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Pointcast MCP Server

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Pointcast runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 81 installs a week from npm. Last commit 1 Oct 2026.

Talk and Alt+click on your web app: your agent gets the exact elements and the code behind them.

Installs per day peak 926 · avg 55
a month agotoday
81
Installs / week
npm · pointcast
5
Stars
8 open issues
1 Oct 2026
Last commit
10 releases in 90 days
MIT
License
TypeScript

What the code does

We read the source, 5 d ago · rules 995398eba69f

Capabilities

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

A line of code looks encrypted packages/core/src/handoff.ts:244
  "MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAq9PXy4ImX/n4hHfuKZivGUibMS7hgFv9iMvwyavUmju9ZtiUAt8Sb89NA3mwYlAVuqPP+Nn+AnMeQp7HmriBguYdR+XnqrILAGM9oQ74nGsJfCuR6At4yguXRBgaL7JkZufIHrPBAufKUIc2rWNDLQ5QiLAB3ZAWzLLjvv28DB6EErmmNR3m3bybsGBnWMGhbxv7G7WpPGgz2dlPfULS2f17LpEE/dvRmyMjTjmYl…
const read = (f) => (existsSync(path.join(HERE, "results", f)) ? JSON.parse(readFileSync(path.join(HERE, "results", f), "utf8")) : null);
  const child = spawn(command, args, { stdio: "ignore", detached: true, windowsHide: true });

Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.

This code can reach further than it looks

We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.

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Connect this server

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.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add pointcast -- npx -y pointcast
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pointcast": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "pointcast"
      ]
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.pointcast]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "pointcast"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pointcast": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "pointcast"
      ]
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "pointcast": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "pointcast"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: POINTCAST_DIR (Folder the recordings are read from and stored in. Default: <Downloads>/pointcast), POINTCAST_HANDOFF (Set to off to stop receiving recordings from the extension on 127.0.0.1:20547 (shared multi-user computers)).

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Pointcast — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Pointcast?
Pointcast runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the npm package pointcast was installed 81 times last week.
How do I connect Pointcast?
Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls pointcast straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Pointcast?
The npm package pointcast was installed 81 times in the last week. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Pointcast open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript, 5 stars on GitHub and 8 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.