desktop-commander
MCP server for terminal commands, process management, and file operations across many file formats.
🛡️ AgentReady threat assessment
MAESTRO 7-layer threat model + OWASP AIVSS risk score for desktop-commander, derived from its capabilities.
AIVSS 9.9 · Critical
View MAESTRO 7-layer threat model →Overview
Desktop Commander's plugin. It exposes an MCP server for running terminal commands, managing processes, and performing file operations across text, code, PDF, DOCX, Excel, images, and structured data. Surface is a broad MCP server with shell-execution and filesystem tools — a significant local-execution security surface.
Key features
- Terminal command execution
- Process management
- File ops across many formats (PDF, DOCX, Excel, images)
- MCP server
Use cases
- Give Claude broad local shell and file access
- Manipulate documents and data files programmatically