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apps/gnome-extension/jarvis@qvac.local/settings-catalog.json

@@ -696,6 +696,45 @@
       "max": 95,
       "step": 5
     },
+    {
+      "key": "webcamEnabled",
+      "title": "Camera access",
+      "group": "Camera",
+      "default": false,
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "description": "Off by default. Press Allow now to start a temporary camera grant. Apply this switch if you want the feature remembered."
+    },
+    {
+      "key": "webcamDevice",
+      "title": "Camera device",
+      "group": "Camera",
+      "default": "",
+      "type": "device",
+      "mediaClass": "Video/Source",
+      "description": "System default follows PipeWire. Refresh the list after connecting a camera."
+    },
+    {
+      "key": "webcamGrantMinutes",
+      "title": "Camera grant duration (minutes)",
+      "group": "Camera",
+      "default": 3,
+      "type": "number",
+      "description": "Camera access expires automatically. Changing this revokes an active grant.",
+      "min": 1,
+      "max": 15,
+      "step": 1
+    },
+    {
+      "key": "webcamMaxEdge",
+      "title": "Camera still maximum edge (pixels)",
+      "group": "Camera",
+      "default": 720,
+      "type": "number",
+      "description": "Larger stills preserve detail but take more memory.",
+      "min": 320,
+      "max": 1280,
+      "step": 80
+    },
     {
       "key": "modelProfile",
       "title": "Chat model profile",

apps/gnome-extension/jarvis@qvac.local/settings-editor.js

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ export class SettingsEditor {
       const scan = async () => {
         refresh.sensitive = false;
         try {
-          const devices = await audioDevices(field.key === 'inputTarget' ? 'Audio/Source' : 'Audio/Sink');
+          const devices = await audioDevices(field.mediaClass || (field.key === 'inputTarget' ? 'Audio/Source' : field.key === 'webcamDevice' ? 'Video/Source' : 'Audio/Sink'));
           options = [{ value: '', label: 'System default' }, ...devices];
           if (this.values[field.key] && !options.some(o => o.value === this.values[field.key])) options.push({ value: this.values[field.key], label: `${this.values[field.key]} (not connected)` });
           updating = true;

apps/gnome-extension/jarvis@qvac.local/settings-window.js

@@ -151,6 +151,56 @@ function grantRow() {
   return row;
 }
 
+function cameraGrantRow() {
+  const row = new Adw.ActionRow({
+    title: 'Camera grant',
+    subtitle: 'Press Allow now so Jarvis can capture a webcam still. This is not desktop ScreenCast.',
+  });
+  const allow = new Gtk.Button({ label: 'Allow now', valign: Gtk.Align.CENTER });
+  allow.add_css_class('suggested-action');
+  const revoke = new Gtk.Button({ label: 'Revoke', valign: Gtk.Align.CENTER });
+  revoke.add_css_class('destructive-action');
+  const refresh = () => {
+    callDaemon('WebcamStatus', null, null, (error, reply) => {
+      if (error) {
+        row.subtitle = 'Jarvis daemon is unavailable. Start jarvisd, then try Allow now.';
+        return;
+      }
+      let status = {};
+      try {
+        const unpacked = reply.deep_unpack?.() ?? reply.unpack?.();
+        const raw = Array.isArray(unpacked) ? unpacked[0] : unpacked;
+        status = JSON.parse(String(raw || '{}'));
+      } catch {}
+      if (status.active) {
+        row.subtitle = 'Active. Jarvis can capture one webcam still per webcam tool call until this grant expires.';
+      } else if (!status.enabled) {
+        row.subtitle = 'Off. Press Allow now to start a camera grant, or enable Camera access and Apply to keep the feature on.';
+      } else {
+        row.subtitle = 'Enabled. Press Allow now so Jarvis can use the webcam for the configured grant duration.';
+      }
+    });
+  };
+  allow.connect('clicked', () => {
+    callDaemon('WebcamGrant', null, null, (error) => {
+      row.subtitle = error ? `Could not grant: ${error.message}` : 'Grant requested. Jarvis can use the camera until you revoke it or the timer ends.';
+      refresh();
+      GLib.timeout_add(GLib.PRIORITY_DEFAULT, 700, () => { refresh(); return GLib.SOURCE_REMOVE; });
+    });
+  });
+  revoke.connect('clicked', () => {
+    callDaemon('WebcamRevoke', null, null, (error) => {
+      row.subtitle = error ? `Could not revoke: ${error.message}` : 'Camera grant revoked.';
+      refresh();
+    });
+  });
+  row.add_suffix(allow);
+  row.add_suffix(revoke);
+  row.activatable_widget = allow;
+  refresh();
+  return row;
+}
+
 export function fillSettingsWindow(window, settings, directory) {
     window.set_title(BRAND.product);
     window.set_default_size(840, 780);
@@ -164,7 +214,7 @@ export function fillSettingsWindow(window, settings, directory) {
     const listening = editor.page(window, 'Listening', ['Listening', 'Wake and privacy', 'Detection tuning', 'Audio routing'], 'audio-input-microphone-symbolic');
     window.add(listening);
 
-    const desktop = editor.page(window, 'Desktop', ['Desktop access', 'Desktop images'], 'preferences-desktop-display-symbolic');
+    const desktop = editor.page(window, 'Desktop', ['Desktop access', 'Desktop images', 'Camera'], 'preferences-desktop-display-symbolic');
     const desktopGroup = new Adw.PreferencesGroup({ title: 'Overlay and shortcuts', description: 'These appearance settings take effect immediately.' });
     desktopGroup.add(strvRow(settings, 'Hotkey', 'hotkey'));
     desktopGroup.add(accentRow(settings));
@@ -172,6 +222,8 @@ export function fillSettingsWindow(window, settings, directory) {
     desktop.add(desktopGroup);
     const grantGroup = new Adw.PreferencesGroup({ title: 'Temporary desktop access' });
     grantGroup.add(grantRow()); desktop.add(grantGroup);
+    const cameraGroup = new Adw.PreferencesGroup({ title: 'Temporary camera access' });
+    cameraGroup.add(cameraGrantRow()); desktop.add(cameraGroup);
     window.add(desktop);
     const models = editor.page(window, 'Models', ['Chat model', 'Agent limits'], 'system-run-symbolic');
     const service = new Adw.PreferencesGroup({ title: 'Apply chat model changes' });