{"id":"win32-mcp-server","name":"win32-mcp-server","af_score":71.5,"security_score":23.2,"reliability_score":37.5,"what_it_does":"win32-mcp-server is an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that exposes Windows desktop automation capabilities to MCP clients via STDIO. It provides tools for screen capture, OCR (including structured/bounding-box OCR), mouse/keyboard control, window management, process management, clipboard operations, and “smart” high-level automation sequences (e.g., click/find text, wait for text, batch tool execution).","best_when":"You control the MCP client and run in a trusted environment where interactive Windows automation is acceptable (e.g., local developer machine, secured test runner VM).","avoid_when":"When the MCP client or operator is untrusted, or when you cannot prevent the agent from exfiltrating or manipulating desktop data (screenshots, OCR text, clipboard) or terminating/launching processes.","last_evaluated":"2026-04-04T21:39:13.796443+00:00","has_mcp":true,"has_api":false,"auth_methods":["None described for server transport (STDIO)"],"has_free_tier":false,"known_gotchas":["Powerful system-control capabilities: clipboard/screenshot/OCR text and mouse/keyboard control can cause unintended side effects","OCR dependency on Tesseract; structured/accurate OCR may require installing and configuring Tesseract and tuning preprocess mode","Coordinate accuracy can be sensitive to DPI; while auto DPI awareness is claimed, incorrect window focus/monitor selection can still produce wrong interactions","Fuzzy window/title matching may produce wrong targets if partial titles are ambiguous; use list_windows/get_window_info first","Clipboard operations and process termination are high-impact; ensure the agent is constrained to trusted tasks/flows"],"error_quality":null}