roo-code

Watch Skill in Roo Code

Status: doc-verified ☑ — config matches the official Roo Code MCP docs; not executed here.

Install

uvx --from "watch-skill[standard]" watch-skill doctor

uvx fetches the package on first use and needs no checkout. Prefer a permanent install? pipx install "watch-skill[standard]", then use "command": "watch-skill", "args": ["serve"] in the config below.

git clone https://github.com/oxbshw/watch-skill && cd watch-skill
uv sync --extra all
uv run watch-skill doctor

Configure

Roo Code reads two levels. Project scope is .roo/mcp.json in the repository root; global scope is mcp_settings.json, reachable from the MCP panel. When a server name appears in both, the project file wins.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "watch-skill": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["--from", "watch-skill[standard]", "watch-skill", "serve"]
    }
  }
}

Commit .roo/mcp.json to give a whole team the same video tools.

Smoke test (3 steps)

1. Ask Roo: "Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqz-KE-bpKQ and tell me what happens at 0:10."
2. Approve the watch_video call.
3. Follow up: "what color is the bird?" — should call ask_video, no re-processing.

Notes

• Roo substitutes ${env:VAR} when it loads the config, so a provider key can be referenced instead of pasted: "env": {"WATCHSKILL_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "${env:ANTHROPIC_API_KEY}"}.
• Add watch_video and ask_video to alwaysAllow once you trust them; the loop tools are worth leaving on manual approval, since loop_video_gen and loop_game run commands you supply (see SECURITY.md).