stv 1.0.1

Talk to your TV. Play Netflix, Disney+, and 20+ streaming platforms by name on any smart TV.

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smartest-tv

The CLI your TV has been waiting for.

Play Netflix / Apple TV+ / YouTube / Spotify by name. Cast URLs. Multi-room audio. AI concierge. All from your terminal.

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pip install stv && stv setup

_{Runs on your local network. No cloud. No API keys. No subscriptions.}

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😩 Without stv	😎 With stv
Pick up remote Open Netflix app Search for show Pick the season Pick the episode Press play ~30 seconds	stv play netflix "Dark" s1e1 ~3 seconds

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🛋 Vibe-code and chill

Vibe-coding at 2am. Claude writes your code. You tell it to put on a show. It does.

you: play frieren on the living room tv
claude: Playing Frieren s2e8 on Living Room. (3s)

you: bit quieter
claude: Volume → 18.

you: good night
claude: All 3 TVs off.

Already installed stv? Just tell Claude:

# Option 1 — just talk (zero config)
"run stv play netflix Frieren s2e8"

# Option 2 — install the Skill for auto-trigger
clawhub install smartest-tv
# now "play Frieren", "good night", "next episode" just work mid-session

_{Also available as an MCP server (21 tools) for Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity, and other MCP clients.}

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🎯 Just type stv

No subcommand? You get a Now Playing card and three contextual next-actions based on your watch history — not a 30-command help dump.

$ stv "play dark on netflix"     # natural language works
$ stv youtube lofi beats         # platform shorthand
$ stv next                       # continue last show
$ stv stats                      # → insights

Unknown input? You get a friendly hint, not an error.

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🎨 A CLI that looks like a product

Every command renders with Catppuccin Mocha colors, semantic icons, and real visual hierarchy. Prefer another palette? Set STV_THEME=nord or STV_THEME=gruvbox.

--format json is always available when you need to pipe to jq.

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✨ What it does

🎬 Play by name stv play netflix "Dark" s1e1 stv play disney "Percy Jackson" s1e1 stv play prime "The Boys" s1e1 stv play "Frieren" s2e8 # auto-detects platform Say the name. stv finds the ID, opens the app, starts playback. Netflix and Apple TV+ resolve via HTML parsing. Disney+, Max, Prime, Hulu, Paramount+, Peacock, Crunchyroll, and every platform on JustWatch resolve via their API — no login, no API key. Skip the platform name and stv auto-detects where it's streaming in your region.	🔗 Cast any URL stv cast https://youtu.be/dQw4w stv cast https://netflix.com/watch/... stv cast https://open.spotify.com/... Friend sends a link. Paste it. TV plays it.	🎵 Queue & party stv queue add youtube "Gangnam Style" stv queue add spotify "Blinding Lights" stv queue play Everyone adds their pick. TV plays in order.
🎭 Scene presets stv scene movie-night # volume 20, cinema stv scene kids # volume 15, Cocomelon stv scene sleep # rain sounds, auto-off One command sets the vibe.	🔊 Multi-room audio stv audio play "lo-fi beats" stv audio volume kitchen 30 stv audio stop Screens off. Music everywhere. Free Sonos.	📺 TV as display stv display message "Dinner!" stv display clock stv display dashboard "Temp:22°C" Dashboards, clocks, signage. $0/month.
📊 Watch intelligence stv insights stv screen-time stv sub-value netflix --cost 17.99 Is your Netflix worth $18/month?	🌐 Sync party stv --all play youtube "lo-fi beats" stv --group party play netflix "Wed..." stv --all off # good night Every TV. At once. Even remote friends.	🤖 AI concierge "Play something chill" → tv_recommend → tv_play → Playing The Queen's Gambit 21 MCP tools. One sentence is enough.

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🤖 Tell your AI to control your TV

stv is an MCP server. Claude, GPT, Cursor, or any MCP client can control your TV with natural language.

Setup (one line): { "mcpServers": { "tv": { "command": "uvx", "args": ["stv"] } } } Or via OpenClaw: clawhub install smartest-tv

Then just talk: You: "I just got home, set up movie night" Claude: 🎬 Movie night activated. Volume → 20, cinema mode on. Based on your history: 1. The Queen's Gambit (Netflix) 2. Ozark (Netflix) 3. Squid Game S2 (Netflix) You: "Play 1, put a clock on kitchen TV" Claude: ✓ Playing The Queen's Gambit ✓ Clock on kitchen TV

All 21 MCP tools

Category	Tool	What it does
Play	tv_play	Search + play by name
	tv_cast	Cast any URL
	tv_next	Continue watching
	tv_launch	Launch app with ID
	tv_resolve	Get content ID only
Discover	tv_whats_on	Trending content
	tv_recommend	Personalized picks
Control	tv_power	On/off
	tv_volume	Get/set/step/mute
	tv_screen	Screen on/off
	tv_notify	Toast notification
	tv_status	Current state
Organize	tv_queue	Play queue
	tv_scene	Scene presets
	tv_history	Watch history
Intelligence	tv_insights	Viewing stats
	tv_display	TV as display
	tv_audio	Multi-room audio
Multi-TV	tv_sync	Play on all TVs
	tv_list_tvs	List TVs
	tv_groups	TV groups

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📅 A day with stv

Time	What happens
7am	stv display dashboard "Weather:18°C" "Meeting:10am" on kitchen TV
8am	stv scene kids --tv kids-room -- Cocomelon, volume 15
12pm	Friend sends Netflix link → stv cast <url>
5pm	stv screen-time → kids watched 2h 15m today
6:30pm	stv scene movie-night -- volume 20, cinema mode
7pm	stv recommend --mood chill → suggests Ozark
9pm	stv audio play "friday vibes" -p spotify -- music everywhere
10pm	stv --group party play netflix "Wednesday" s1e1 -- sync
11:30pm	stv scene sleep → stv --all off -- good night

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🔥 Killer combos

🌙 Bedtime autopilot stv audio play "rain" --rooms bedroom stv scene sleep stv --all off Ambient sound, screen off, auto-timer, every other TV killed.

🎧 Free Sonos stv audio play "lo-fi beats" stv audio volume kitchen 40 stv audio volume bedroom 15 Every TV is a speaker. Per-room volume. Screens off.

💰 Subscription audit stv sub-value netflix --cost 17.99 # → $8.50/hr — consider canceling stv sub-value youtube --cost 13.99 # → $1.20/hr — good value

10 more recipes →

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⚙️ How it works

  "Play Dark S1E1"
        │
        ▼
  ┌─── Resolution ───┐
  │ Cache → API → Web │  content_id
  │  0.1s   1s    3s  │──────────────▶ 📺 TV plays it
  └───────────────────┘       │
                         Deep link via
                    LG / Samsung / Roku / Android

Say a name. stv resolves it to a content ID, deep-links into the app on your TV. No browser automation, no API keys, no cloud dependency. Results are cached so repeat plays are instant.

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📦 Install

pip install stv                    # LG webOS (default)
pip install "stv[samsung]"         # Samsung Tizen
pip install "stv[android]"         # Android TV / Fire TV
pip install "stv[all]"             # Everything

stv setup                          # auto-discover + pair your TV

Supports LG webOS · Samsung Tizen · Android TV / Fire TV · Roku

Home Assistant (HACS)

Add as a custom repository (HACS default listing pending):

HACS → ⋮ (top right) → Custom repositories
  URL: https://github.com/Hybirdss/smartest-tv
  Category: Integration → Add
Then: Install → Restart HA
Settings → Integrations → Add → "Smartest TV" → auto-discovers your TVs

Then use in automations:

service: media_player.play_media
target:
  entity_id: media_player.living_room
data:
  media_content_type: stv
  media_content_id: "netflix:Frieren:s2e8"

This does what HA's built-in media_player.play_media can't: resolve a show by name and deep-link into the streaming app. Power, volume, and playback controls also work as standard HA media player entities.

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🔌 Works with

Integration	How
Home Assistant	HACS custom integration → media_player.play_media with content resolution
Claude Code / Cursor	Add MCP config → "play Dark s1e1"
OpenClaw	clawhub install smartest-tv → Telegram bot
cron	0 7 * * * stv display dashboard ...
Shell scripts	sleep-mode, party-mode one-liners
Any MCP client	21 tools, stdio or HTTP (stv serve)

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📚 Docs

Getting Started	Setup for any TV brand
Playing Content	play, cast, queue, resolve
Scenes	movie-night, kids, sleep, custom
Sync & Party	Multi-TV, remote watch party
Recipes	10 powerful feature combos
AI Agents	MCP for Claude, Cursor, OpenClaw
CLI Reference	Every command and option
MCP Tools	All 21 tools with parameters

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🔓 Open source

Every line of stv is on GitHub — the CLI, resolvers (Netflix, Apple TV+, YouTube, Spotify, Disney+, Max, Prime Video, Paramount+, Hulu, Peacock, Crunchyroll, and more via JustWatch), all 4 TV drivers (LG, Samsung, Roku, Android), cache, sync engine, scenes, and all 253 tests. Streaming availability data powered by JustWatch.

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🔒 Privacy

stv runs on your local network. No telemetry, no analytics, no cloud sync, no phoning home about what you watch. There is no posthog, no amplitude, no sentry, no mixpanel — grep the source.

One exception — community cache contribution. When you play content that isn't in the local cache, stv resolves it (via web parsing) and submits the resolved ID to a shared community cache so the next user gets an instant lookup. This is the same pattern as Wikipedia or a package mirror — many small contributions, anonymous.

What's sent (background HTTPS, fire-and-forget, never blocks playback):

• Platform name (netflix / youtube / spotify)
• Content slug (e.g. frieren)
• Resolved content ID (Netflix title ID, YouTube video ID, Spotify URI)

What's not sent:

• Your name, email, or any user identifier
• Your IP address (the CDN sees a connection IP per standard HTTP, but the client never reads or transmits it)
• Your watch history or play timestamps
• Your TV's IP address or hardware info
• Anything about how often or when you use stv

To disable cache contribution entirely:

export STV_NO_CONTRIBUTE=1

Source: src/smartest_tv/cache.py — search for _contribute.

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🤝 Contributing

211 tests. No TV needed to run them.

pip install -e ".[dev]"
python -m pytest tests/ -v

Samsung, Roku, and Android TV drivers need real-world testing. If you have one, your feedback matters.

Cache Contributions · Driver Development

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_{MIT License · Made with Python · No cloud required}