Click on "Deploy Server".
Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state.
In the chat, type @ followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@Baird's Hoard MCP Server show me the current screen and save a screenshot"
That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed.
Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.
Live view, screenshots, instant clips and recordings of another computer plugged into this PC through an HDMI capture device, with files you can drag or paste straight into a chat, and an MCP bridge so assistants can look at that screen too.
Part of the Hoard family (Hoard Hub, Faustus). Runs locally on Windows, port 5232.
Live view | The other computer's screen in a window, 1080p, with sound, under a second of delay. The device's own H.264/AAC is copied into fragmented MP4 and played by the browser's hardware decoder: no re-encoding, almost no CPU. |
Screenshot ( | The exact current frame as PNG (or JPG), saved in a tenth of a second. |
Last seconds ( | The last 30 s (configurable, up to the memory window) saved as MP4 instantly: the app keeps the recent past in memory, cut on key frames. |
Record ( | Picture and sound until you stop; starts from the key frame before the click. |
Recent files | Every file appears at once in the side list: drag the card into a chat, a mail or a folder (inside the Hoard window this is a real file drag), or press Copy and paste with Ctrl+V. Explorer shows it, Light makes a 720p copy for chats with upload limits, Delete sends it to the Recycle Bin. |
Assistants | 16 MCP tools. |
Other keys: M sound, F full screen (double click on the picture also).
Related MCP server: assistant-vision
AVerMedia Live Gamer Portable Lite (GL310, USB id 07CA:C835); the Live Gamer Portable (C875) uses the same path.
Only the device driver is needed — the WHQL-signed AVer835_x64.inf (v3.7.64.39) from AVerMedia's
GL310_3.7.x.39.zip. No vendor application is used or needed. See docs/DEVICE.md for how the
capture works and why ordinary capture programs cannot open this device.
From Hoard Hub: the Baird's Hoard tile (start, stop, open in a window or a browser tab).
By hand:
python -m venv .venv
.venv\Scripts\python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
.venv\Scripts\python -m baird_hoardNeeds ffmpeg on PATH (or BAIRD_FFMPEG). The native helper native/bairdcap.exe is compiled on first start with
the C# compiler that ships with Windows (.NET Framework 4.8).
Files go to Videos\Baird by default (Settings → Folder). Settings, thumbnails and logs live in data/.
Capture on/off (off frees the device for other programs), device, audio input (HDMI or line in), screenshot format, clip length, memory window (10–600 s), media folder, size and bitrate of light copies.
mcp_server.py is a stdio MCP bridge (it starts the app when it is not running). Tools: capture_status,
screen_look, snapshot_save, clip_save, record_start, record_stop, media_list, media_look,
media_light_copy, media_copy, media_reveal, media_rename, media_delete, jobs_list, settings_get,
settings_set. The same handlers serve the web UI (POST /api/ui/call) and POST /api/agent/call (Bearer token
from data/mcp-token).
Route | |
| service, capture state, input resolution |
| capture, recording, jobs, viewers |
| the three buttons |
| library, files, thumbnails |
| file actions |
| settings |
| live fragmented MP4 ( |
.venv\Scripts\python -m pytestBAIRD_FAKE=1 replaces the device with an ffmpeg test pattern (used by the tests and for demos).
MIT. Third-party parts: THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md.
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