screenhand

Give AI eyes and hands on your desktop. ScreenHand is an open-source MCP server that lets Claude and other AI agents see your screen, click buttons, type text,…

AI & ML

Install Command

npx -y screenhand

Claude Desktop Config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "screenhand": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "screenhand"
      ]
    }
  }
}

screenhand is a community MCP server that connects AI assistants like Claude to give ai eyes and hands on your desktop. screenhand is an open-source mcp server that lets claude and other ai agents see your screen, click buttons, type text,…. It runs locally on your machine, keeping your data private and giving you full control over the connection. AI engineers can use it to chain models and pipelines into more powerful workflows.

About screenhand

Overview

Give AI eyes and hands on your desktop. ScreenHand is an open-source MCP server that lets Claude and other AI agents see your screen, click buttons, type text, and control any app on macOS and Windows.

Topics

screenhand, mcp, mcp-server, model-context-protocol, desktop-automation, ui-automation, accessibility, macos, windows, claude, ai-agent, ai-tools, screen-control, browser-automation, cdp, chrome-devtools-protocol, rpa, ui-testing, ocr, computer-use

Who Should Use screenhand?

1Chain AI models and pipelines through a unified MCP interface
2Let Claude orchestrate other AI tools and models
3Integrate embeddings, image generation, or speech APIs into your workflow
4Build multi-model workflows without writing custom integration code

How to Install screenhand

Before you start

You will need Node.js (v18 or later) installed on your machine — download it from nodejs.org if you haven't already.

1Open a terminal (Terminal on Mac, Command Prompt or PowerShell on Windows).
2Paste the install command above and press Enter — Node.js will download and run the server automatically.
3Add the server to your Claude Desktop config file (see the JSON snippet above) and restart Claude.

The Claude Desktop config snippet above can be copied and pasted directly into your claude_desktop_config.json file — no editing required.