onvif-mcp
AI agents can't talk to security cameras. Now they can.
$ bun index.ts --verify chain OK — 299 receipts, every hash linked + signature valid; 59 handoff signatures valid, heads present
AI-generated, my likeness
21 years behind the badge. Now I build the tools I wished it had.
Verification and commissioning tools for physical security.
- Practitioner21 years sworn law enforcement
- Day jobDirector of LE business development, AI video analytics
- Builderonvif-mcp, Agent Action Receipts, EdgeProof
- AuthorNotes from the Field
The standard I build to
If it can't survive a challenge, it isn't evidence
Flagship · Video provenance
EdgeProof
Built so video can prove it hasn't been altered, from the lens to the courtroom. In development.
01Lens
Signed at the source. AXIS cameras sign the video; each detection gets its own record, signed with a software key today and in the camera later.
02Archive
Built to survive the transcode. When retention thins the footage, a second record will say what was read, what was written, and how. In spec review.
03Courtroom
Anyone should be able to check it. The verifier, in development, walks the chain and gives a graded answer.
Illustration · verifier in development
frame00:12:41.033
sha256…9f2a…41c7
signerAXIS-Q6358 (cert …3e77)
chainOK (prev …c04d)BROKEN at segment 2
segments3/3 signed2/3 signed
statusVERIFIED ✓FAILED ✕
Change a single byte in the file and run it again.
Shipped, and open.
All Lab workAgent Action Receipts
Signed, replayable proof of what an AI agent actually did.
{
"v": 2,
"kind": "dispatch",
"body": {"attempt_id": "a0909ad8…fa70",
"dispatched_at": 1735689708,
"target_status": 202},
"legal": {"purpose_id": "incident-response",
"jurisdiction_id": "US-CO"}
} · COSE_Sign1 · ES256
Commissioning
camspec and the Commissioning Walk
Tools that turn "the camera shows a picture" into a measurable pass or fail.
Notes from the Field
All notesNotes from the FieldNO. 18
The FBI put "deceive" and "agentic AI" in the same sentence.Software will run the decoys. Somebody still has to answer for what it did, and the agent’s own log can’t be the only witness.
Notes from the FieldNO. 17
An Explainer Is Not EvidenceCourts call it an illustrative aid, and it is not evidence. An AI-made explainer is the same thing. Ask for the record.
Notes from the FieldNO. 16
The Tests Passed. The Camera Disagreed.A Sunday bench test: an AI agent on three live cameras, field-tech rules around it, and two things only the hardware could tell me.
About
One career, told in order.
Most of this technology was built by people who never had to depend on it at 2 a.m. You can tell.
- 01Practitioner21 years sworn, retired sergeant. Major investigations and covert surveillance.
- 02TranslatorMoved to the vendor side to explain agencies to technologists.
- 03Product leaderDirector of LE business development, AI video analytics.
- 04BuilderIndependent open-source tools for verification and commissioning.