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Tools built against real problems from the field. Each one exists because something I needed didn't.

  • Open-source toolActiveUpdated Oct 2026

    onvif-mcp

    AI agents can't talk to security cameras. ONVIF is the industry standard, and it's a swamp of SOAP, profiles, and vendor quirks. onvif-mcp is an MCP server that gives an agent a working camera interface: snapshots, PTZ, config drift checks, commissioning. Every call, allowed or denied, leaves a signed receipt.

    For anyone wiring agents into camera infrastructure.

    GitHub · Posted to Hacker News, Aug 2026

    {
  "seq":       223,
  "ts":        "2026-09-18T21:40:36.626Z",
  "principal": {"role": "agent", "id": "claude-main"},
  "action":    {"tool": "ptz_move",
                "params": {"camera": "q6358", "pan": 90}},
  "decision":  "deny",
  "detail":    "step exceeds policy maxStep 30°",
  "prev":      "a2155062…bb68b",
  "sig":       "4WpvGtYq…R77Bw=="
}
  • Open-source spec + toolActiveUpdated Oct 2026

    Agent Action Receipts

    When an AI agent acts on your systems, there's no evidence trail you could hand to an auditor. AAR is a spec and tooling for signed, replayable receipts of agent actions. Chain-of-custody thinking, applied to agents.

    For teams running agents anywhere "trust the logs" isn't good enough.

    GitHub

  • ProductIn developmentUpdated Oct 2026

    EdgeProof

    Video evidence is only as good as its provenance. EdgeProof checks the signatures AXIS cameras put on video at the edge, so footage can prove it hasn't been altered between the lens and the courtroom. In development.

    For agencies and integrators who need footage that survives challenge.

    Built on the MIT-licensed signed video framework. Private for now.

  • PrototypeBetaUpdated Oct 2026

    camspec

    Camera installs get signed off on "it shows a picture." camspec turns the spec into code: a YAML desired state, a read-only plan, an approved and verified apply, and a PASS/FAIL handoff someone can sign.

    For installers and the people who inherit their work.

    Ships inside onvif-mcp. PDF report renderer live.

  • ExperimentMeasuringUpdated Oct 2026

    Commissioning Walk

    Wireless camera links fail in ways a laptop speed test doesn't catch. This experiment measures what a camera actually needs to hold a stream, day and night, and turns it into installer pass/fail thresholds.

    For installers certifying wireless camera links.

    Thresholds v0.1 measured and frozen, including night and IR conditions.

  • ExperimentLiveUpdated Oct 2026

    The Window

    Move your head and the screen turns into a window. The page locks itself before the camera opens and shows you how to check the lock. Then the lock caught the tracker phoning home.

    For anyone asked to turn on a camera for a website.

    Runs in your browser. Try it with your own camera.

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