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Computer Use

Control your computer with screenshots, mouse, and keyboard automation.

Developer ToolsPackageJavaScript/TypeScript, mcpbOpen SourceExternal

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Last updated

March 16, 2026

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About This MCP Server

Control your computer with screenshots, mouse, and keyboard automation. This MCP server enables AI assistants like Claude to seamlessly interact with Computer Use, providing structured access to its functionality through the Model Context Protocol (MCP).

Key Capabilities:

Connect AI assistants to specialized functionality
Automate repetitive workflows and tasks
Access and process data from external sources
Enable intelligent decision-making with real-time data

Common Use Cases:

Streamlining daily workflows with AI assistance
Automating data processing and analysis tasks
Building intelligent automation pipelines
Enhancing productivity through AI-powered tools

How It Works: Computer Use integrates with AI coding assistants and chat interfaces through the standardized MCP protocol. Once configured, your AI assistant can directly invoke Computer Use's tools, enabling natural language interaction with its features without manual API calls or custom integrations.

Technical Details: Server type: Package · Language: JavaScript/TypeScript, mcpb

What Problems It Solves

💻 An model context protocol server for Claude to control your computer. This is very similar to computer use, but easy to set up and use locally.
Here's Claude Haiku 4.5 changing my desktop background (4x speed):
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/cd0bc190-52c4-49db-b3bc-4b8a74544789
> At time of writing, models make frequent mistakes and are vulnerable to prompt injections. As this MCP server gives the model complete control of your computer, this could do a lot of damage. You should therefore treat this like giving a hyperactive toddler access to your computer - you probably want to supervise it closely, and consider only doing this in a sandboxed user account.

Specifications

Status

live

Industry

Developer Tools

Requirements

<summary>Claude Code</summary>
This installs the server at user scope (available in all projects). To install locally (current directory only), omit --scope user.
<summary>Claude Desktop</summary>
1. Find the latest dxt build in the GitHub Actions history (the top one) 2. In the 'Artifacts' section, download the computer-use-mcp-dxt file 3. Rename the .zip file to .dxt 4. Double-click the .dxt file to open with Claude Desktop
1. Install Node.js 2. Open Claude Desktop and go to Settings → Developer 3. Click "Edit Config" to open your claude_desktop_config.json file 4. Add the following configuration to the "mcpServers" section:
5. Save the file and restart Claude Desktop
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Hosting

Hosting Options

Package

API

Integrate this server into your application. Choose a connection method below.

Configure

Configuration

json

This installs the server at user scope (available in all projects). To install locally (current directory only), omit `--scope user`.

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<summary><strong>Claude Desktop</strong></summary>

#### (Recommended) Via manual .dxt installation

1. Find the latest dxt build in [the GitHub Actions history](https://github.com/domdomegg/computer-use-mcp/actions/workflows/dxt.yaml?query=branch%3Amaster) (the top one)
2. In the 'Artifacts' section, download the `computer-use-mcp-dxt` file
3. Rename the `.zip` file to `.dxt`
4. Double-click the `.dxt` file to open with Claude Desktop
5. Click "Install"

#### (Advanced) Alternative: Via JSON configuration

1. Install [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/download)
2. Open Claude Desktop and go to Settings → Developer
3. Click "Edit Config" to open your `claude_desktop_config.json` file
4. Add the following configuration to the "mcpServers" section:

Performance

Usage

Quick Reference

Name: Computer Use
Function: Control your computer with screenshots, mouse, and keyboard automation.
Transport: Package
Language: JavaScript/TypeScript, mcpb
Source: External (Registry)
License: Open Source