reolink-mcp: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

reolink-mcp CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from ed-dryha/reolink-mcp. It costs 3,111 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

Development instructions for a local MCP server that lets an AI coding assistant view and control Reolink security cameras on the same local network. It covers the project’s technology choices and limits.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when building or changing features such as camera snapshots, device status, AI detection, pan-tilt-zoom presets, lights, sirens, or infrared controls.
Why use it?
It gives the developer a clear baseline for working on the camera connector without adding a cloud service, network video recorder, or home-automation system.

Instructions file for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: the file is CLAUDE.md. Also seen: reads .claude/ paths; mentions Claude Code; mentions Codex.

This is ed-dryha/reolink-mcp's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on reolink-mcp itself, so it is not a mod to install elsewhere. Copy it as a starting point and replace the rules that are about this project. Everything reolink-mcp configures →

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Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to ed-dryha/reolink-mcp. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.

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Clone the repo
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Opus 5 $0.01555 $0.01555
Sonnet 5 $0.00622 $0.00622
Haiku 4.5 $0.00311 $0.00311

Measured 12d ago against content hash 26ba5c40d2cd, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-12, from the pricing page.

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Grade A, and why

reolink-mcp CLAUDE.md scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 12d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

CLAUDE.md · 135 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 135 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Project

reolink-mcp

An open-source MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for Reolink cameras: lets Claude — or any MCP client — see and control Reolink cameras on the local network. Snapshots, device state, AI detection states, PTZ presets, and deterrence controls (spotlight, siren, IR/white LED). Local network only, no cloud. For anyone running an MCP client (Claude Code, Claude Desktop, etc.) with Reolink cameras on their LAN — starting with the author's own setup.

Market gap (verified 2026-07-08): no dedicated Reolink MCP server exists on GitHub, npm, or PyPI. Closest prior art requires a middleman: dedsxc/mcp-frigate (needs Frigate NVR), homeassistant-mcp (needs Home Assistant). This is a first-mover standalone niche.

Core Value: A user with a Reolink camera adds reolink-mcp to their MCP client config, asks "show me the front door camera," and gets a live snapshot — direct to camera, no NVR or home-automation daemon in between.

Constraints

  • Tech stack: Python ≥ 3.11 — floor forced by reolink-aio
  • Dependencies: official mcp Python SDK (FastMCP server class); fastmcp 2.x is the fallback if SDK ergonomics fall short
  • Dependencies: reolink-aio 0.21.x for all camera communication
  • Tooling: uv + hatchling + ruff + pytest/pytest-asyncio
  • Security: secrets via env vars only, never in YAML config
  • Compatibility: must coexist with other systems holding sessions on the same cameras (document Reolink concurrent-session limit)
  • Distribution: PyPI package runnable via uvx reolink-mcp; MCP registry listing

Technology Stack

Verdict on the Seeded Stack

  • Image content blocks: from mcp.server.fastmcp import FastMCP, Image — the Image helper is exported in v1.28.1 and converts to an MCP ImageContent block (base64 + MIME type) automatically. get_snapshot returning Image(data=jpeg_bytes, format="jpeg") is a one-liner. HIGH confidence.
  • Tool annotations: FastMCP.tool() in v1.28.1 accepts annotations: ToolAnnotations | None, and ToolAnnotations carries read_only_hint, destructive_hint, idempotent_hint, open_world_hint (serialized as camelCase readOnlyHint etc. on the wire). The observe/control gating requirement is fully supported. HIGH confidence.
  • stdio transport: first-class in v1.x (mcp.run(transport="stdio") default). HIGH confidence.

Read the full file on GitHub · 135 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 12d ago First seen · 135 lines · 3,111 tokens per session scan A 26ba5c40d2cd

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reolink-mcp CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository ed-dryha/reolink-mcp (2 stars, last pushed 2mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 3,111 tokens to every session, about $0.0156 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.

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