# SunnyLich/OpenWand

**Category:** 🖥️ OS Automation  
**Repository:** https://github.com/SunnyLich/OpenWand  
**GitHub Stars:** 15  
**Views:** 0  
**Installs:** 0  
**Upvotes:** 0  
**Directory Page:** https://allmcps.com/mcp/sunnylich-openwand

## Description
Read-only desktop context through OpenWand: current selection, clipboard, active window, browser page and screen.

## Claude Desktop Quick Installation
No confirmed install details yet, so no config is published. Follow the setup steps in the repository above.

## Documentation

## What SunnyLich/OpenWand MCP server does

SunnyLich/OpenWand MCP server gives an AI agent read-only access to selected pieces of the desktop through the OpenWand application. It is intended for situations where the useful context is already present in another application and manually copying it into a prompt would be inconvenient.

The available context includes the current text selection, clipboard contents, active window, browser page, and screen. These sources let an agent inspect the material currently in focus or visible on the desktop. The server does not provide write operations in the supplied description, so it should be evaluated as a context-reading component rather than an automation or editing system.

This listing belongs to the 🏢 Workplace & Productivity category because it supports workplace tasks that depend on the user’s current desktop state, such as explaining selected text, examining a browser page, or interpreting visible screen content.

## How it works

OpenWand acts as the desktop-side application that supplies context to the MCP connection. An agent requests information about the current desktop state, and OpenWand makes the corresponding read-only context available. The supplied material does not document whether context is captured on demand, refreshed continuously, or exposed through specific MCP resource and tool names.

The context sources are useful in different workflows:

- Use the current selection when an agent needs to explain or transform highlighted text.
- Use the clipboard when relevant content has already been copied.
- Use the active window to identify the application currently in focus.
- Use the browser page when the task concerns the page being viewed.
- Use the screen when visual information is not represented as selectable text.

## Setup and configuration

The README documents OpenWand as a cross-platform application for Windows, macOS, and Linux. A packaged application can be downloaded from GitHub Releases, extracted, and launched. The documented source setup requires Python 3.12; platform-specific launcher files create the environment and install dependencies on first launch.

After starting OpenWand, its documented setup flow includes opening Settings and connecting a model. The supplied material does not include MCP-specific installation commands, server arguments, configuration JSON, port details, or environment variables. Those details should be confirmed in the repository before adding the server to an agent client.

## Tools and capabilities

SunnyLich/OpenWand MCP server is described as providing read-only access to:

- The current text selection
- Clipboard contents
- The active window
- The current browser page
- Screen context

These capabilities fit agents that need situational desktop context without granting permission to edit documents, control applications, or change system state.

## Limitations and notes

The server is limited to the context sources described above. The provided material does not establish support for writing text back into applications, clicking controls, running commands, changing files, or controlling windows. OpenWand itself documents broader application features such as rewrite-in-place, screen snipping, voice input, and model integrations, but those features should not be assumed to be exposed by this MCP server.

SunnyLich/OpenWand MCP server also has no documented client matrix or transport details in the supplied material. Confirm compatibility, permissions, context refresh behavior, and privacy handling before using it with sensitive desktop content.

_Full upstream README: https://allmcps.com/mcp/sunnylich-openwand/readme_