Setup

From box to desk
in about three minutes.

Install the MCP plugin on your AI agent, power the device, join its captive portal, pair from your agent. Live usage flows within ~60 seconds.

  1. Step 01
    Install the MCP plugin
  2. Step 02
    Power the device
  3. Step 03
    Captive portal
  4. Step 04
    Pair from your AI
  5. Step 05
    You're done
01

Install the MCP plugin on your AI agent.

The cwallmonitor plugin ships through Fractal Manifold's MCP marketplace. Installing it registers the local broker (cwm-mcp) plus the configure / theme / settings skills — same surface across every supported CLI.

# Add the marketplace, then install the plugin > /plugin marketplace add fractal-manifold/mcp-marketplace > /plugin install cwallmonitor@fractalmanifold-mcp-marketplace
# Same marketplace as Claude Code > /plugin marketplace add fractal-manifold/mcp-marketplace > /plugin install cwallmonitor@fractalmanifold-mcp-marketplace
# Gemini extension shipped via the same marketplace $ gemini extensions install fractal-manifold/mcp-marketplace/plugins/cwallmonitor
Verify it's loaded Ask your agent "What's the status of my wall monitor broker?" — it should call wall_monitor_status and report the broker role + request count.
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> /plugin marketplace add fractal-manifold/mcp-marketplace
Added marketplace fractalmanifold-mcp-marketplace
 
> /plugin install cwallmonitor@fractalmanifold-mcp-marketplace
Fetching plugin cwallmonitor…
Loaded skills: configure, theme, settings
MCP server cwallmonitor ready (4 tools)
[ok] plugin installed · waiting for devices
02

Power the device.

USB-C, 5 V / 1 A. Any wall charger or USB hub will do — the device draws < 4 W peak with the backlight at full.

On first boot, with no Wi-Fi yet stored, the device exposes its own open SSID and shows a Join this Wi-Fi screen with a QR code that opens the captive portal.

Power consumption ≈ 3 W with backlight at 80%, ≈ 0.4 W with backlight off in standby. Battery (where fitted) holds ~3 hours of operation for power cuts.
03

Connect to its captive portal.

The device exposes an open Wi-Fi SSID — your phone or laptop auto-opens the portal at 192.168.4.1.

  • SSID: ClaudeWallMonitor-XXXX (last 4 = MAC suffix)
  • Pick (or type) your home Wi-Fi SSID + password
  • Submit → device reboots and shows its IP + 6-digit pairing code

Broker URL, key and city are configured in the next step from your AI agent.

Why is it an open network? Only the Wi-Fi join is unauthenticated, and only for the ~30 s of provisioning. The actual broker channel that follows is HMAC + AES-CTR encrypted with your passphrase-derived PSK.
⚠192.168.4.1

C Wall Monitor

Setup

After saving, the device reboots and shows its IP and a 6-digit pairing code on screen. Then run /cwallmonitor:configure from your AI agent on the same LAN and enter the code to finish setup (broker URL, key and city).

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04

Pair from your AI agent. The magic moment.

Install the plugin (one line — see the plugin page), then ask Claude Code, Codex or Gemini to configure your device:

> /cwallmonitor:configure

The agent does the rest:

  • Discovers your device on the LAN via mDNS
  • Asks for the 6-digit code shown on screen
  • Generates a passphrase, derives the PSK locally
  • Pushes broker URL + key, device reboots
What about Codex / Gemini? Same skill, same UX, different CLI. See plugin install for the per-CLI snippet.
05

You're done.

The device lands on the dashboard. Within ~60 seconds the broker's first poll completes and live usage starts flowing — session, weekly and (optionally) design-time cards refresh every 2.4 s.

Forget it. Glance at it.

86 × 86 mm footprint, sits on your desk with one USB-C cable. Standby kicks in after 20 min idle; tap anywhere to wake.