Desktop Commander gives ChatGPT, Claude and other AI chat clients access to your computer. The assistant reads your files, runs commands, sees the results and continues from there, so you no longer copy output back and forth by hand.
It works on your own machine rather than a cloud sandbox. The page says it reaches local files, the terminal, previews and running processes. Examples include sorting a messy Downloads folder, finding duplicate files, fixing failing tests, checking a server's load and reading logs.
Setup starts with an account at mcp.desktopcommander.app. You then connect a laptop, desktop or server, and add Desktop Commander to ChatGPT as a plugin or to Claude as a connector. Other MCP clients such as Cursor and VS Code can use the remote endpoint with OAuth. You can also run the local MCP server yourself, which the page describes as free and open source, with no account and no monthly limit.
The page lists a free plan with 10,000 tool calls per month and one Pro plan at $20 per month with unlimited tool calls and priority support. Both plans connect ChatGPT, Claude and any MCP client to your devices.
It suits people who already use an AI chat for work on their files, code or servers and want the assistant to act on that work directly.
