MCP server that gives AI assistants terminal access, long-running process management, file system search and surgical diff-based file editing. Also reads and writes Excel and PDF files.
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- 1Add the server to Codex
codex mcp add desktop-commander -- npx -y @wonderwhy-er/desktop-commander@latest
Configs are generated from the publisher's documented endpoint. Check their docs for plan requirements and scopes. New to this? Read the step-by-step tutorial.
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start_processinteract_with_processread_process_outputlist_processeskill_processread_filewrite_fileedit_blocklist_directorystart_searchget_file_infoset_config_valueThings to ask
- “Run the test suite and show me the failures”
- “Search my project for TODO comments”
- “Replace the deprecated API call in src/app.ts”
- “Start the dev server and tell me when it's ready”