What is Windows Mcp

Windows-MCP is a lightweight, open-source MCP server designed for seamless interaction with the Windows operating system, enabling AI agents to perform various tasks.

Use cases

Use cases for Windows-MCP include automating file navigation, controlling applications, simulating user input for testing, and performing quality assurance tasks on Windows applications.

How to use

To use Windows-MCP, simply install it on a compatible Windows 10 or 11 system, configure your preferred LLM, and start interacting with Windows UI elements through the provided tools.

Key features

Key features include seamless integration with Windows UI, compatibility with any LLM, a rich toolset for UI automation, lightweight and open-source nature, and customizable and extendable functionalities.

Where to use

Windows-MCP can be used in various fields such as software testing, automation of repetitive tasks, AI-driven user interface interactions, and enhancing productivity in Windows environments.

🪟 Windows-MCP

Windows MCP is a lightweight, open-source project that enables seamless integration between AI agents and the Windows operating system. Acting as an MCP server bridges the gap between LLMs and the Windows operating system, allowing agents to perform tasks such as file navigation, application control, UI interaction, QA testing, and more.

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✨ Key Features

• Seamless Windows Integration
  Interacts natively with Windows UI elements, opens apps, controls windows, simulates user input, and more.

• Use Any LLM (Vision Optional)
  Unlike many automation tools, Windows MCP doesn’t rely on any traditional computer vision techniques or specific fine-tuned models; it works with any LLMs, reducing complexity and setup time.

• Rich Toolset for UI Automation
  Includes tools for basic keyboard, mouse operation and capturing window/UI state.

• Lightweight & Open-Source
  Minimal dependencies and easy setup with full source code available under MIT license.

• Customizable & Extendable
  Easily adapt or extend tools to suit your unique automation or AI integration needs.

• Real-Time Interaction
  Typical latency between actions (e.g., from one mouse click to the next) ranges from 1.5 to 2.3 secs, and may slightly vary based on the number of active applications and system load, also the inferencing speed of the llm.

Supported Operating Systems

• Windows 10
• Windows 11

Installation

Prerequisites

• Python 3.12+
• Anthropic Claude Desktop app or other MCP Clients
• UV (Python package manager), install with pip install uv

🏁 Getting Started

1. Clone the repository.

git clone https://github.com/CursorTouch/Windows-MCP.git
cd Windows-MCP

2. Install dependencies:

uv sync

3. Connect to the MCP server

Copy the below JSON with the appropriate {{PATH}} values:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "windows-mcp": {
      "command": "{{PATH_TO_UV}}",
      "args": [
        "--directory",
        "{{PATH_TO_SRC}}/Windows-MCP",
        "run",
        "main.py"
      ]
    }
  }
}

For Claude, save this as claude_desktop_config.json in your Claude Desktop configuration directory at:

%APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

4. Restart Claude Desktop

Open Claude Desktop, and you should now see Windows-MCP as an available integration.

For additional Claude Desktop integration troubleshooting, see the MCP documentation. The documentation includes helpful tips for checking logs and resolving common issues.

🛠️MCP Tools

Claude can access the following tools to interact with Windows:

• Click-Tool: Click on the screen at the given coordinates.
• Type-Tool: Type text on an element (optionally clears existing text).
• Clipboard-Tool: Copy or paste using the system clipboard.
• Scroll-Tool: Scroll vertically or horizontally on the window or specific regions.
• Drag-Tool: Drag from one point to another.
• Move-Tool: Move mouse pointer.
• Shortcut-Tool: Press keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl+c, Alt+Tab, etc).
• Key-Tool: Press a single key.
• Wait-Tool: Pause for a defined duration.
• State-Tool: Combined snapshot of active apps and interactive, textual and scrollable elements along with screenshot of the desktop.
• Screenshot-Tool: Capture a screenshot of the desktop.
• Launch-Tool: To launch an application from the start menu.
• Shell-Tool: To execute PowerShell commands.
• Scrape-Tool: To scrape the entire webpage for information.

⚠️Caution

This MCP interacts directly with your Windows operating system to perform actions. Use with caution and avoid deploying it in environments where such risks cannot be tolerated.

🪪License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🤝Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please see CONTRIBUTING for setup instructions and development guidelines.

Made with ❤️ by Jeomon George

Citation

@software{
  author       = {George, Jeomon},
  title        = {Windows-MCP: Lightweight open-source project for integrating LLM agents with Windows},
  year         = {2024},
  publisher    = {GitHub},
  url={https://github.com/CursorTouch/Windows-MCP}
}