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Computer Use

Computer Use is an MCP server that adds tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Control your computer with screenshots, mouse, and keyboard automation. It has 388 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y computer-use-mcp.

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Install Computer Use

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Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "computer-use": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "computer-use-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio computer-use -- npx -y computer-use-mcp

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "computer-use": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "computer-use-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "computer-use": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "computer-use-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

About Computer Use

💻 A 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.

  • mcp-server
  • model-context-protocol

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How do I install the Computer Use MCP server?

Add the command npx -y computer-use-mcp to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is Computer Use free?

The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.

Is Computer Use actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 25, 2026. The latest release is v1.8.0, published Apr 13, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.