Etchv runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 799 installs a week from npm. Last commit 29 Oct 2026.
Invisible watermarking and watermark detection for images, PDFs and videos with Etchv.
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This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add mcp-server -e 'ETCHV_API_KEY=<ETCHV_API_KEY>' -e 'ETCHV_FILES_ROOT=<ETCHV_FILES_ROOT>' -- npx -y @etchv-labs/mcp-server{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@etchv-labs/mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"ETCHV_API_KEY": "<ETCHV_API_KEY>",
"ETCHV_FILES_ROOT": "<ETCHV_FILES_ROOT>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.mcp-server]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@etchv-labs/mcp-server"]
env = { ETCHV_API_KEY = "<ETCHV_API_KEY>", ETCHV_FILES_ROOT = "<ETCHV_FILES_ROOT>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@etchv-labs/mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"ETCHV_API_KEY": "<ETCHV_API_KEY>",
"ETCHV_FILES_ROOT": "<ETCHV_FILES_ROOT>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"mcp-server": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@etchv-labs/mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"ETCHV_API_KEY": "<ETCHV_API_KEY>",
"ETCHV_FILES_ROOT": "<ETCHV_FILES_ROOT>"
}
}
}
}Put your own values in place of
<ETCHV_API_KEY> (Etchv API key with the scopes your workflow needs), <ETCHV_FILES_ROOT> (Absolute path of an existing directory for input and output files).
The author’s registry entry marks them as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
ETCHV_API_BASE_URL (Optional HTTPS API origin. Defaults to https://api.etchv.com).
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