WinApp MCP — Windows App Automation

Playwright for Windows Desktop Apps — A VS Code extension that gives AI assistants (GitHub Copilot, Claude, Cursor) full control over native Windows applications through the Model Context Protocol.

Features

• 55 UI automation tools — launch, inspect, click, type, drag, screenshot, and test any Windows app
• Auto-registers — the MCP server starts working as soon as you install the extension
• No .NET SDK needed — bundles a self-contained server
• Works with minimized/locked apps — falls back to UIA patterns automatically

Supported App Frameworks

WinUI3, WPF, WinForms, UWP, Win32, Electron

Installation

From VS Code Marketplace

Search "WinApp MCP" in the Extensions tab, or:

ext install BrijesharunG.winapp-mcp

From VSIX

Download the latest .vsix from GitHub Releases, then:

code --install-extension winapp-mcp-2.0.0.vsix

From npm (for Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.)

npx -y winapp-mcp

See the main README for client-specific config snippets.

Requirements

• Windows 10 (1903+) or Windows 11
• VS Code 1.99+

Commands

Links

• Full documentation (55 tools)
• Changelog
• npm package
• GitHub

License

MIT — Built entirely with GitHub Copilot.