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Desktop Commander

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MCP server for terminal commands, process management, and file operations across text, code, PDF, DOCX, Excel, images, and structured data.

Plugin · by wonderwhy-er · runs in Claude Code, Cowork, claude.ai · 6 skills, 1 MCP server · listed 2026-05-01

Claude Code

claude plugin install desktop-commander

Skills (6)

  • Skill ai-tools-setup

    Set up, connect, validate, and repair Claude Desktop and MCP servers using Desktop Commander — inspecting and fixing mcp.json / claude_desktop_config.json, getting MCP servers to connect, and…

    Any agent

    npx skills add wonderwhy-er/desktopcommandermcp --skill ai-tools-setup
  • Skill computer-health-check

    Run a comprehensive, read-only health check on the user's computer and return a scored chat summary with prioritized, plain-English recommendations and safe cleanup suggestions.

    Any agent

    npx skills add wonderwhy-er/desktopcommandermcp --skill computer-health-check
  • Skill desktop-commander-overview

    Use for Desktop Commander MCP capabilities — persistent shells and REPLs, long-running processes, filesystem beyond the workspace, structured files (.xlsx, .docx, .pdf, images) and large local data…

    Any agent

    npx skills add wonderwhy-er/desktopcommandermcp --skill desktop-commander-overview
  • Skill knowledge-base

    Create and maintain a Markdown knowledge base that any AI agent can read, search, and update. Use when the user wants to start a knowledge base, add or update notes, organize docs/notes for an agent…

    Any agent

    npx skills add wonderwhy-er/desktopcommandermcp --skill knowledge-base
  • Skill obsidian-vault

    Organize Obsidian vaults with MOCs, wikilinks, frontmatter/properties, dashboards, orphan-note checks, and cleanup workflows.

    Any agent

    npx skills add wonderwhy-er/desktopcommandermcp --skill obsidian-vault
  • Skill terminal

    Use Desktop Commander for terminal and command-line work, especially anything that needs a shell whose state persists across turns: Python/Node REPLs, database shells, dev servers and other…

    Any agent

    npx skills add wonderwhy-er/desktopcommandermcp --skill terminal

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