computer-control-mcp

Quick Usage (MCP Setup Using uvx)

Note: Running uvx computer-control-mcp@latest for the first time will download python dependencies (around 70MB) which may take some time. Recommended to run this in a terminal before using it as MCP. Subsequent runs will be instant.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "computer-control-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["computer-control-mcp@latest"]
    }
  }
}

OR install globally with pip:

pip install computer-control-mcp

Then run the server with:

computer-control-mcp

Features

• Control mouse movements and clicks
• Type text at the current cursor position
• Take screenshots of the entire screen or specific windows with optional saving to downloads directory
• Extract text from screenshots using OCR (Optical Character Recognition)
• List and activate windows
• Press keyboard keys
• Drag and drop operations

Available Tools# Mouse Control

• click_screen(x: int, y: int): Click at specified screen coordinates
• move_mouse(x: int, y: int): Move mouse cursor to specified coordinates
• drag_mouse(from_x: int, from_y: int, to_x: int, to_y: int, duration: float = 0.5): Drag mouse from one position to another

Keyboard Control

• type_text(text: str): Type the specified text at current cursor position
• press_key(key: str): Press a specified keyboard key

Screen and Window Management

• take_screenshot(title_pattern: str = None, use_regex: bool = False, threshold: int = 60, with_ocr_text_and_coords: bool = False, scale_percent_for_ocr: int = 100, save_to_downloads: bool = False): Capture screen or window with optional OCR
• get_screen_size(): Get current screen resolution
• list_windows(): List all open windows
• activate_window(title_pattern: str, use_regex: bool = False, threshold: int = 60): Bring specified window to foreground

Development# Setting up the Development Environment

git clone https://github.com/AB498/computer-control-mcp.git
cd computer-control-mcp\n\n# Install in development mode
pip install -e .\n\n# Start server
python -m computer_control_mcp.core

Running Tests

python -m pytest

API Reference

See the API Reference for detailed information about the available functions and classes.