Hmdb Database
Access and query a comprehensive human motion database (HMDB) for detailed video analysis and action recognition.
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Run in terminal (recommended)
claude mcp add jimmc414-hmdb-database npx -- -y @trustedskills/jimmc414-hmdb-database
Or manually add to ~/.claude/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"jimmc414-hmdb-database": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@trustedskills/jimmc414-hmdb-database"
]
}
}
}Requires Claude Code (claude CLI). Run claude --version to verify your install.
About This Skill
What it does
This skill provides access to the Human Movement Database (HMDB), a large video database of human actions. It allows AI agents to query and retrieve videos based on action categories, making it useful for tasks like activity recognition or generating training data for computer vision models. The HMDB contains over 360 different human actions performed by multiple individuals in various settings.
When to use it
- Activity Recognition Training: Generate a dataset of video clips for training an AI model to recognize specific human activities (e.g., "playing guitar," "jumping jacks").
- Video Search & Retrieval: Quickly find relevant videos from the HMDB based on action descriptions or keywords.
- Content Generation Research: Explore and analyze a diverse collection of human actions for research purposes related to biomechanics, sports analysis, or robotics.
- AI Agent Demonstration: Showcase an AI agent's ability to understand and interact with video data by querying the database.
Key capabilities
- Access to the HMDB video dataset
- Video retrieval based on action categories
- Support for a wide range of human actions (over 360)
- Multiple performers per action category
Example prompts
- "Find videos of people 'playing guitar'."
- "Show me examples of 'jumping jacks' from the HMDB."
- “Retrieve all videos categorized as ‘boxing’."
Tips & gotchas
The HMDB contains a wide variety of actions, so be specific with your queries to get relevant results. Understanding the HMDB action categories will improve search accuracy.
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