What it does
Like the webhook sink, but structured: fire a parameterised GraphQL mutation with the peepshow payload as variables. The mutation is configurable, so any schema is a fit.
When to reach for it
- Ingest into a Hasura / Postgraphile API over HTTPS
- Drop runs into a headless CMS (Contentful, Strapi, Hygraph) as entries
- Pipe into a custom Apollo server without writing a REST adapter
Install
npm i -g peepshowUse it
peepshow ./v.mp4 --sink graphql \
--sink-arg url=https://api.example.com/graphql \
--sink-arg mutation="mutation Ingest(\$run: PeepshowRunInput!) { createRun(input: \$run) { id } }"Make it automatic
Register the sink once — every run fires it afterward. Scope by --when so it only runs for matching videos.
peepshow sinks add graphql
peepshow sinks add graphql --when extension=mp4,mov
peepshow sinks add graphql --when path=/Volumes/Work/Configuration
PEEPSHOW_GRAPHQL_URLEndpoint URL. requiredPEEPSHOW_GRAPHQL_TOKENBearer token sent as `Authorization: Bearer <token>`.
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 GraphQL 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_GRAPHQL_URL="..."2. Register as an auto-sink
peepshow sinks add graphql
peepshow sinks add graphql --when extension=mp4,mov3. Example LLM session
You → drop a
.movinto Claude Code.Claude → auto-invokes
/peepshow:slides ./clip.mov. peepshow extracts frames + audio, theGraphQLsink forwards the run to the configured GraphQL target. Claude replies with a summary and a link to the created record.
The transcript rides along in the payload whenever the audio pass transcribes successfully.
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'.