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Wcgw

Wcgw is an MCP server that adds developer tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Shell and coding agent on mcp clients. It has 678 GitHub stars, is released under the Apache-2.0 license and runs locally with uvx wcgw.

github.com/rusiaaman/wcgw (opens in a new tab)

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Install Wcgw

Generated from the server's published package. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wcgw": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "wcgw"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio wcgw -- uvx wcgw

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wcgw": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "wcgw"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "wcgw": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "wcgw"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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 Wcgw

Empowering chat applications to code, build and run on your local machine. wcgw is an MCP server with tightly integrated shell and code editing tools.

  • chatgpt
  • custom-gpt
  • llm
  • llm-agent
  • llm-code
  • openai
  • shell
  • ai-coding
  • anthropic
  • claude

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What is Wcgw?

Wcgw is an MCP server that adds developer tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Shell and coding agent on mcp clients. It has 678 GitHub stars, is released under the Apache-2.0 license and runs locally with uvx wcgw. The source code is at github.com/rusiaaman/wcgw.

How do I install the Wcgw MCP server?

Add the command uvx wcgw 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 Wcgw free?

The server is open source under the Apache-2.0 license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.

Is Wcgw actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Sep 12, 2026. The latest release is 5.6.6, published Sep 12, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months and re-checks every server daily.