MCP PyAutoGUI Server is a Model Context Protocol server that provides automated GUI testing and control capabilities across Windows, macOS, and Linux. It enables AI assistants to control mouse movements, simulate keyboard input, take screenshots, find images on screen, and gather screen information.
Install the MCP PyAutoGUI Server using pip:
pip install mcp-pyautogui-server
To integrate with Claude Desktop, you need to modify the Claude configuration file located at:
On MacOS:
~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
On Windows:
%APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
For published servers, add the following to your configuration file:
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-pyautogui-server": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"mcp-pyautogui-server"
]
}
}
}
For development or unpublished servers, use:
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-pyautogui-server": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"--directory",
"/path/to/mcp-pyautogui-server",
"run",
"mcp-pyautogui-server"
]
}
}
}
Once configured, the MCP PyAutoGUI Server provides various tools that Claude can use to interact with your GUI. The server automatically handles requests from Claude to control mouse movements, keyboard inputs, and screen operations.
The server runs in the background and responds to commands from Claude, allowing the AI assistant to interact with your desktop environment directly through the exposed mouse, keyboard, and screen operation tools.
To add this MCP server to Claude Code, run this command in your terminal:
claude mcp add-json "mcp-pyautogui-server" '{"command":"uvx","args":["mcp-pyautogui-server"]}'
See the official Claude Code MCP documentation for more details.
There are two ways to add an MCP server to Cursor. The most common way is to add the server globally in the ~/.cursor/mcp.json
file so that it is available in all of your projects.
If you only need the server in a single project, you can add it to the project instead by creating or adding it to the .cursor/mcp.json
file.
To add a global MCP server go to Cursor Settings > Tools & Integrations and click "New MCP Server".
When you click that button the ~/.cursor/mcp.json
file will be opened and you can add your server like this:
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-pyautogui-server": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"mcp-pyautogui-server"
]
}
}
}
To add an MCP server to a project you can create a new .cursor/mcp.json
file or add it to the existing one. This will look exactly the same as the global MCP server example above.
Once the server is installed, you might need to head back to Settings > MCP and click the refresh button.
The Cursor agent will then be able to see the available tools the added MCP server has available and will call them when it needs to.
You can also explicitly ask the agent to use the tool by mentioning the tool name and describing what the function does.
To add this MCP server to Claude Desktop:
1. Find your configuration file:
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
2. Add this to your configuration file:
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-pyautogui-server": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"mcp-pyautogui-server"
]
}
}
}
3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect