Desktop Commander
Desktop Commander remote MCP at https://mcp.desktopcommander.app/mcp (needs a Remote Device agent). OAuth on the remote; local stdio still ships. Not a SAFE badge.
How to connect
Same URL, five paste targets. Ready surface · Auth required. Not a safe-to-install badge. Handshake this URL
Paste into Settings → MCP or .cursor/mcp.json.
{
"mcpServers": {
"desktop-commander": {
"url": "https://mcp.desktopcommander.app/mcp"
}
}
}
Settings → Connectors → Add → Custom → Web. Paste the URL. Enable in a new chat.
Claude → Settings → Connectors → Add → Custom → Web
Name: Desktop Commander
URL: https://mcp.desktopcommander.app/mcp
OAuth only if this server requires it.
Save, start a new chat, enable the connector.
Developer mode custom connector. ChatGPT cannot reach localhost.
Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced → Developer mode ON
Create custom connector
Name: Desktop Commander
MCP server URL: https://mcp.desktopcommander.app/mcp
Auth: none unless the server requires OAuth
New chat → + → Developer mode → enable the connector
Register the HTTPS URL, then claude mcp list.
claude mcp add --transport http desktop-commander \
https://mcp.desktopcommander.app/mcp
Pass on session/new as mcpServers when the agent advertised HTTP MCP.
[
{
"type": "http",
"name": "desktop-commander",
"url": "https://mcp.desktopcommander.app/mcp"
}
]
Paste into a README or docs site. The widget loads snippets from Influzer — still not a SAFE badge.
Same handshake clock as this listing (overlay / warm / seed; live tools/list only if that is missing). Indigo is live_ok, amber is auth_required, gray is unreachable. Not a SAFE badge. Stdio listings have no badge.
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Recipes using this server
No published recipes yet for this server.
Listing quality
Observable facts from our catalog and daily probe — not a safe-to-install badge.
- Surface
- Ready surface
- Live handshake
- Auth required
- Auth gate
- Auth gate
- Tools source
- tools/list (live)
Observable catalog + probe facts — not a safe-to-install badge.
Tools
(4)-
execute_commandRun shell commands in a controlled environment
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list_processesList running processes
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search_filesRipgrep search across directories
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read_fileRead file contents from disk
Tool source: tools/list (live) · last probed 2026-10-09