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Windows Screen Capture MCP Server — give Claude Code eyes on your Windows desktop

Project description

WinSight MCP

Windows Screen Capture MCP Server — give Claude Code eyes on your Windows desktop.

WinSight is an MCP server that lets Claude Code capture your screen, manage windows, and launch applications on Windows.

Features

  • Screenshot the full screen, a specific region, or a specific window
  • Window capture uses Win32 PrintWindow API — captures the real window content even when it's behind other windows
  • List and inspect open windows (title, position, size, state)
  • Focus any window, including minimized or background apps
  • Launch applications and Python scripts, with automatic window detection

Requirements

  • Windows 10/11
  • Python 3.10+

Quick Start

Option 1: uvx (recommended)

No install needed — runs directly:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "winsight": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["winsight-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Add this to your project's .mcp.json or ~/.claude/claude_desktop_config.json.

Option 2: pip install

pip install winsight-mcp

Then configure:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "winsight": {
      "command": "winsight-mcp"
    }
  }
}

Option 3: From source

git clone https://github.com/TheoEwzZer/WinSight-MCP.git
cd WinSight-MCP
uv sync
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "winsight": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": ["--directory", "/path/to/WinSight-MCP", "run", "winsight-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Tools

Tool Description
take_screenshot Capture the full screen or a specific monitor
screenshot_window Capture a specific window by title (works even if behind other windows)
screenshot_region Capture a rectangular region of the screen
list_windows List all visible windows with optional title filter
get_window_info Get detailed info about a window (position, size, state)
focus_window Bring a window to the foreground
open_application Launch an application and optionally wait for its window
run_python_script Run a Python script and capture console output + window screenshot

Examples

Once the MCP server is connected, you can ask Claude Code things like:

  • "Take a screenshot of my screen"
  • "List all open windows"
  • "Capture the Notepad window"
  • "Open calculator and take a screenshot of it"
  • "Run my tkinter script and show me what it looks like"
  • "Focus the Chrome window"

License

MIT

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