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Blackmagic ATEM switcher control via MCP

LED/VideoIntermediateBlackmagic ATEMMCP

What it does

An MCP server for driving ATEM switchers from an AI assistant.

How to set it up

  1. npm install and npm run build in the repo.
  2. Add the server to Claude Desktop with the full node path and ATEM_HOST set to your switcher's IP.
  3. Restart Claude, then try "show me the current switcher status" before any cuts.

Source project: guycochran/atem-mcp-server

FAQ

Local only?

No. It supports local stdio and remote Streamable HTTP with OAuth 2.0.

Typical requests?

"Put camera 2 on program and dissolve", "run macro 3" and start/stop streaming.

Original source: https://github.com/guycochran/atem-mcp-server

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