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 45/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published.
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 2 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 77/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 548 tokens (~68/item across 8 items; 8 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 0/100
  - Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).
- **Tool Coverage**: 71/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 0% of tool parameters carry a description.
  - Structured output schemas are declared (88% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.
- **Tool Safety**: 75/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - 0 of 1 tool(s) whose name or description implies an irreversible operation declare an MCP destructiveHint annotation; "pan_tilt_home" implies "send" and declares no destructiveHint at all, which the MCP spec reads as destructive by default.
  - An AI judge read all 9 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).

**Unverified: 1 category.** A category scored 0 because we could not verify it: a data source with nothing on this package, evidence we could not reach, or a check we could not run. We only credit what we can confirm.

## Install

### How do I install the Blink Camera MCP server?

Blink Camera runs locally as a PyPI package, launched with uvx blink-camera-mcp. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add abhijatsaxena-blink-camera-mcp -- uvx blink-camera-mcp
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "abhijatsaxena-blink-camera-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "blink-camera-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "abhijatsaxena-blink-camera-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "blink-camera-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add abhijatsaxena-blink-camera-mcp -- uvx blink-camera-mcp
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "abhijatsaxena-blink-camera-mcp": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "uvx",
        "blink-camera-mcp"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add abhijatsaxena-blink-camera-mcp --command uvx --arg blink-camera-mcp
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  abhijatsaxena-blink-camera-mcp:
    command: "uvx"
    args: ["blink-camera-mcp"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "abhijatsaxena-blink-camera-mcp": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "uvx",
      "Arguments": [
        "blink-camera-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add abhijatsaxena-blink-camera-mcp -t stdio -c uvx -a blink-camera-mcp
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "abhijatsaxena-blink-camera-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "blink-camera-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-09-28 (score 67, 0)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-09-26 (score 67)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (8)

### `camera_status` (~89 tokens)

Report the camera's orientation, travel limits and session state.

Call this first: `position` is null until the camera has a live session, which tells
you the other tools will fail. When the session could not be started at all,
\`startup_error` says why. It also reports `stream_url`, where the live video can be
read (e.g. by OBS or ffmpeg).

### `pan_tilt` (~124 tokens)

Aim the camera at an absolute angle and wait until it gets there.

\`pan` and `tilt` are whole degrees (signed, roughly -128..127). The returned position
is one the hardware reported; if the mount never confirms arrival this fails instead
of pretending success. A camera already at the requested angle is left alone and
reported as settled with `moved: false` -- that is a success. Set `force` to re-send.

Input parameters:

- `force` (boolean)
- `pan` (integer, required)
- `tilt` (integer, required)

### `pan_tilt_nudge` (~78 tokens)

Turn the camera relative to where it points now, in degrees.

Prefer this when you have not read the current angle: it reads the mount's own report
first and keeps the move small. Deltas are clamped to the mount's angle range.

Input parameters:

- `pan_delta` (integer)
- `tilt_delta` (integer)

### `pan_tilt_stop` (~25 tokens)

Stop the mount's motors immediately. Harmless when it is already idle.

### `pan_tilt_home` (~25 tokens)

Send the camera to its saved home position and report where it ends up.

### `pan_tilt_set_home` (~22 tokens)

Save the camera's current angle as its home position.

### `pan_tilt_overview` (~29 tokens)

Start a full 360 degree pan overview. Returns immediately; the sweep takes a while.

### `snapshot` (~61 tokens)

Capture one still frame of whatever the camera is pointed at.

This looks into the room, so call it only when the user asks to see the camera. The
frame comes from the stream the camera is already sending, so it does not start a
second session.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Install scripts, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/abhijatsaxena-blink-camera-mcp/blink-camera-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-09-28: 67
- 2026-09-27: 67
- 2026-09-26: 67

## Common questions

### What is the Blink Camera MCP server?

Blink Camera is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.AbhijatSaxena/blink-camera-mcp. Control an Amazon Blink camera and its pan/tilt mount: aim it, read its position, grab a frame. This page covers its PyPI package (blink-camera-mcp).

### Is the Blink Camera MCP server safe to use?

Blink Camera scores 67 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 28 September 2026. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the Blink Camera MCP server expose?

Blink Camera exposes 8 tools: camera_status, pan_tilt, pan_tilt_nudge, pan_tilt_stop, pan_tilt_home, and 3 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 453 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Blink Camera MCP server still maintained?

Blink Camera is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 28 September 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

### What licence is the Blink Camera MCP server under?

Blink Camera declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.

## Links

- PyPI project: https://pypi.org/project/blink-camera-mcp/
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/pypi/package/blink-camera-mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/AbhijatSaxena/blink-camera-mcp
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/abhijatsaxena-blink-camera-mcp/blink-camera-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/abhijatsaxena-blink-camera-mcp/blink-camera-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/abhijatsaxena-blink-camera-mcp/blink-camera-mcp