# winui-mcp-server

> MCP server for Windows UI Automation — control any Windows app from AI agents

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/winui-mcp-server/claim

## Declared
- version: 0.1.0
- license: MIT
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:winui-mcp-server

### Description (declared)

# WinUI MCP Server

> [中文文档](README.cn.md)

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that enables AI agents to control **any Windows desktop application** through UI Automation. No screen coordinates needed — controls are located by their class hierarchy and names.

## What It Does

This server exposes 26 tools that let your AI agent:

- **Discover** — explore the UIA tree of any window to find controls
- **Click / Double-click / Right-click / Hover** — interact with controls by name or class
- **Type / Send keys / Hotkeys** — keyboard input to any focused or targeted control
- **Scroll** — scroll up/down on a control or window
- **Read / Set values** — get or set text fields, spinboxes, checkboxes, comboboxes
- **Wait** — wait for a control to appear or disappear (async UI)
- **Window management** — list windows, get window state, focus, restore minimized windows

Every tool returns structured JSON: `{"success": bool, "message": str, "data": dict}`.

## Prerequisites

- **Windows 10/11**
- **Python 3.10+**
- **[uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/)** — fast Python package manager (`pip install uv`)

## Setup

### Install uv (if not already installed)

```bash
pip install uv
```

### Install the package

```bash
git clone https://github.com/your-username/winui_mcp_server.git
cd winui_mcp_server

uv sync
```

Or install directly from PyPI (once published):

```bash
uv tool install winui-mcp-server
```

## Install as MCP Server

The server runs via **stdio** transport. Below are configuration instructions for every major agent client.

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### Claude Code

Add to your project's `.claude/settings.json` or global `~/.claude/settings.json`:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "winui": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["winui-mcp-server"]
    }
  }
}
```

Restart Claude Code. The `winui` tools will appear in your tool list.

---

### Codex (OpenAI)

In your Codex project, create or edit `.codex/config.json`:

```json
{
  "mcp_servers": {
    "winui": {
      "command": "uvx…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- dev.package-management (0.768, derived)
- dev.version-control (0.745, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/winui-mcp-server/ (first seen 2026-09-10T15:24:54.270Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/winui-mcp-server/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/winui-mcp-server · ARD identifier urn:air::server:winui-mcp-server