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Screen to GIF v1.0.0

Video & audio gif-capture 2 actions MCP

Record a rectangular screen region, or the whole desktop, straight to an animated GIF via ffmpeg's gdigrab capture and its palettegen/paletteuse pipeline - no intermediate video file.

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Actions

Jump to: capturecapture_full

Record a region to GIF

capture

Record a rectangular pixel region of the desktop (x, y, width, height, in absolute desktop coordinates) for a fixed number of seconds and save it as an animated GIF.

Inputs

NameTypeRequired / defaultValues and notes
x int required
y int required
width int required
height int required
duration_seconds float required
out path optional, default ""
fps int optional, default 15
scale_width int optional, default 480
show_cursor bool optional, default true

Outputs

NameTypeNotes
file path
duration_seconds float
fps int

Record the desktop to GIF

capture_full

Record the whole desktop for a fixed number of seconds and save it as an animated GIF.

Inputs

NameTypeRequired / defaultValues and notes
duration_seconds float required
out path optional, default ""
fps int optional, default 15
scale_width int optional, default 480
show_cursor bool optional, default true

Outputs

NameTypeNotes
file path
duration_seconds float
fps int

Use it

Record a region to GIF

Command line

shell
python app.py --action capture --params '{"x": 1, "y": 1, "width": 1, "height": 1, "duration_seconds": 1.0}'

Run from the app’s own folder. Single quotes work in bash and PowerShell; in cmd.exe use double quotes and escape the inner ones.

MCP tool

mcp
run_action("gif-capture", "capture", {"x": 1, "y": 1, "width": 1, "height": 1, "duration_seconds": 1.0})

Workflow node

json
{
  "id": "n0",
  "app": "gif-capture",
  "action": "capture",
  "params": {
    "x": 1,
    "y": 1,
    "width": 1,
    "height": 1,
    "duration_seconds": 1.0
  },
  "inputs": {}
}

Record the desktop to GIF

Command line

shell
python app.py --action capture_full --params '{"duration_seconds": 1.0}'

Run from the app’s own folder. Single quotes work in bash and PowerShell; in cmd.exe use double quotes and escape the inner ones.

MCP tool

mcp
run_action("gif-capture", "capture_full", {"duration_seconds": 1.0})

Workflow node

json
{
  "id": "n0",
  "app": "gif-capture",
  "action": "capture_full",
  "params": {
    "duration_seconds": 1.0
  },
  "inputs": {}
}

Example prompts

Things you can say to Claude, Cursor or Codex once the MCP server is registered.