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Claude Windows-MCP connectorWhat Claude can do on your Windows PC.
The Claude Windows-MCP connector exposes 18 tools. 4 read: screenshots, the desktop state, web pages and a pause. The other 14 act on the machine through the mouse, the keyboard, apps, files, PowerShell and the registry. 0 undocumented. Publisher: CursorTouch, not Microsoft.
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What changes when Claude can operate your Windows desktop
This extension gives Claude hands on a Windows machine. It captures what is on screen, finds buttons and fields, then clicks, types, scrolls and presses shortcuts like a person at the keyboard. It can also launch and arrange applications, read and write files and run PowerShell commands. CursorTouch, its publisher, warns that it works with full system access.
A repetitive form filled for you. Snapshot lists the interactive elements of the screen with their coordinates, then MultiEdit enters text into several fields in one go and Click submits.
Files sorted without opening Explorer. FileSystem reads, writes, copies, moves, deletes, lists and searches files. Relative paths start from your Desktop folder, so give full paths for anything else.
A quick check of what is running. Screenshot grabs the screen with the open windows, and Process lists running programs, or ends one by its ID or name.
What it will not do: run unattended. Claude only calls these tools while it answers you in Claude Desktop, never on a schedule. It is also not a web connector: the directory sheet lists it as a local extension for Claude Desktop only. For recurring jobs, automation platforms are listed on the Integrations hub, and other connectors on the Claude integrations page.
Five words before you install Windows-MCP
The terms this page keeps using, explained once.
- Connector
- The link between Claude and something outside it. Here, an extension that runs on your own Windows PC inside Claude Desktop.
- Tool
- One named thing the extension lets Claude do, such as Click or PowerShell. Claude picks the ones it needs as it answers.
- Approval
- The confirmation Claude waits for before an action that changes something on your behalf, shown in the conversation.
- Directory
- The official catalogue where each connector has a sheet with its publisher, purpose and the named list of its tools.
- Protocol
- The shared standard (MCP) that lets an assistant like Claude call outside tools, here the ones running on your Windows machine.
Set up Windows-MCP in Claude Desktop in three steps
- 01
Check the prerequisites
CursorTouch lists Python 3.13 or later and the UV package manager. It prefers English as the Windows display language; on other languages it advises disabling the App tool. On a Team or Enterprise workspace, an Owner or Primary Owner enables the extension first.
- 02
Add the extension
In Claude Desktop, go through Customize then Connectors, find Windows-MCP and add it. The publisher notes the first install can take a minute or two while dependencies load, and the first run may time out: restart it if so.
- 03
Choose the active tools
CursorTouch's README says every tool is enabled by default, and that a list of allowed or blocked tools narrows the scope. Decide what the extension keeps before you first use it. To remove it later, go back through Connectors.
The 18 Windows-MCP tools, by what they do
Windows-MCP gives Claude 18 tools: 4 that read your account, 14 that change something in it.
Two groups: what Claude only looks at, and what acts on your PC. CursorTouch describes all eighteen in the extension's manifest. Names stay exactly as Claude shows them.
- 4 read
- 14 write
Tools index
What Claude only looks at (4)
4 toolsFour tools that capture or fetch information without changing anything on the machine.
Screenshot
Takes a fast capture of the desktop with the cursor position, the active and open windows, and an image. The publisher calls it the default first call when Claude mainly needs visual context.
Snapshot
Captures the full state of the desktop: system language, focused and open windows, interactive elements such as buttons, fields, links and menus with their coordinates, and scrollable areas. It can also extract a browser page's content.
Wait
Waits for a set number of seconds, leaving everything as it is. CursorTouch recommends it while an app launches, an animation ends, a page renders or a dialog appears.
Scrape
Fetches the content of a URL or of the active browser tab. By default it uses a lightweight HTTP request to the address given.
What Claude does on your PC (14)
14 toolsFourteen tools that move the mouse, type, open apps or change files, processes and settings. No source describes a confirmation for them: the general rule below applies.
App
Approval: see the ruleManages applications in three modes: launch one, resize or move a window, or bring a given window to the front.
PowerShell
Approval: see the ruleRuns any PowerShell command: navigating the file system, managing files and processes, system-level operations, network resources and administrative tasks.
FileSystem
Approval: see the ruleHandles files in eight modes: read, write, copy, move, delete, list, search by pattern and inspect metadata such as size and dates. Relative paths resolve from your Desktop folder.
Click
Approval: see the ruleClicks at given coordinates or on an element's label: left, right or middle button, as a hover, single or double click.
Type
Approval: see the ruleTypes text at a position or into a labelled element, either clearing the existing text or appending to it, and can press Enter afterwards to submit.
Scroll
Approval: see the ruleScrolls vertically or horizontally at a point, on an element or where the mouse sits, to move through long content, lists and web pages.
Move
Approval: see the ruleMoves the cursor to coordinates or onto an element, as a simple hover by default, or as a drag-and-drop from the current position when dragging is switched on.
Shortcut
Approval: see the rulePresses key combinations such as copy, paste, switching apps, opening the Run dialog, the Start menu or the Task Manager.
MultiSelect
Approval: see the ruleSelects several items at once, such as files, folders or checkboxes, holding Ctrl, or performs a series of clicks without it. Targets are given as coordinates or labels.
MultiEdit
Approval: see the ruleEnters text into several input fields in one call, each given by coordinates or by label with its own text.
Clipboard
Approval: see the ruleReads the current content of the Windows clipboard, or replaces it with new text.
Process
Approval: see the ruleLists running processes with filtering and sorting, or terminates them by ID or by name.
Notification
Approval: see the ruleShows a Windows toast notification with a title and a message on your screen.
Registry
Approval: see the ruleAccesses the Windows Registry to read a value, create or update one, delete a value or key, or list what sits under a path.
What Claude asks before it acts on your PC
Claude's baseline: an action it carries out for you waits for your explicit go-ahead, asked in the conversation at the moment it matters.
In a Team or Enterprise organization, owners decide whether members may skip that prompt for some actions, and they can narrow what an extension may do for everyone. With this extension the stakes are higher than usual: CursorTouch states it operates with full system access and can perform irreversible operations. The publisher describes no confirmation of its own for any tool. Go over each proposed command, deletion or registry change before you accept it.
Which Claude plans include Windows-MCP
Across the 819 sheets of the official directory, none lists plan availability. For this extension as for the rest, no source states it: the catalogue leaves that hole.
What is published is the general rule: desktop extensions install on Claude Desktop, while remote connectors are open to every user on Claude, Cowork, Claude Desktop and mobile. On Team and Enterprise, an Owner or Primary Owner enables a connector before members use it. Check the extension's sheet in the official directory for its current state. Only CursorTouch documents it.
Where Windows-MCP stops
A connector is not an automation. Claude calls these tools while it answers you in Claude Desktop: nothing runs on the PC while you are away.
The tool list is an observed floor, not a promise. The partner badge in the directory is not a security audit, and Anthropic says on every sheet that it does not choose a publisher's tools or vouch for their behaviour. Install this only if you trust CursorTouch with full access to the machine. No Claude help page covers this extension; its documentation is the publisher's README and manifest, both on GitHub.
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