Deskmate

Name: Deskmate
Author: zhaohb

deskmate-0.1.0-py3-none-any.whl · by zhaohb

Local-first PC activity recorder for Windows. Captures screenshots, accessibility text, UI events, clipboard activity, and optional audio transcription into a local SQLite database — then exposes everything through a REST API, browser UI, and MCP server.

112 GitHub PyPI

No known CVEs

MIT license

Maintained

Last commit 35d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: stdio, sse, http

0 tools

Grade F

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Deskmate is an MCP server that local-first PC activity recorder for Windows. Captures screenshots, accessibility text, UI events, clipboard activity, and optional audio transcription into a local SQLite database — then exposes everything through a REST API, browser UI, and MCP server. Its tool list has not been published yet over stdio, sse and http, requires no API key, and scores 59/100 on MCPpedia's security, maintenance and efficiency rubric.

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Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients - only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, sse, http · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "deskmate": {
      "env": {
        "DESKMATE_API": "http://127.0.0.1:3030"
      },
      "args": [
        "-m",
        "deskmate",
        "mcp"
      ],
      "command": "C:/path/to/env/python.exe"
    }
  }
}

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What Deskmate does

DeskMate is a local-first desktop activity recorder for Windows. It captures your screenshots, on-screen text (OCR / accessibility tree), keyboard/mouse/clipboard events, and optional audio transcription into a SQLite database on your own machine, then lets you use that data through a browser UI, a REST API, and an MCP server that plugs straight into AI coding agents like Claude Code and Cursor — so your assistant can search your activity, ask natural-language questions, and run auto-generated r

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Deskmate safe to use?: Deskmate has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. Authentication requirements were not detected automatically - check the project's documentation before connecting in a shared environment. Licensed under MIT.
How do I install Deskmate?: Deskmate supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What AI clients work with Deskmate?: Deskmate is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.
Is Deskmate actively maintained?: Deskmate is recently maintained - last commit was 35 days ago. It has 112 GitHub stars.

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{ "mcpServers": { "deskmate": { "env": { "DESKMATE_API": "http://127.0.0.1:3030" }, "args": [ "-m", "deskmate", "mcp" ], "command": "C:/path/to/env/python.exe" } } }

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Deskmate safe to use?

Deskmate has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. Authentication requirements were not detected automatically - check the project's documentation before connecting in a shared environment. Licensed under MIT.

How do I install Deskmate?

Deskmate supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.

What AI clients work with Deskmate?

Deskmate is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.

Is Deskmate actively maintained?

Deskmate is recently maintained - last commit was 35 days ago. It has 112 GitHub stars.