What it does
Push every peepshow run into a Chroma collection as a set of points: one per frame, embedding generated from the caption + container tags, path stored in metadata so you can fetch the JPG back.
When to reach for it
- RAG over your own video library — query by natural language, get frames back
- Cross-reference videos by semantic similarity instead of filename
- Pair a local LLM with a local Chroma for fully-offline video search
Install
npm i -g peepshowUse it
peepshow ./lecture.mp4 --sink chroma \
--sink-arg url=http://localhost:8000 \
--sink-arg collection=peepshowMake it automatic
Register the sink once — every run fires it afterward. Scope by --when so it only runs for matching videos.
peepshow sinks add chroma
peepshow sinks add chroma --when extension=mp4,mov
peepshow sinks add chroma --when path=/Volumes/Work/Configuration
PEEPSHOW_CHROMA_URLChroma HTTP server URL. requiredPEEPSHOW_CHROMA_COLLECTIONCollection name. Default `peepshow`.
Use with an LLM agent
Every peepshow sink reads its config from env vars and receives a single JSON payload on stdin. An LLM agent (Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Gemini, Codex) can drive the Chroma sink automatically when three things are true:
- the env vars below are exported in the agent's shell (or a project
.envit can load), - the
peepshowCLI is onPATH— install withnpm i -g peepshow, - a peepshow auto-sink is registered for the run (optional but recommended — makes invocation zero-argument).
1. Set the environment
# Add to ~/.zshrc, ~/.bashrc, or a project .env the agent can load
export PEEPSHOW_CHROMA_URL="..."2. Register as an auto-sink
peepshow sinks add chroma
peepshow sinks add chroma --when extension=mp4,mov3. Example LLM session
You → drop a
.movinto Claude Code.Claude → auto-invokes
/peepshow:slides ./clip.mov. peepshow extracts frames + audio, theChromasink forwards the run to the configured collection. Claude replies with a summary and a link to the created record.
The transcript text is a natural embedding target — index it next to the frames.
Write your own
A sink is any executable that reads the --emit json payload on stdin. Shell, Node, Python, Go — the spec's in docs/PLUGINS.md. Register persistent ones with peepshow sinks add-cmd 'your-command'.