# Video Reader MCP (npm · @sylphx/video-reader-mcp)

Evidence-first video MCP. Timeline document with ffprobe streams and subtitle cues.

- Trust score: 69/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +23
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-08-03

## Components

- npm · `@sylphx/video-reader-mcp`: 69/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/sylphxai-video-reader-mcp/sylphx-video-reader-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/sylphxai-video-reader-mcp/sylphx-video-reader-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@sylphx/video-reader-mcp`
- Version: `0.1.0`
- 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 2026-08-03.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 86/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - Only part of the dependency tree could be resolved (94 of 98), so this covers what we could see, not the whole tree.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - Only part of the dependency tree could be resolved (94 of 98), so this covers what we could see, not the whole tree.
- **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**: 75/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 213 tokens (~213/item across 1 items; 1 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 27/100
  - Stability observed for 8 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add sylphxai-video-reader-mcp -- npx -y @sylphx/video-reader-mcp
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add sylphxai-video-reader-mcp -- npx -y @sylphx/video-reader-mcp
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "sylphxai-video-reader-mcp": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "@sylphx/video-reader-mcp"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add sylphxai-video-reader-mcp --command npx --arg -y --arg @sylphx/video-reader-mcp
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  sylphxai-video-reader-mcp:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "@sylphx/video-reader-mcp"]
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sylphxai-video-reader-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@sylphx/video-reader-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.

### 2026-08-03 (score 69, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 23 to 27. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 7 days of observed history at the previous scan, 8 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-08-02 (score 68, +47)

- [security regression] Provenance: unverified → fail
- [security improvement] Install scripts: unverified → pass
- [security improvement] Known CVEs: unverified → partial
- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass
- [functional regression] Tool coverage: 100 → unverified
- [functional improvement] Schema quality: unverified → excellent
- [functional improvement] License: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Dependency health: unverified → partial
- [functional improvement] Maintenance: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] MCP protocol: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.23
- [functional] Licence: MIT

### 2026-07-31 (score 21, −7)

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

### 2026-07-30 (score 28, +4)

- [security regression] Malware scan: pass → unverified
- [functional improvement] Tool coverage: unverified → 100

### 2026-07-28 (score 24, −22)

- [functional regression] Tool coverage: 100 → unverified
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: unverified

### 2026-07-27 (score 46)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (1)

### `read_video` (~178 tokens)

Primary video reader. Returns a timeline document with ffprobe metadata, embedded subtitles, optional scene boundaries, and warnings — no per-frame vision LLM.

Input parameters:

- `include_chapters` (boolean): Include chapter markers when present. Defaults to true.
- `include_scenes` (boolean): Detect scene boundaries with ffmpeg scene filter. Defaults to true.
- `include_streams` (boolean): Include stream metadata from ffprobe. Defaults to true.
- `include_subtitles` (boolean): Extract embedded subtitles when available. Defaults to true.
- `include_transcript` (boolean): Attempt optional local ASR transcript when an adapter is installed. Defaults to false.
- `scene_threshold` (number): Scene detection sensitivity for ffmpeg gt(scene,threshold). Defaults to 0.4.
- `sources` (array, required): One or more local video sources to read.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/sylphxai-video-reader-mcp/sylphx-video-reader-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-08-03: 69
- 2026-08-02: 68
- 2026-08-01: 21
- 2026-07-31: 21
- 2026-07-30: 28
- 2026-07-28: 24
- 2026-07-27: 46

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@sylphx/video-reader-mcp
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/@sylphx/video-reader-mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/SylphxAI/video-reader-mcp
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/sylphxai-video-reader-mcp/sylphx-video-reader-mcp/changelog.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/sylphxai-video-reader-mcp/sylphx-video-reader-mcp/changelog.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/sylphxai-video-reader-mcp/sylphx-video-reader-mcp