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camsnap

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by firecrawl · part of firecrawl/openclaw

Pulls a still picture or a short video straight off a security camera on your own network, saved as an ordinary image or video file.

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🔌 Needs the camsnap CLI and ffmpeg. Set that up first — this skill doesn't include it. One of 59 skills in the firecrawl/openclaw package.

WHEN YOUR AGENT SHOULD USE IT

A QUICK BOUNDARY

USE FOR

  • Take a quick snapshot from a specific camera and save it as an image file.
  • Record a short video clip from a camera on demand.
  • Watch a camera for motion and trigger an action when it's detected.
  • Discover cameras on the network before adding them by name.

This is the playbook your agent receives when the skill activates — you don't need to read it to use the skill, but it's here to audit before installing.

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.