Project

Version

Runtime

User-facing surface

HA Integration

v13.5.14

Home Assistant

UI entities, Lovelace card, automations

Python CLI

v10.10.2

terminal

bosch_camera ... commands

ioBroker Adapter

v1.5.2

ioBroker

datapoints, VIS-2 widgets (BoschCamera + BoschOverview), JSON-config admin UI

Node-RED nodes

v0.2.2-alpha

Node-RED

flow nodes for automation pipelines

MCP Server (this repo)

v1.5.3

Claude clients

MCP tools callable from LLMs

Tool

Description

Returns

bosch_camera_list

List all configured cameras

array of {id, name, model, hw_version, status}

bosch_camera_status

Get online/offline + privacy state for one camera

{name, status, privacy_mode, light_on, last_event_at}

bosch_camera_snapshot

LAN-only JPEG capture (no cloud) — HTTP Digest to camera IP

{path, method, timestamp}

bosch_camera_stream_url

LAN-only RTSPS stream URL (no cloud relay) — consumable by ffmpeg/VLC/go2rtc

{camera, rtsps_url, note}

bosch_camera_events

List recent motion/person/audio events

array of {event_id, type, timestamp, has_clip}

bosch_camera_privacy_set

Turn privacy mode on/off; prefer_local=True routes to LAN RCP first

{name, status, privacy_mode, ...}

bosch_camera_light_set

Turn spotlight on/off; prefer_local=True routes to LAN RCP first

{name, status, light_on, ...}

bosch_camera_pan

Pan the 360° camera; preset: home (0°) / left (-60°) / right (+60°) / back-left (-120°) / back-right (+120°)

{camera, direction, preset?}

bosch_camera_notifications_set

Toggle push notifications

{camera, notifications_on}

bosch_camera_lan_ping

TCP-probe a camera on LAN port 443 (1.5 s timeout)

{reachable, ip, latency_ms}

bosch_camera_maintenance_status

Fetch current cloud maintenance announcement from community RSS feed

{state, title, link, pub_date, summary, …, recommended_action}

bosch_camera_audio_get

Get microphone level, speaker level, intercom flag (Gen2 only)

{microphone_level, speaker_level, intercom_enabled}

bosch_camera_audio_set

Set microphone level and/or speaker level 0-100 (Gen2 only)

{microphone_level, speaker_level, intercom_enabled}

bosch_camera_intrusion_get

Get intrusion detection config: mode, sensitivity 0-7, distance 1-8 m (Gen2 only)

{mode, sensitivity, distance}

bosch_camera_intrusion_set

Update intrusion detection mode/sensitivity/distance (Gen2 only)

{mode, sensitivity, distance}

bosch_camera_wifi

Get WiFi RSSI, SSID, and derived signal quality 0-100 %

{rssi, ssid, signal_strength}

bosch_camera_mjpeg_snapshot

Direct LAN MJPEG snapshot via RTSP inst=3 (Gen2 only, ffmpeg, no cloud roundtrip)

{path, method, timestamp, camera}

bosch_camera_onvif_scopes

Read ONVIF device scopes from camera LAN RCP 0x0a98 (Gen2 only)

{name, hardware, profiles, raw_scopes}

bosch_camera_rcp_version

Read RCP library version from camera LAN opcodes 0xff00 + 0xff04

{primary, secondary, raw_primary_hex, raw_secondary_hex}

bosch_camera_feature_flags

Fetch account-level Bosch cloud feature flags (no camera param)

{FLAG_NAME: bool, ...}

bosch_camera_siren_trigger

Trigger the indoor siren (Gen2 Indoor II only); stop=True to cancel

{camera, status}

bosch_camera_motion_get

Get motion detection enabled state + sensitivity

{enabled, sensitivity}

bosch_camera_motion_set

Set motion detection enabled and/or sensitivity

{enabled, sensitivity}

bosch_camera_recording_get

Get cloud recording sound setting

{record_sound}

bosch_camera_recording_set

Set cloud recording sound

{record_sound}

bosch_camera_autofollow_get

Get 360° auto-tracking state (Gen1 Indoor only)

{enabled}

bosch_camera_autofollow_set

Set 360° auto-tracking (Gen1 Indoor only)

{enabled}

bosch_camera_privacy_sound_get

Get audible privacy-chime state

{enabled}

bosch_camera_privacy_sound_set

Set audible privacy-chime state

{enabled}

bosch_camera_unread_get

Get unread event count for a camera

{count}

bosch_camera_health_check_all

Bulk health summary for all cameras (status + WiFi + privacy + last-event + unread)

array of per-camera health dicts

bosch_camera_token_status

Local JWT parse — returns validity, expiry, email (no network call)

{valid, expires_in_min, email}

Resource URI

Description

bosch://cameras

JSON list of all cameras (id, name, model, status, firmware, mac, description)

bosch://cameras/{name}/snapshot.jpg

Latest cached JPEG, or fresh capture if cache empty

bosch://cameras/{name}/events

Last 50 events (motion, person, audio) as JSON list

Prompt

Arguments

Description

daily-camera-summary

hours: int = 24

Multi-step report: events per camera, type breakdown, time distribution, anomaly highlights

pre-leave-check

(none)

Snapshot every camera, describe scene, flag anomalies, recommend indoor privacy mode

Tool

Path

bosch_camera_snapshot

LAN only — HTTP Digest to camera IP

bosch_camera_stream_url

LAN only — RTSPS via local Bosch TLS proxy

bosch_camera_lan_ping

LAN only — TCP connect to camera port 443

bosch_camera_list / status / events

Bosch cloud (no local API yet)

bosch_camera_privacy_set / light_set (default)

Bosch cloud

bosch_camera_privacy_set / light_set (prefer_local=True)

LAN-RCP first, cloud fallback — Gen2 only

bosch_camera_pan / notifications_set

Bosch cloud (no local API yet)

Mode

Flag

Use case

stdio

--transport stdio (default)

Claude Code / Claude Desktop — local subprocess

streamable-http

--transport http

Remote / multi-client deployments over HTTP

sse

--transport sse

Legacy SSE clients

All releases

GitHub Releases page — every tagged version with notes + downloadable assets

Full history

CHANGELOG.md — same notes, browseable inside the repo

Feature

Home Assistant Integration

Python CLI Tool

ioBroker Adapter

MCP Server

Frontend (NiceGUI)

Node-RED

Maturity

v13.5+ — HA Quality Scale Platinum

v10.10+ stable (Mini-NVR BETA)

v1.5+ stable · npm

v1.5+ stable · PyPI

v0.1.2 alpha · PyPI

v0.2.3 alpha · npm

Platform

Home Assistant (HACS)

Standalone Python 3.10+ CLI

ioBroker (npm)

Python 3.10+ · pipx / uvx · stdio + streamable-HTTP for MCP clients (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, custom)

NiceGUI web app · Python 3.10+

Node-RED palette · npm

Login

OAuth2 PKCE (browser)

OAuth2 PKCE (browser)

OAuth2 PKCE (browser)

OAuth2 PKCE (browser, one-time)

◑ shares CLI bosch_config.json

◑ refresh-token from CLI

Snapshots

✅ Native Camera.image

✅ snapshot command

✅ File-store + base64 DP

✅ bosch_camera_snapshot (LAN-only)

✅ live + event fallback

✅ snapshot node

Live RTSP stream (LAN)

✅ via HA Stream component

✅ ffmpeg/RTSPS output

✅ TLS proxy → local RTSP

✅ bosch_camera_stream_url (LAN-only, no cloud relay)

◑ internal (go2rtc)

◑ stream-url node (URL only)

WebRTC (sub-second latency)

✅ via integrated go2rtc

✅ (v10.6.0) live --webrtc

❌

❌

✅ via go2rtc (else snapshot)

❌

Dual-stream URL (main + sub)

✅ sensor.bosch_<n>_stream_url + _sub (v12.4.0, opt-in per cam)

✅ info shows both · live --sub (v10.5.0)

✅ stream_url + stream_url_sub (v0.5.3 experimental)

◑ bosch_camera_stream_url — main stream only

❌ (sub-stream only)

◑ URL only — no sub option

External recorder (BlueIris, Frigate)

✅ via go2rtc

✅ stdout pipe

✅ Digest-creds URL + LAN bind option

✅ URL returned, hand off to ffmpeg / go2rtc downstream

❌

◑ stream-url → wire downstream

Privacy mode

✅ switch entity

✅ command

✅ DP

✅ bosch_camera_privacy_set (LAN-fallback via prefer_local)

✅ toggle

✅ privacy node

Front spotlight (Gen1/Gen2)

✅ light entity

✅ command

✅ DP

✅ bosch_camera_light_set (LAN-fallback)

❌ (Phase 2 stub)

❌

RGB wallwasher (Gen2 Outdoor II)

✅ light w/ RGB

◑ on/off only — no RGB

✅ color + brightness DPs

❌ (on/off only — RGB not exposed)

❌

❌

Panic-alarm siren

✅ button entity (Gen2 Indoor II)

✅ command (Gen2 Indoor II only)

✅ DP

✅ bosch_camera_siren_trigger (Gen2 Indoor II only)

❌

❌

Image rotation 180°

✅ switch

❌

✅ DP

❌

❌

❌

Motion / person / audio events

✅ FCM push + polling fallback

◑ watch command only (events cmd removed)

✅ FCM push + polling fallback

✅ bosch_camera_events (on-demand pull)

◑ pull-only events table

✅ event node (poll)

Motion edge-trigger state

✅ binary_sensor.motion

n/a

✅ motion_active DP (v0.5.3)

n/a (request-response, no subscription)

❌

❌

Auto-snapshot on motion

✅ refreshes Camera entity

n/a

✅ writes last_event_image base64 (v0.5.3)

n/a (no background loop)

❌

❌

Synthetic motion trigger (external sensor)

✅ service

n/a

✅ DP

❌

❌

❌

Motion zones / privacy masks (read)

✅

✅

✅ read-only (v1.2.0)

❌

❌

❌

Automation rules / schedules (read)

✅

✅

◑ read-only count + JSON (v1.2.0)

❌

❌

❌

Lighting schedule (read)

✅

✅

✅ read (Gen1-only, v1.2.0)

❌

❌

❌

Cloud clip download (history ~30 d)

✅ via Media Browser

❌

❌ (parked — no community request yet)

❌ (intentionally not exposed — large payloads)

❌ (use CLI)

◑ clip_url in event payload

Mini-NVR (motion-triggered local recording)

✅ (v11.2.0 BETA)

✅ (v10.7.0 BETA)

❌

❌

❌

❌

SMB / NAS clip upload

✅

✅ (v10.7.0 BETA)

❌

❌

❌

❌

Camera sharing (friends)

✅ services (share / invite / list)

✅ command

◑ read-only list (v1.2.0)

❌ (intentionally not exposed — needs user-driven flow)

❌

❌

Pan / tilt (360° Gen1)

✅ services

✅ command

✅ pan_position DP

✅ bosch_camera_pan

❌ (Phase 2 stub)

❌

Named pan presets (home / left / right / back-left / back-right)

✅ opt-in select entity

✅ pan --preset flag

✅ pan_preset DP

✅ bosch_camera_pan preset=

❌

❌

Two-way audio / intercom

❌

✅ command

❌

❌ (intentionally not exposed — timing-sensitive)

❌

❌

Webhook delivery on events

✅ service + opt-in options

✅ watch --webhook URL

✅ via MQTT bridge

❌ (request-response model)

❌

❌

MQTT event bridge (motion / audio / person)

n/a (HA event bus native)

n/a (single-run)

✅ admin-config

n/a

❌

❌

Apple HomeKit (via HA Core bridge)

✅ documented

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Snapshot scheduler / time-lapse

✅ examples/ YAML

✅ cron + ffmpeg examples

✅ Blockly example

n/a

❌

❌

Native dashboard card / widget

✅ 2 Lovelace cards (single + grid)

n/a

✅ 2 vis-2 widgets — BoschCamera + BoschOverview multi-cam

n/a

✅ (is itself a web dashboard)

❌

Cloud-relay REMOTE fallback

✅ auto-switch when LAN unreachable

✅ remote mode

❌ (LOCAL-only by design)

❌ (media LAN-only; status/events via cloud)

◑ inherits CLI

◑ REMOTE opt (manual)

Browser-based admin / config UI

✅ HA Config Flow

n/a (CLI)

✅ JSON-config tabs

n/a (LLM-mediated; config via CLI / MCP client)

✅ Settings page

◑ editor config node

UI languages

EN · DE · FR · ES · IT · NL · PL · PT · RU · UK · ZH-Hans (v12.4.0)

EN · DE · FR · ES · IT · NL · PL · PT · RU · UK · ZH-Hans (v10.3.0)

EN · DE · FR · ES · IT · NL · PL · PT · RU · UK · ZH-CN

n/a (no UI — LLM is the front-end)

◑ backend i18n · UI mostly EN

n/a (English only)

Implementation

Repo

Status

🏆 Home Assistant Integration

Bosch-Smart-Home-Camera-Tool-HomeAssistant

v13.5.14 · HA Quality Scale Platinum · production-ready

🐍 Python CLI

Bosch-Smart-Home-Camera-Tool-Python

v10.10.2 · Mini-NVR + SMB upload (BETA) · LAN-fallback (ping / --local) · PTZ presets · webhook delivery · capture / research / standalone

🟢 ioBroker Adapter

ioBroker.bosch-smart-home-camera

v1.5.2 · stable · npm · privacy-toggle Digest rotation · MQTT bridge · PTZ presets · VIS-2 widgets (BoschCamera + BoschOverview)

🤖 MCP Server (this repo)

Bosch-Smart-Home-Camera-Tool-MCP

v1.5.3 · cred-rotation · PTZ presets · TOFU cert pinning · cloud CA pinned (CWE-295) · LAN-ping + prefer_local · Claude Code / Claude Desktop integration

🔴 Node-RED nodes (alpha)

Bosch-Smart-Home-Camera-Tool-NodeRED

v0.2.2-alpha · 4 nodes (event / snapshot / privacy / config)