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Remote Desktop Commander

remote (hosted) MCP server

Remote Desktop Commander is a remote (hosted) MCP server: Hosted MCP server connecting claude.ai, ChatGPT and other AI apps to your own computer. Connect any MCP client to https://mcp.desktopcommander.app/mcp.

Installation

Terminal

claude mcp add --transport http remote-desktop-commander https://mcp.desktopcommander.app/mcp

Run in your project folder. Add --scope user to use it everywhere.

Claude Desktop

Open Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste https://mcp.desktopcommander.app/mcp.

Cursor & other clients

Add to .cursor/mcp.json or your client's MCP config.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "remote-desktop-commander": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.desktopcommander.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}

What you need

  • Runtime: Nothing, it's hosted.
  • MCP client: Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity, Claude Desktop, Cursor or any other client that speaks MCP over streamable HTTP.

Summary

Hosted MCP server connecting claude.ai, ChatGPT and other AI apps to your own computer

Remote Desktop Commander vs similar servers

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Questions

No. The registry entry lists no keys or environment variables.

Only an MCP client such as Claude Code, Codex, Claude Desktop or Cursor. Remote Desktop Commander is hosted, so there is nothing to install.

Remote Desktop Commander is a remote (hosted) MCP server served at https://mcp.desktopcommander.app/mcp.

Run: claude mcp add --transport http remote-desktop-commander https://mcp.desktopcommander.app/mcp

Run: codex mcp add remote-desktop-commander --url https://mcp.desktopcommander.app/mcp

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