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desktop-commander Plugin

Author
Desktop Commander
Category
Productivity
Topics
AI Agents & AI App Development · Claude Code Customization & Workflow
First seen
2026-07-09
Last confirmed
2026-07-13
Explanation last updated
2026-07-12

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Desktop Commander is an MCP server plugin for Claude Code that gives an AI agent access to terminal commands, process management, and file operations across text, code, PDF, DOCX, Excel, images, and structured data. According to the README, it is installed via npx -y @wonderwhy-er/desktop-commander@latest and ships with several Claude Code skills that guide the agent toward common workflows such as terminal use, system health checks, AI-tooling setup, and knowledge-base/Obsidian organization. Separately, the project's homepage advertises a downloadable desktop app of the same name and states that the underlying MCP engine can also be used with clients such as Claude Desktop, Cursor, Warp, VS Code, and Windsurf. Pricing and usage limits specific to the plugin itself are unknown from the given sources.

Overview

According to the README, Desktop Commander is a local MCP server that gives Claude Code (and other MCP clients) access to terminal sessions, filesystem operations, document processing, search, process management, and SSH workflows, bundled with a set of Claude Code skills. The homepage separately describes a downloadable desktop app of the same name, marketed as 'AI that executes' tasks directly on the user's computer.

What you can do with desktop-commander

  • Run persistent terminal sessions, SSH, and Windows PowerShell, and inspect processes/ports (terminal skill)
  • Read and edit local files, including PDF, DOCX, Excel, and other structured data
  • Perform a read-only system health check (CPU, memory, disk, battery, startup) with optional, opt-in cleanups (computer-health-check skill)
  • Install, configure, and repair Claude Desktop and other local MCP tooling (ai-tools-setup skill)
  • Build and maintain a Markdown knowledge base navigable without a vector database (knowledge-base skill)
  • Organize Obsidian vaults, including MOCs, wikilinks, properties, Dataview/Bases dashboards, and orphan/link cleanup (obsidian-vault skill)

Sources

Original description (English)

MCP server for terminal commands, process management, and file operations across text, code, PDF, DOCX, Excel, images, and structured data.

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