Watch Skill in Cursor

August 8, 2026 · View on GitHub

Status: machine-configured ◐ — watch-skill setup wrote this config on a real machine and the server command answered MCP initialize; a full in-Cursor chat session was not run.

Install

uvx --from "watch-skill[standard]" watch-skill doctor

uvx fetches the package on first use and needs no checkout. Prefer a permanent install? pipx install "watch-skill[standard]", then use "command": "watch-skill", "args": ["serve"] in the config below.

From source instead (contributors)

git clone https://github.com/oxbshw/watch-skill && cd watch-skill
uv sync --extra all
uv run watch-skill doctor

Then run watch-skill setup, which writes the config pointing at your checkout rather than the published package.

Configure

Global: ~/.cursor/mcp.json — per-project: .cursor/mcp.json in the repo:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "watch-skill": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["--from", "watch-skill[standard]", "watch-skill", "serve"]
    }
  }
}

Then: Cursor Settings → MCP → verify watch-skill shows a green dot (enable it if prompted).

Smoke test (3 steps)

Open Cursor's chat (Agent mode), type: "Use the watch-skill tools to watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqz-KE-bpKQ and tell me what happens at 0:10."
Approve the watch_video tool call when prompted.
Follow up with "what color is the bird?" — should call ask_video and answer from the index without re-processing.

Notes

Cursor renders tool text output; image blocks may be ignored depending on version — the text report carries frame paths you can open manually.