Desktop Commander

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Full terminal access, process management, and advanced ripgrep search for local machine control.

About Desktop Commander MCP Server

Desktop Commander is an MCP server in the System category. It exposes tools to connected AI applications, enabling them to interact with desktop commander capabilities through the standardized Model Context Protocol.

Features

Tools

Category

System
Getting Started

To use the Desktop Commander MCP server in your AI application, follow these steps:

  1. Install the MCP client SDK for your platform
  2. Connect to the Desktop Commander MCP server
  3. Authenticate with your Desktop Commander credentials
  4. Start using the tools, resources, and prompts provided by the server

Example Code


// Connect to the Desktop Commander MCP server
const server = await mcp.connect("desktop commander");

// List available tools
const tools = await server.tools.list();

// List available resources
const resources = await server.resources.list();

// List available prompts
const prompts = await server.prompts.list();
                      
Installation

npm

npm install @mcp/server-desktop commander

pip

pip install mcp-server-desktop commander
Compatible With
Claude Desktop
Cursor
Windsurf
Zed
Any MCP-compatible client